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Passive Me, Aggressive You (styled Passive Me • Aggressive You) is the debut studio album from New Zealand alternative rock band The Naked and Famous. The album was released on 6 September 2010 in New Zealand, where it debuted at number-one. The album has thus far 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 draws from the genres of dance-rock, and features post-punk influences.[1] "Young Blood" is a synth-pop song, while "Punching in a Dream" is of the dream pop genre. "Spank" is psychedelic rock.[2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
BBC Music(mixed)[2]
Consequence of Sound[3]
The Dominion Post[4]
NME8/10[5]
The New Zealand Herald[6]
Otago Daily Times[7]
The Nelson Mail[8]

Chris Schulz from Stuff awarded Passive Me, Aggressive You five out of five stars, and praised its production and variety of musical styles.[9] 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".[1] Scott Kara of The New Zealand Herald rated Passive Me, Aggressive You a perfect five stars, summarising "Forget the hype. It's real".[6] The Nelson Mail's Nick Ward called Passive Me, Aggressive You "Unconvincing, but with flashes of promise".[8] 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."[5] The album was nominated for the 2011 Taite Music Prize.[10]

Chart performance

The album debuted at number one on the New Zealand Albums Chart on 13 September 2010,[11] and was knocked off the top spot by Linkin Park's A Thousand Suns.[12]

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, where it debuted at number 1 on the New Zealand Singles Chart, where it remained in the charts for 2 consecutive weeks.[13]
  • The third single to be released from the album was "Punching in a Dream", which was released on 23 August 2010, where it has currently peaked at number 11 in New Zealand.
  • The fourth single to be released from the album was "Girls Like You", and was released on 5 June 2011.
  • "No Way" was released on 11 December 2011 as the fifth single from the album.[14]

Track listing

All tracks are 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
iTunes Store bonus track[15]
No.TitleLength
14."Machinery"2:35
Total length:51:50
Physical downloadable bonus track
No.TitleLength
14."Wild"3:53
Japanese bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
14."Wild"3:53
15."Sow"4:06
16."Bright Lights"2:36
Disc 2 – UK Deluxe edition – This Machine EP
No.TitleLength
1."Kill the Littleblackdots"2:44
2."Serenade"2:43
3."Meeting People Sucks"2:26
4."Part 1"2:10
5."Post"5:39
6."Spies Spies Spies"3:38
Total length:19:20
Disc 3 – UK Deluxe edition – No Light EP
No.TitleLength
1."Dadada"3:10
2."Birds"3:21
3."Cheek"3:19
4."Who are You Talking to?"2:48
5."Part 2"2:37
6."Bells"3:52
Total length:19:04

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2010) Peak
position
New Zealand Albums (RIANZ)[16] 1
Chart (2011) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[17] 25
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[18] 56
German Albums (Media Control)[19] 31
Irish Albums (IRMA)[20] 38
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[21] 74
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[22] 74
UK Albums (OCC)[23] 25
US Billboard 200[24] 91
US Digital Albums (Billboard)[25] 20
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard)[26] 12
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[27] 20

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications
Single Year Peak chart positions Certifications
NZ
[28] 		AUS
[29] 		AUT
[30] 		CAN
Alt.
[31] 		GER
[32] 		NLD
[33] 		UK
[34] 		US
Alt.
[35]
"All of This" 2009 — — — — — — — —
"Young Blood" 2010 1 26 53 10 30 59 64 9
"Punching in a Dream" 11 56 — 16 — — 139 18
"Girls Like You" 2011 — — — — — — — —
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalogue
New Zealand[39] 6 September 2010 Somewhat Damaged CD, Digital download 81359
Australia[40] Digital download —
Canada[41]
United States[42]
Australia[43] 1 October 2010 CD 2753221
Germany[44] 11 March 2011 Digital download —
United Kingdom[45][46][47] 14 March 2011
Fiction, Somewhat Damaged CD 2757442
12" vinyl picture disc 2757444
3CD deluxe edition 2764039
United States[48][49] 15 March 2011 Universal Republic, Somewhat Damaged CD B0015363-02
12" vinyl B0015436-01
Germany[50] 18 March 2011 Fiction, Somewhat Damaged CD 2757442
Japan[51][52] 8 June 2011 Somewhat Damaged CD, digital download UICP-1127

References

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  4. ^ Cardy, Tom (16 September 2010). "CD Review The Naked and Famous - Passive Me Aggressive You". The Dominion Post. Fairfax New Zealand. Archived from the original on 18 April 2011. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
  5. ^ a b Beaumont, Mark (9 March 2011). "Album Review: The Naked and Famous - Passive Me, Aggressive You (Fiction)". NME. IPC Media. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
  6. ^ a b Kara, Scott (9 September 2010). "Album Review: The Naked and Famous Passive Me, Aggressive You". The New Zealand Herald. APN News & Media. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
  7. ^ Harford, Jeff (25 September 2010). "CD Reviews". Otago Daily Times. Allied Press. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
  8. ^ a b Ward, Nick (23 September 2010). "CD Reviews". The Nelson Mail. Fairfax New Zealand. p. 12.
  9. ^ Schulz, Chris (8 September 2010). "CD review: Passive Me, Aggressive You - The Naked and Famous". Stuff. Fairfax New Zealand. Archived from the original on 30 January 2011. Retrieved 30 January 2011.
  10. ^ "Taite Music Prize 2011". IMNZ. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
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Preceded by New Zealand Albums Chart
number-one album
13 September 2010 – 19 September 2010 		Succeeded by
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