less impressed with the album, praising songs "Be Calm" and "The Gambler", but criticizing the lyrics and production of the album's early tracks. Hung concluded that while Aim and Ignite is "pretty original to say the least", it "fails to live up to the Format's last outing". Popdose's Ken Shane called the album "an interesting and unusual listen". Shane applauded the album's songwriting and said "many of the songs are really good", but he objected to the "cute" production, desiring to hear the band "in a more stripped-down form. He ended his review with: "I have a similar problem with Dr. Dog, a band that was recommended to me by a number of people. I think much of their recorded work is too fussed over, but when I saw them live and their sound was more stripped down out of necessity, emphasizing their powerful songwriting, I thought they were wonderful. Perhaps the same fate awaits me with Fun." The album reached number 26 on Sputnikmusic's top 50 albums of 2009. Track listing iTunes bonus tracks "Stitch Me Up" (Ruess, Dost, Antonoff) – 4:05 "Walking the Dog II" – 4:31 "Take Your Time" (Acoustic) – 3:57 "Walking the Dog" (RAC Mix) – 4:30 "All the Pretty Girls" (RAC Mix) – 4:25 Personnel fun. Jack Antonoff – lead guitar, drums, percussion, backing vocals Andrew Dost – piano, guitars, theremin, percussion, keyboards, flugelhorn, trumpet, synthesizers, glockenspiel, backing vocals Nate Ruess – lead and backing vocals Additional musicians Jas Thor – trombone (tracks: 4, 6, 8) Double G – saxophones (tracks: 5, 8) Lara Wickes – oboe (track 4) Phil Parlapiano – accordion (track 1) Mike Whits – viola (tracks: 5, 6, 9) Ina Whits – violin (tracks: 5, 6, 9) Timothy Loo – cello (tracks: 5, 6, 9) Vanessa Freebairn-Smith – cello (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6) Neel Hammond – violin and viola (tracks: 1–6, 9) John O'Reilly – drums (all tracks except: 7, 9) Steven Shane McDonald – vocals (tracks: 4, 10), bass (all tracks except: 2, 9) Roger Joseph Manning, Jr. – calliope (track 1) Christopher Bautista – trumpet (tracks: 1, 8) Connie Corn – vocals (tracks: 2, 8, 10) Karen Mills – vocals (tracks: 2, 8, 10) Ida Relhm – vocals (tracks: 2, 8, 10) Anna Waronker – vocals (tracks: 1, 5) Rachel Antonoff – vocals (tracks: 1, 4, 5) Charts References 2009 debut albums Fun (band) albums Nettwerk Records