Passive Aggressive: Singles 2002-2010

by The Radio Dept.

Passive Aggressive: Singles 2002-2010 cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 25 January 2011
  • Label: Labrador
  • Country: Sweden
  • Length: 1:29:39
  • Community rating: 3.88/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Assembling the Swedish group's incredibly consistent run of non-album singles, b-sides, and rare extended plays, this two-disc release offers a masterclass in lo-fi dream pop. The tracks perfectly balance fuzzed-out shoegaze guitars with pristine, melancholic synthesizer pop melodies and whispered vocals. It functions as an essential, deeply nostalgic companion piece to their highly acclaimed studio albums from the 2000s.

Genres

Descriptors: lgbtq, melodic, atmospheric, swedish, dreamy

Tracklist

  1. Why Won't You Talk About It (3:09)
  2. Where Damage Isn't Already Done (2:43)
  3. Annie Laurie (2:54)
  4. Ewan (2:24)
  5. Pulling Our Weight (3:20)
  6. This Past Week (5:17)
  7. The Worst Taste in Music (3:21)
  8. We Made the Team (3:30)
  9. Bachelor Kisses (3:43)
  10. Freddie and the Trojan Horse (3:13)
  11. David (3:31)
  12. Heaven's on Fire (3:32)
  13. Never Follow Suit (4:09)
  14. The New Improved Hypocrisy (4:03)
  15. Liebling (2:52)
  16. We Would Fall Against the Tide (3:18)
  17. You and Me Then (1:26)
  18. Peace of Mind (3:27)
  19. TÃ¥get (0:56)
  20. Slottet (2:57)
  21. What You Sell (3:09)
  22. Mad About the Boy (3:27)
  23. Closing Scene (4:16)
  24. Messy Enough (3:27)
  25. The Idle Urban Contemporaries (1:57)
  26. All About Our Love (3:14)
  27. On Your Side (3:08)
  28. The One (3:05)

Credits

  • The Radio Dept. - primary artist
  • Johan Duncanson - written-by
  • Martin Carlberg - written-by
  • Traditional - written-by
  • Grant McLennan - written-by
  • Robert Forster - written-by
  • Mattias Rieloff - written-by
  • Daniel Tjäder - written-by

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