The Naked and Famous
Encyclopedia
Studio albums
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| NZ Recording Industry Association of New Zealand The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand... |
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UK UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart... |
IRE Irish Albums Chart The Irish Albums Chart is the Irish music industry standard albums popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on its behalf by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured electronically... |
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| Passive Me, Aggressive You Passive Me, Aggressive You 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... |
6 September 2010 | Somewhat Damaged | CD Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,... , digital download Music download A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment... , vinyl LP record The LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry... |
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EPs
| Title | Release date | Label | Format |
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| This Machine This Machine This Machine is the debut extended play released by New Zealand band, The Naked and Famous. It was released on 5 May 2008.-Critical reception:... |
5 May 2008 | Round Trip Mars | CD, digital download |
| No Light No Light No Light is the second extended play released by New Zealand band, The Naked and Famous. It was released on 8 September 2008.-Critical reception:... |
8 September 2008 | Round Trip Mars | CD, digital download |
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||
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| NZ Recording Industry Association of New Zealand The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand... |
AUS ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June... |
AUT Ö3 Austria Top 40 Ö3 Austria Top 40 is the name of the official Austrian singles chart, as well as the radio show which presents it, aired Fridays on Hitradio Ö3. The show presents the Austrian singles, ringtones and downloads chart. It premiered on 26 November 1968 as Disc Parade and was presented by Ernst Grissemann... |
CAN Alt Canadian rock/alternative chart The Canadian rock/alternative chart was first published on June 11, 1995 by RPM magazine under the name Alternative 30. The song which held the number-one spot on this first chart was "More Human than Human" by White Zombie... |
GER Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie... |
UK UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
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| 2009 | "All of This" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Passive Me, Aggressive You | |
| 2010 | "Young Blood Young Blood (The Naked and Famous song) "Young Blood" is a single by New Zealand band The Naked and Famous, released onto radio in May 2010. It was used in several indent commercials for C4, and received the 2010 Silver Scroll for Song of the Year.... " |
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| "Punching in a Dream Punching in a Dream "Punching in a Dream" is the third single from The Naked and Famous's album Passive Me, Aggressive You. It was released digitally on 23 August 2010. It debuted and peaked on the RIANZ charts at number 11 on 30 August.... " |
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| 2011 | "Girls Like You" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "No Way" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
B-sides
| Year | Song title | Featured on |
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| 2009 | "Pace" |
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| 2010 | "Machinery" |
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| "Crazy? Yes! Dumb? No!" |
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| "Sow" |
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| "Wild" |
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| 2011 | "Bright Lights" |
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Music videos
| Title | Director |
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| "Serenade" | Campbell Hooper & Joel Kefali |
| "Birds" | |
| "All of This" | |
| "Young Blood" | |
| "Punching in a Dream" | |
| "Girls Like You" | |
| "The Sun" | |
| "No Way" | |
In popular culture
"All of This" was featured in the fourth episode of The Secret CircleThe Secret Circle (TV series)
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.
"Punching in a Dream" was featured in season 2 episode 5 of The Vampire Diaries
The Vampire Diaries
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and in the in the eleventh season of Degrassi
Degrassi (season 11)
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. It also appears on the soundtrack for EA Sports' Fifa 12
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video game.
"The Sun" was used in episode 18 of the 4th season of Gossip Girl
Gossip Girl
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.
"Young Blood" was featured in a promo for the television series Property Brothers
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, as well as the pilot of Covert Affairs
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, in the pilot of The Almighty Johnsons
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, in season 4 episode 13 of Chuck
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, in season 4 episode 14 of Gossip Girl
Gossip Girl
Gossip Girl is an American young adult novel series written by Cecily von Ziegesar and published by Little, Brown and Company, a subsidiary of the Hachette Group. The series revolves around the lives and romances of the privileged teenagers at the Constance Billard School for Girls, an elite...
, and in the season 5 episode 6 Promo of the episode Alo
Alo (Skins)
Alo is the sixth episode of series 5 of the UK TV series Skins, which first aired on 3 March 2011 on E4. It focuses on Aloysius "Alo" Creevey as he deals with the consequences of refusing to grow up, and his efforts to stand up to his domineering mother and father.-Synopsis:It is Alo's birthday,...
from Skins
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. It was also featured in the eleventh season of Degrassi
Degrassi (season 11)
The eleventh season of Degrassi premiered on 18 July 2011, in Canada and the United States, and consists of 45 episodes. Degrassi, previously known as Degrassi: The Next Generation, is a Canadian serial teen drama television series...
, in the third episode of MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
's Awkward
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, and in the pilot of The Secret Circle
The Secret Circle (TV series)
The Secret Circle is an American television series broadcast on The CW Television Network. It was developed by Andrew Miller, based on the book series of the same name written by L. J. Smith. On May 17, 2011, The CW announced they had picked up the pilot as a series...
. The song is also featured in the film Prom
Prom (film)
Prom is a 2011 American teen film directed by Joe Nussbaum and produced by Ted Griffin and Justin Springer. It was released on April 29, 2011 by Walt Disney Pictures. The film was the first major production shot with Arriflex's Alexa HD cameras to be released in theatres.-Plot:Class president Nova ...
and in its trailer, and in Travis Rice's "The Art of Flight", a snowboarding film released September 7, 2011.
"No Way" is also featured in "The Art of Flight".
"Girls Like You" was featured in the eleventh season of Degrassi
Degrassi (season 11)
The eleventh season of Degrassi premiered on 18 July 2011, in Canada and the United States, and consists of 45 episodes. Degrassi, previously known as Degrassi: The Next Generation, is a Canadian serial teen drama television series...
and in the third episode of The Secret Circle
The Secret Circle (TV series)
The Secret Circle is an American television series broadcast on The CW Television Network. It was developed by Andrew Miller, based on the book series of the same name written by L. J. Smith. On May 17, 2011, The CW announced they had picked up the pilot as a series...
.
Their song 'Punching In A Dream" is the theme song for and is regularly played in the UK reality series 'Made In Chelsea".
Awards and nominations
| Year | Organisation | Nominated work | Award | Result |
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| 2010 | APRA Silver Scroll | "Young Blood Young Blood (The Naked and Famous song) "Young Blood" is a single by New Zealand band The Naked and Famous, released onto radio in May 2010. It was used in several indent commercials for C4, and received the 2010 Silver Scroll for Song of the Year.... " |
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| New Zealand Music Awards New Zealand Music Awards The New Zealand Music Awards show, is a major annual New Zealand music event where musical acts and singers are awarded each year. It has occurred every year since 1965 to outstanding New Zealand musicians and groups.... |
Passive Me, Aggressive You Passive Me, Aggressive You 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... |
Gravity Coffee Critics' Choice Prize | ||
| 2011 | Passive Me, Aggressive You | MAINZ Best Producers | ||
| Passive Me, Aggressive You | MAINZ Best Engineers | |||
| Passive Me, Aggressive You | Album of the Year | |||
| Passive Me, Aggressive You | Best Alternative Album | |||
| "Young Blood Young Blood (The Naked and Famous song) "Young Blood" is a single by New Zealand band The Naked and Famous, released onto radio in May 2010. It was used in several indent commercials for C4, and received the 2010 Silver Scroll for Song of the Year.... " |
Single of the Year | |||
| The Naked and Famous | Best Group | |||
| The Naked and Famous | Breakthrough Artist | |||
| The Naked and Famous | People's Choice Award |
Personnel
- Aaron Short — keysKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
- Alisa Xayalith — vocalsLead vocalistThe lead vocalist is the member of a band who sings the main vocal portions of a song. They may also play one or more instruments. Lead vocalists are sometimes referred to as the frontman or frontwoman, and as such, are usually considered to be the "leader" of the groups they perform in, often the...
, keys - David Beadle — bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Jesse Wood — drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
- Thom Powers — vocals, guitarsElectric guitarAn electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...