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.

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]

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.

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Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	72/100[6]
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Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
BBC Music	Mixed[4]
Consequence of Sound	[7]
The Dominion Post	[8]
The Nelson Mail	[9]
The New Zealand Herald	[10]
NME	8/10[11]
Otago Daily Times	[12]

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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]

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]

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

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