Purple Naked Ladies

Purple Naked Ladies is the debut studio album by American soul band The Internet, a duo consisting of Syd tha Kyd and Matt Martians of Odd Future at the time.^[5] The digital version of the album was released on December 20, 2011, with a physical copy, with bonus tracks released on January 31, 2012.^[5][6] The album is the first physically released album on Odd Future's own record label Odd Future Records.

Purple Naked Ladies
Studio album by The Internet
Released	December 20, 2011
Recorded	2011
Genre	Trip hop hip-hop soul R&B
Length	41:34
Label	Odd Future
Producer	Anthony Life Frank Ocean Frisco The Internet Left Brain Matt Martians Patrick the Great Pyramid Vritra Robin Hannibal Tyler, the Creator
The Internet chronology
Purple Naked Ladies (2011) Feel Good (2013)
Singles from Purple Naked Ladies
"Love Song -1" Released: September 24, 2011[1] "They Say" Released: October 4, 2011[2] "Cocaine" Released: November 8, 2011[3] "Fastlane" Released: January 19, 2012[4]

Personnel

The Internet is formed of Odd Future members Syd the Kyd, the group's sound engineer, audio mixer, and live DJ, and Matt Martians, one half of The Jet Age of Tomorrow. The album features collaborations with fellow Odd Future members Left Brain, Mike G, and Pyramid Vritra as well as other guest artists Tay Walker, Kilo Kish, and Coco O.^[6]

Singles

The album's first single, "Love Song -1" was released on September 14, 2011.^[1] The second single, "They Say", which features Tay Walker, was released on October 4, 2011,^[2] though before its single release, it was included on the Odd Future compilation album 12 Odd Future Songs. The third single, "Cocaine", which features Left Brain, had its music video premiere on Odd Future's YouTube page on October 31, 2011.^[7] It was released as a single to the iTunes Store on November 8, 2011, as a 3 track EP including "Love Song -1" and "They Say" as tracks 2 and 3 respectively.^[3] The fourth single, "Fastlane", was released on January 19, 2012.^[4]

Release

The album's cover artwork was released on November 8, 2011.^[5] A bonus EP was later released for free on the official Odd Future website.^[8] It was intended to be packaged with the album, but due to a manufacturing issue, it was left out.^[9]

Reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	55/100[10]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[11]
The A.V. Club	C+[12]
Beats Per Minute	38%[13]
Consequence of Sound	[14]
The Guardian	[15]
No Ripcord	6/10[16]
Now	[17]
The Observer	[18]
Pitchfork Media	6.0/10[19]
Rolling Stone	[20]
Spin	7/10[21]
Sputnikmusic	[22]

The album received mixed reviews, scoring an average of 55 out of 100 on Metacritic based on 21 reviews.^[10] The album peaked at number 31 on the US Billboard Heatseekers Albums charts on January 7, 2012.^[23]

Track listing

The track listing was reported by Pretty Much Amazing on November 8, 2011.^[6]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Violet Nude Women"	Sydney Bennett Matthew Martin	The Internet	3:27
2.	"They Say / Shangrila" (featuring Tay Walker)	S. Bennett Tay Walker	The Internet Frisco*	4:48
3.	"She DGAF"	S. Bennett M. Martin Christopher Breaux	The Internet Frank Ocean	3:28
4.	"Cunt"	S. Bennett M. Martin	The Internet	2:19
5.	"Cocaine / Tevie" (featuring Left Brain)	S. Bennett M. Martin Anthony Negrete Vyron Turner	The Internet Left Brain*	4:32
6.	"Ode to a Dream" (featuring Kilo Kish and Coco O.)	Hal Williams S. Bennett M. Martin Coco Owino Lakisha Robinson	Pyramid Vritra The Internet	4:09
7.	"Gurl" (featuring Pyramid Vritra)	S. Bennett M. Martin H. Williams	Matt Martians	2:51
8.	"Lovesong−1"	S. Bennett	Frisco	1:29
9.	"Lincoln" (featuring Left Brain and Mike G)	S. Bennett M. Martin Mike Griffin II V. Turner	The Internet	2:08
10.	"Web of Me"	S. Bennett M. Martin	Frisco	2:48
11.	"She Knows"	S. Bennett M. Martin V. Turner	Matt Martians Left Brain	2:10
12.	"Fastlane"	Patrick Paige II S. Bennett M. Martin A. Negrete	Patrick the Great	3:43
13.	"Visions" (featuring Coco O.)	V. Turner M. Martin P. Paige II S. Bennett A. Negrete C. Owino	Left Brain The Internet Patrick the Great	1:32
14.	"The Garden"	S. Bennett M. Martin	The Internet	2:10

Bonus EP

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Lonely Notes" (featuring Quadron)	M. Martin R. Hannibal	Matt Martians Robin Hannibal	3:08
2.	"Live It Up"	T. Okonma	Tyler, the Creator	3:59
3.	"Partners in Crime"	S. Bennett	Syd tha Kyd	2:56
4.	"Of It"	M. Martin S. Bennett	The Internet	4:50

• "They Say" written by Sydney Bennett and Tay Walker; produced by The Internet. "Shangrila" written by Sydney Bennett; produced by Frisco.
• "Cocaine" written by Sydney Bennett, Matthew Martin, Anthony Negrete and Vyron Turner; produced by The Internet. "Tevie" written by Vyron Turner, Sydney Bennett and Matthew Martin; produced by Left Brain & The Internet.
• Frisco is Syd Tha Kyd.