Birds (Bic Runga album)

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Birds
Studio album by Bic Runga
Released	November 28, 2005 (New Zealand)
Recorded	Monte Cecilia House, Auckland, New Zealand August / September 2005
Genre	Acoustic Pop
Length	44:37
Label	Sony / BMG
Producer	Bic Runga
Professional reviews
The New Zealand Herald link
Bic Runga chronology
Live in Concert with the Christchurch Symphony (2003) Birds (2005)

Birds is the third solo album by New Zealand artist Bic Runga, released in New Zealand on November 28, 2005. The "Limited Australian Tour Edition" was released in Australia on March 4, 2006. Release is the United Kingdom is expected to be on May 15.

Birds was the New Zealand Herald's 2005 album of the year, and was Bic's third #1 album chart entry in New Zealand, garnering platinum status in its first week. It went to double platinum by the end of its second week, and has been certified triple platinum thus far.

RIANZ ranked Birds as 20th in the New Zealand Top 50 Albums of 2005 even though it has only charted for five weeks—from its release until the end of the year.

Birds entered the Australian charts at position 26 on the week ending March 13, 2006. It peaked at #20 on the Dutch Charts.

The album was mixed in London with the help of Simon Gogerly.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Limited Australian Tour Edition 3 Personnel 3.1 Performers 3.2 Strings 3.3 Additional 4 External links

[edit] Track listing

1. "Winning Arrow" – 2:53
2. "Say After Me" – 4:36
3. "Listen" – 3:32
4. "Birds" – 3:46
5. "Ruby Nights" – 4:23
6. "No Crying No More" – 2:03
7. "If I Had You" – 4:48
8. "Captured" – 6:03
9. "That's Alright" – 3:22
10. "Blue Blue Heart" – 3:32
11. "It's Over" – 5:38

[edit] Limited Australian Tour Edition

The Australian release included a second disc of live material recorded at the Civic Theatre in November, 2005. The disc incorrectly identifies the recording date as November, 2006 — eight months after the release of this edition.

1. "Birds" – 4:30
2. "Blue Blue Heart" – 3:48
3. "Ruby Nights" – 4:42
4. "Listen" – 3:38
5. "Captured" – 6:03

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Performers

• Bic Runga – vocals, guitars
• Tim Arnold – guitar
• Ben "Boxcar" Maitland – vocals, guitars, harmonica
• Shayne Carter – backing vocals
• Anna Coddington – backing vocals
• Neil Finn – vocals, guitars, piano, psalterian, vibraphone
• Rikki Gooch – drums, percussion
• Rebecca Harris – harp
• Anika Moa – backing vocals
• Joanna Satomi Schulz – French horn
• Conrad Standish – vocals, bass guitar

[edit] Strings

• Miranda Adams
• Mark Bennett
• Christine Bowie
• Artur Grabczewski
• Greg McGarity
• William Hanfling
• Claudia Price
• Katherine Uren

[edit] Additional

• Paul Crowther – drum tech
• Neil Finn – string arrangements
• Paul Jeffery – studio monitors
• Tom Rainey – string arrangements
• Marc Taddei – conductor
• John Walsh – guitar tech

[edit] External links

• Bic Runga's official website
• New Zealand Herald's album of the year

Preceded by "Based on a True Story" by Fat Freddy's Drop

New Zealand Music Awards Album of the Year 2006

Succeeded by Incumbent