Simple Forms

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Simple Forms
File:The Naked and Famous - Simple Forms.png
Studio album by
The Naked and Famous
Released14 October 2016 (2016-10-14)
Recorded2015–2016[1][2]
Studio
Length40:23
LabelSomewhat Damaged
Producer
The Naked and Famous chronology
In Rolling Waves
(2013) 		Simple Forms
(2016) 		A Still Heart
(2018)
Singles from Simple Forms
  1. "Higher"
    Released: 8 July 2016
  2. "Laid Low"
    Released: 25 August 2016[3]
  3. "The Runners"
    Released: 30 September 2016[4]

Simple Forms is the third studio album by New Zealand indie electronic band The Naked and Famous. It was released on 14 October 2016 by Somewhat Damaged in partnership with Kobalt Label Services.[2] "Higher" was released as the album's lead single on 8 July 2016.[5][6]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStarFile:Star empty.svg[7]
News.com.auStarStarStarFile:Star empty.svgFile:Star empty.svg[8]
Rolling Stone AustraliaStarStarStarHalf star[9]

Matt Collar of AllMusic commented that Simple Forms is "less overtly bombastic than the group's previous work" and "[t]here's a tenderness to the arrangements that feels straightforward and uncluttered", concluding, "Ultimately, if there is a nuanced sophistication to the band's work on Simple Forms, it feels genuine and hard-won."[7]

Jaymz Clements of Rolling Stone Australia wrote, "At times, [...] it feels like the Naked and Famous are playing musical catch-up, as Simple Forms struggles to move beyond place-holder synth-pop like 'Water Beneath You'. But when Xayalith and former partner Thom Powers team up on the sparkling 'My Energy' and 'Last Forever', their taut, dynamic atmosphere shines."[9]

Cyclone Wehner of News.com.au felt that "[t]he trouble is that TNAF [...] tend to work to an anthemic formula. And no songs here are as memorable as the early 'Young Blood'."[8]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by The Naked and Famous, except where noted. All tracks produced by The Naked and Famous and Thomas Powers, except where noted.

No.TitleLength
1."Higher" (producers: The Naked and Famous, Powers; additional producer: Sombear)3:50
2."The Water Beneath You"3:52
3."My Energy" (producers: The Naked and Famous, Powers; additional producer: Sombear)4:00
4."Last Forever"4:13
5."Losing Our Control"3:56
6."Backslide"4:05
7."Laid Low" (writers: The Naked and Famous, Kamtin Mohager)3:55
8."The Runners"4:20
9."Falling"3:51
10."Rotten"4:21
Total length:40:23

Personnel

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Credits adapted from the liner notes of Simple Forms.[10]

The Naked and Famous

Additional personnel

Charts

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Chart (2016) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[11] 37
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[12] 67
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[13] 15
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[14] 49
US Billboard 200[15] 110
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[16] 9
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard)[17] 10
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[18] 17

Release history

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Region Date Label Format Ref.
New Zealand 14 October 2016 Island
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Australia [21][22]
United Kingdom Somewhat Damaged [23]
United States
  • CD
  • LP
  • digital download
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References

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