In Rolling Waves

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In Rolling Waves
The Naked and Famous - In Rolling Waves.png
Studio album by
The Naked and Famous
Released13 September 2013 (2013-09-13)
Studio Sunset Sound, Hollywood, California
Genre
Length55:35
Label
Producer
The Naked and Famous chronology
Passive Me, Aggressive You (Remixes & B-Sides)
(2013)		In Rolling Waves
(2013)		 Simple Forms
(2016)
Singles from In Rolling Waves
  1. "Hearts Like Ours"
    Released: 23 July 2013
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 72/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Alternative Press Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The A.V. Club B [5]
Clash 7/10 [1]
DIY 7/10 [6]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
musicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [8]
NME 7/10 [9]
PopMatters 5/10 [10]

In Rolling Waves is the second studio album by New Zealand indie electronic band The Naked and Famous. It was released on 13 September 2013 by Fiction Records and Island Records. On 23 July 2013, the album's lead single, "Hearts Like Ours", premiered on BBC Radio 1. [11] The music video premiered on 29 July 2013. [12]

Contents

Touring

Following the release of the album, the band toured the United States with Orange County alternative rock band The Colourist. [13]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Thom Powers, Alisa Xayalith and Aaron Short, except where noted. All tracks are produced by Powers and Short, except where noted

No.TitleLength
1."A Stillness"5:22
2."Hearts Like Ours"4:32
3."Waltz"5:12
4."Rolling Waves"3:39
5."The Mess" (producers: Powers, Justin Meldal-Johnsen)4:06
6."Grow Old"6:36
7."Golden Girl"2:12
8."I Kill Giants" (producers: Powers, Meldal-Johnsen)4:12
9."What We Want" (writers: Powers, Xayalith, Max McElligott)4:19
10."We Are Leaving"4:39
11."To Move with Purpose"5:03
12."A Small Reunion"5:45
Total length:55:35
Deluxe edition bonus tracks [14]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."Hearts Like Ours" (Sombear vs The Naked and Famous) 4:12
14."I Kill Giants" (Big Black Delta Remix) 4:09
15."Waltz" (The Sight Below Remix) 6:21
16."Hearts Like Ours" (The Drunken Apaches Remix) 6:49
17."Rolling Waves" (covered by Strange Babes) 4:05
18."A Stillness" (Ducky Remix) 5:04
19."Hearts Like Ours" (Sombear Remix) 4:53
20."What We Want" (covered by The Chain Gang of 1974)
  • Powers
  • Xayalith
  • McElligott
4:14
21."I Kill Giants" (Kele Remix) 7:14
22."Hearts Like Ours" (MS MR Remix) 5:31
23."What We Want" (Maya Postepski Remix)
  • Powers
  • Xayalith
  • McElligott
5:23
24."A Small Reunion" (covered by Space Above) 5:02
25."Following Morning" 5:03
Total length:123:30

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of In Rolling Waves. [15]

Charts

Chart (2013)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [16] 12
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [17] 33
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [18] 23
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [19] 96
Irish Albums (IRMA) [20] 68
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [21] 4
Scottish Albums (OCC) [22] 56
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [23] 34
UK Albums (OCC) [24] 53
US Billboard 200 [25] 48
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard) [26] 14
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [27] 19

Release history

RegionDateFormatEditionLabelRef.
New Zealand13 September 2013Standard [28] [29]
Australia [30] [31]
GermanyFiction [32] [33]
United Kingdom16 September 2013
  • CD
  • LP
  • digital download
 [34] [35] [36]
Canada17 September 2013
  • CD
  • digital download
 [37] [38]
United States [39] [40]
Japan18 September 2013Digital downloadSomewhat Damaged [41]
United States8 October 2013LP
  • Fiction
  • Republic
 [42]
Australia27 June 2014Digital downloadDeluxeSomewhat Damaged [43]
JapanFiction [44]
United States1 July 2014 [45]

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