Passive Me, Aggressive You

Passive Me, Aggressive You
Studio album by The Naked and Famous
Released 6 September 2010 (2010-09-06)
Recorded The Lab
(Auckland, New Zealand)
Genre
Length 49:15
Label Somewhat Damaged
Producer
  • Thom Powers
  • Aaron Short
The Naked and Famous chronology
No Light
(2008)		 Passive Me, Aggressive You
(2010)		 In Rolling Waves
(2013)
Singles from Passive Me, Aggressive You
  1. "All of This"
    Released: 16 November 2009
  2. "Young Blood"
    Released: 7 June 2010
  3. "Punching in a Dream"
    Released: 23 August 2010
  4. "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. The album was released on 6 September 2010 in New Zealand, where it debuted at number one. 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 synthpop and electronic rock album,[1][2] drawing from the genres of dance-rock, and featuring post-punk influences.[3] "Young Blood" is a synthpop song, while "Punching in a Dream" is of the dream pop genre. "Spank" is psychedelic rock.[4]

Singles

The first single to be released from the album was "All of This" and was released on 16 November 2009, almost a year prior to the album's release.

The second single to be released from the album was "Young Blood" and was released on 7 July 2010, debuting at number one on the New Zealand Singles Chart, where it remained in the charts for two consecutive weeks.[5]

The third single to be released from the album was "Punching in a Dream", which was released 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

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic72/100[6]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
BBC MusicMixed[4]
Consequence of Sound[7]
The Dominion Post[8]
NME8/10[9]
The New Zealand Herald[10]
Otago Daily Times[11]
The Nelson Mail[12]

Chris Schulz from Stuff 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 three-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".[12] 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."[9] 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 written by Thom Powers, Alisa Xayalith and Aaron Short. 

No.TitleLength
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

All tracks written by Thom Powers and Alisa Xayalith, except where noted. 

All tracks written by Thom Powers and Alisa Xayalith, except where noted. 

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Passive Me, Aggressive You.[19]

The Naked and Famous
Visuals and imagery
  • Special Problems – artwork, design, video
Technical and production
Managerial
  • Paul McKessar – management
  • Campbell Smith – management
  • Peter Lewit – legal

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2010) Peak
position
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[20] 1
Chart (2011) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[21] 25
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[22] 56
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[23] 74
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[24] 31
Irish Albums (IRMA)[25] 38
Scottish Albums (OCC)[26] 28
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[27] 74
UK Albums (OCC)[28] 25
US Billboard 200[29] 91
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard)[30] 12
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[31] 20

Year-end charts

Chart (2010) Position
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[32] 39

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/Sales
New Zealand (RMNZ)[33] Gold 7,500^

^shipments figures based on certification alone

Release history

Region Date Format Label Catalogue
New Zealand[34] 6 September 2010
Somewhat Damaged 81359
Australia[35] Digital download N/A
Canada[36]
United States[37]
Australia[38] 1 October 2010 CD 2753221
Germany[39] 11 March 2011 Digital download N/A
United Kingdom[40][41][42] 14 March 2011
CD
2757442
Picture disc LP 2757444
3-CD deluxe edition 2764039
United States[43][44] 15 March 2011 CD
B0015363-02
LP B0015436-01
Germany[45] 18 March 2011 CD
  • Fiction
  • Somewhat Damaged
 2757442
Japan[18][46] 8 June 2011
  • CD
  • digital download
 Universal UICP-1127

See also

References

  1. ↑ Mathieson, Craig (25 April 2014). "Still Naked and Famous, just no more 'woahs'". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  2. ↑ James, Matt (30 September 2013). "The Naked and Famous: In Rolling Waves". PopMatters. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 Collar, Matt. "Passive Me Aggressive You – The Naked and Famous". AllMusic. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
  4. 1 2 Harley, Kevin (3 March 2011). "The Naked and Famous Passive Me, Aggressive You Review". BBC Music. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
  5. ↑ Young Blood – charts.org.nz
  6. ↑ "Passive Me Aggressive You – The Naked and Famous". Metacritic. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
  7. ↑ Larson, Jeremy (Mar 29, 2011). "Album Review: The Naked and Famous - Passive Me, Aggressive You". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved Sep 16, 2013.
  8. ↑ Cardy, Tom (16 September 2010). "CD Review The Naked and Famous - Passive Me Aggressive You". The Dominion Post. Archived from the original on 18 April 2011. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
  9. 1 2 Beaumont, Mark (9 March 2011). "Album Review: The Naked and Famous - Passive Me, Aggressive You (Fiction)". NME. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
  10. 1 2 Kara, Scott (9 September 2010). "Album Review: The Naked and Famous Passive Me, Aggressive You". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
  11. ↑ Harford, Jeff (25 September 2010). "CD Reviews". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
  12. 1 2 Ward, Nick (23 September 2010). "CD Reviews". The Nelson Mail. p. 12.
  13. ↑ Schulz, Chris (8 September 2010). "CD review: Passive Me, Aggressive You - The Naked and Famous". Stuff. Archived from the original on 30 January 2011. Retrieved 30 January 2011.
  14. ↑ "Taite Music Prize 2011". IMNZ. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
  15. ↑ "The Naked and Famous – Passive Me, Aggressive You". Hung Medien. charts.org.nz. Retrieved 14 September 2010.
  16. ↑ "Album Top 40". Hung Medien. charts.org.nz. 20 September 2010. Retrieved 21 September 2010.
  17. ↑ Passive Me, Aggressive You by The Naked and Famous – iTunes Store
  18. 1 2 "Passive Me.Aggressive You : The Naked and Famous". HMV Japan. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
  19. ↑ Passive Me, Aggressive You (CD liner notes). The Naked and Famous. Somewhat Damaged. 2010. 2753221.
  20. ↑ "Charts.org.nz – The Naked and Famous – Passive Me - Aggressive You". Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  21. ↑ "Australiancharts.com – The Naked and Famous – Passive Me - Aggressive You". Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  22. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – The Naked and Famous – Passive Me - Aggressive You" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  23. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – The Naked and Famous – Passive Me - Aggressive You" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  24. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – The Naked and Famous – Passive Me - Aggressive You" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  25. ↑ "GFK Chart-Track Albums: Week 11, 2011". Chart-Track. IRMA. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  26. ↑ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  27. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – The Naked and Famous – Passive Me - Aggressive You". Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  28. ↑ "Naked & Famous" (select "Albums" tab). Official Charts Company. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  29. ↑ "The Naked and Famous – Chart history" Billboard 200 for The Naked and Famous. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
  30. ↑ "The Naked and Famous – Chart history" Billboard Top Alternative Albums for The Naked and Famous. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
  31. ↑ "The Naked and Famous – Chart history" Billboard Top Rock Albums for The Naked and Famous. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
  32. ↑ "Top Selling Albums of 2010". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  33. ↑ "Latest Gold / Platinum Albums". RadioScope. 26 December 2010. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
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  35. ↑ "Passive Me Aggressive You". iTunes Store (AU). Retrieved 18 April 2011.
  36. ↑ "Passive Me Aggressive You". iTunes Store (CA). Retrieved 18 April 2011.
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  42. ↑ "Passive Me, Aggressive You [VINYL]". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
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