Passive Me, Aggressive You

Passive Me, Aggressive You
Studio album by The Naked and Famous
Released	6 September 2010
Recorded	The Lab (Auckland, New Zealand)
Genre	Electronic rock noise pop Alternative dance
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
"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 "No Way" Released: 11 December 2011

Passive Me, Aggressive You (styled Passive Me • Aggressive You) is the debut studio album by New Zealand indie 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 spawned five singles: "All of This", "Young Blood", "Punching in a Dream", "Girls like You" and "No Way"; 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 synthpop song, while "Punching in a Dream" is of the dream pop genre. "Spank" is psychedelic rock.^[2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	72/100[3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
BBC Music	mixed[2]
Consequence of Sound	[4]
The Dominion Post	[5]
NME	8/10[6]
The New Zealand Herald	[7]
Otago Daily Times	[8]
The Nelson Mail	[9]
Delusions of Adequacy	[10]

Chris Schulz from Stuff awarded Passive Me, Aggressive You five out of five stars, and praised its production and variety of musical styles.^[11] 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".^[7] 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."^[6] The album was nominated for the 2011 Taite Music Prize.^[12]

Commercial performance

The album debuted at number one on the New Zealand Albums Chart on 13 September 2010,^[13] and was knocked off the top spot by Linkin Park's A Thousand Suns.^[14]

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.^[15]

The third single to be released from the album was "Punching in a Dream", which was released on 23 August 2010, reaching number eleven 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.^[16]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Thom Powers, Alisa Xayalith and Aaron Short. 

No.	Title	Length
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[17]
No.	Title	Length
14.	"Machinery"	2:35
Total length:		51:50

Physical downloadable bonus track
No.	Title	Length
14.	"Wild"	3:53

Japanese edition bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
14.	"Wild"	3:53
15.	"Sow"	4:06
16.	"Bright Lights"	2:36

All music composed by Thom Powers, Alisa Xayalith, except where noted.

Disc 2 – UK deluxe edition – This Machine EP
No.	Title	Length
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 music composed by Thom Powers, Alisa Xayalith, except where noted.

Disc 3 – UK deluxe edition – No Light EP
No.	Title	Length
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.^[18]

The Naked and Famous Aaron Short — keys Alisa Xayalith — vocals, keys David Beadle — bass Jesse Wood — drums Thom Powers — vocals, guitars Visuals and imagery Special Problems – artwork, design, video

Technical and production Thom Powers – production, engineering Aaron Short – production, engineering Olly Harmer – additional engineering Billy Bush – mixing Emily Lazar – mastering Joe LaPorta – mastering Managerial Paul McKessar – management Campbell Smith – management Peter Lewit – legal

Charts

Chart (2010)	Peak position
New Zealand Albums (RIANZ)[19]	1

Chart (2011)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[20]	25
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[21]	56
German Albums (Media Control)[22]	31
Irish Albums (IRMA)[23]	38
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[24]	74
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[25]	74
UK Albums (OCC)[26]	25
US Billboard 200[27]	91
US Alternative Albums (Billboard)[28]	12
US Rock Albums (Billboard)[29]	20

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications

Single	Year	Peak chart positions								Certifications
		NZ [30]	AUS [31]	AUT [32]	CAN Alt. [33]	GER [34]	NLD [35]	UK [36]	US Alt. [37]
"All of This"	2009	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Young Blood"	2010	1	26	53	10	30	59	64	9	RMNZ: Platinum[38] ARIA: Platinum[39] RIAA: Gold[40]
"Punching in a Dream"		11	56	—	16	—	—	139	18	ARIA: Gold[39]
"Girls like You"	2011	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"No Way"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalogue
New Zealand[41]	6 September 2010	Somewhat Damaged	CD, digital download	81359
Australia[42]			Digital download	—
Canada[43]
United States[44]
Australia[45]	1 October 2010		CD	2753221
Germany[46]	11 March 2011		Digital download	—
United Kingdom[47][48][49]	14 March 2011
		Fiction, Somewhat Damaged	CD	2757442
			12" vinyl picture disc	2757444
			3CD deluxe edition	2764039
United States[50][51]	15 March 2011	Universal Republic, Somewhat Damaged	CD	B0015363-02
			12" vinyl	B0015436-01
Germany[52]	18 March 2011	Fiction, Somewhat Damaged	CD	2757442
Japan[53][54]	8 June 2011	Somewhat Damaged	CD, digital download	UICP-1127

See also

• List of number-one albums in 2010 (New Zealand)

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