2010 studio album by the Naked and Famous
Passive Me, Aggressive You
Released 6 September 2010 (2010-09-06 ) Studio The Lab (
Auckland , New Zealand)
Genre Length 49 :15
Label Somewhat Damaged
Producer
"All of This" Released: 16 November 2009
"
Young Blood " Released: 7 June 2010
"
Punching in a Dream " Released: 23 August 2010
"Girls Like You" Released: 5 June 2011
Passive Me, Aggressive You (stylised as Passive Me • Aggressive You ) is the debut studio album by New Zealand
indie electronic band
the Naked and Famous , released on 6 September 2010 by Somewhat Damaged. The album debuted at number one on the
New Zealand Albums Chart . The album spawned four singles: "All of This", "
Young Blood ", "
Punching in a Dream " and "Girls Like You"; with "Young Blood" peaking at number one on the
New Zealand Singles Chart .
Composition
Passive Me, Aggressive You is a
synth-pop and
electro-rock album,
[1]
[2] drawing from the genres of
dance-rock , and featuring
post-punk influences.
[3] "Young Blood" is a synth-pop song, while "Punching in a Dream" is of the
dream pop genre. "Spank" is
psychedelic rock .
[4]
Singles
The first single from Passive Me, Aggressive You , "All of This", was released on 16 November 2009, almost a year prior to the album's release.
"
Young Blood " was released as the album's second single on 7 July 2010, debuting at number one on the
New Zealand Singles Chart and spending two consecutive weeks atop the chart.
[5]
"
Punching in a Dream " was released as the third single on 23 August 2010, reaching number 11 in New Zealand.
The album's fourth and final single, "Girls Like You", was released on 5 June 2011.
Critical reception
Chris Schulz from
Stuff.co.nz awarded Passive Me, Aggressive You five out of five stars, and praised its production and variety of musical styles.
[13]
AllMusic 's Matt Collar praised the songs' catchy choruses and, awarding the album four-and-a-half out of five stars, concluded, "there's nothing passive about how much you could aggressively love this band".
[3] Scott Kara of
The New Zealand Herald rated Passive Me, Aggressive You a perfect five stars, summarising "Forget the hype. It's real".
[10]
The Nelson Mail 's Nick Ward called Passive Me, Aggressive You "Unconvincing, but with flashes of promise".
[9] Writing for
NME , Mark Baumont described the album as "a glorious melting pot of pop perfection" and added "TN&F’s passive melodicism and aggressive innovation clash in a dazzling blaze of psych/sonic fireworks."
[11] The album was nominated for the 2011
Taite Music Prize .
[14]
Commercial performance
The album debuted at number one on the
New Zealand Albums Chart on 13 September 2010,
[15] and was knocked off the top spot by
Linkin Park 's
A Thousand Suns the following week.
[16]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Thom Powers,
Alisa Xayalith and Aaron Short
Title 1. "All of This" 3:55 2. "
Punching in a Dream " 3:58 3. "Frayed" 3:46 4. "The Source" 0:48 5. "The Sun" 3:56 6. "Eyes" 4:43 7. "
Young Blood " 4:06 8. "No Way" 5:29 9. "Spank" 4:10 10. "Jilted Lovers" 3:15 11. "A Wolf in Geek's Clothing" 3:14 12. "The Ends" 1:49 13. "Girls Like You" 6:04 Total length: 49:15
Physical downloadable bonus track Title 14. "Wild" 3:53
Japanese edition bonus tracks
[18] Title 14. "Wild" 3:53 15. "Sow" 4:06 16. "Bright Lights" 2:36
All tracks are written by Thom Powers and
Alisa Xayalith , except where noted
UK deluxe edition – disc 2 (
This Machine EP) Title 1. "Kill the Littleblackdots" 2:44 2. "Serenade" 2:43 3. "Meeting People Sucks" (Powers, Xayalith, Ben Knapp, Jordan Clark) 2:26 4. "Part 1" 2:10 5. "Post" 5:39 6. "Spies Spies Spies" 3:38 Total length: 19:20
All tracks are written by Thom Powers and
Alisa Xayalith , except where noted
UK deluxe edition – disc 3 (
No Light EP) Title 1. "Dadada" 3:10 2. "Birds" (Xayalith, Powers, Ben Knapp, Jordan Clark) 3:21 3. "Cheek" (Xayalith, Powers, Knapp, Clark) 3:19 4. "Who Are You Talking To?" (Aaron Short, Xayalith, Powers) 2:48 5. "Part 2" 2:37 6. "Bells" 3:52 Total length: 19:04
Personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Passive Me, Aggressive You .
[19]
The Naked and Famous
Technical
Thom Powers – production, engineering
Aaron Short – production, engineering
Olly Harmer – additional engineering
Billy Bush – mixing
Emily Lazar – mastering
Joe LaPorta – mastering
Artwork
Special Problems – artwork, design, video
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
Release history
See also
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