Passenger (Carly Binding album)

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Passenger
Studio album by
Released29 June 2003 (2003-06-29)
VenueHelen Young Studios
Genre Pop
Length39:18
Label Festival Records (NZ) Ltd
Producer Andrew Maclaren, Chris van de Geer
Carly Binding chronology
Passenger
(2003)
So Radiate
(2005)
Singles from Passenger
  1. "Alright With Me (Taking It Easy)"
    Released: 14 July 2002
  2. "We Kissed"
    Released: 22 December 2002
  3. "Love Will Save Me"
    Released: 18 May 2003
  4. "This Is It"
    Released: 28 September 2003

Passenger is the debut studio album by New Zealand singer-songwriter Carly Binding. It was released on 29 June 2003 in New Zealand. [1] The album was also released in Australia and received high rotation radio play for the single 'Alright With Me (Taking It Easy)' and 'We Kissed'. [2]

Contents

A Special Edition version of the album was released on October 27, 2003, containing acoustic covers, a remix of 'This It It' and one additional track. [3]

Background

The album was written by Binding and produced with Stellar's Andrew Maclaren and Chris van de Geer, with a number of tracks mixed in Los Angeles by Chris Lord-Alge. It was recorded at Helen Young Studios, mixed at York Street Studios and mastered at Studios 301, Sydney.

Reception

Critical reception

Russell Baillie from New Zealand Herald gave a 4 star review, citing "It is pop — but its 10 songs are solid, thoughtful, guitar-powered, sometimes bittersweet things brought to life with confident arrangements and hooks of the non-annoying variety.". [4] Stuff.co.nz wrote "...a highly polished collection of 10 kiwi pop tracks oozing with warmth and emotion." and gave 4 stars. [5]

Commercial performance

Passenger debuted at No.6 on the New Zealand Albums Chart on 29 June 2003, charting for 17 weeks.

The album also went Gold in New Zealand, selling over 7,500 units within the first month of release. [6] [7]

Singles

The album's first track "Alright With Me (Taking It Easy)" was released in July 2002 and debuted at No.30 and peaked at No.10 in week 7 on the New Zealand Singles Chart.

Second single "We Kissed", released December 2022, gave Binding a career peak of No.7 and spending 20 weeks on the chart.

Third single "Love Will Save Me" was released in May 2003 ahead of the album and peaked at No.18 and the fourth and final single, "This Is It", released in September 2023 peaked at No.12.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Alright With Me (Taking It Easy)"Carly Binding, Boh Runga3:53
2."Love Will Save Me"Binding, Barry Palmer3:43
3."This Is It"Binding, Andrew Maclaren3:29
4."Unable Too"Binding3:58
5."We Kissed"Binding3:29
6."Let It Slide"Binding3:45
7."Rescue Me"Binding3:49
8."For What It's Worth"Binding4:04
9."Not That Cold"Binding3:30
10."My Liberty"Binding4:41
Total length:39:18
Special Edition [8]
No.TitleLength
12."A Day Like This (Acoustic)"3:18
13."Alright With Me (Acoustic)"4:03
14."We Kissed (A Kiss Is Just A Kiss)"3:33
15."This Is It (Crazy Baby Mix)"4:17
16."Boys Won't Change"3:31
17."For What It's Worth (Acoustic)"3:55

Charts

Chart (2003)Peak
position
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [9] 6

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