Birds (Bic Runga album)

Birds
Studio album by Bic Runga
Released 28 November 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
Bic Runga chronology

Live in Concert with the Christchurch Symphony
(2003)		 Birds
(2005)		 Belle
(2011)
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Birds is the third solo album by New Zealand artist Bic Runga, released in New Zealand and Ireland on 28 November 2005. The "Limited Australian Tour Edition" was released in Australia on 4 March 2006. Release is the United Kingdom is expected to be on 15 May.

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 13 March 2006. It peaked at #20 in the Irish and Dutch Charts respectively.

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

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

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. "The Be All And End All" – 3:51

International version

Features an alternate tracklisting.

  1. "Captured" – 6:03
  2. "Birds" (with birds intro) – 3:58
  3. "No Crying No More" – 2:03
  4. "Winning Arrow" – 2:53
  5. "If I Had You" – 4:48
  6. "Say After Me" – 4:36
  7. "Listen" – 3:32
  8. "That's Alright" – 3:22
  9. "Blue Blue Heart" – 3:32
  10. "Ruby Nights" – 4:23
  11. "It's Over" – 5:38
  12. "Somewhere in the Night" – 4:06

Special Edition

Released in NZ with 2 bonus tracks (Somewhere in the Night and Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart (Birds Version)) plus a DVD featuring 5 live performances and 2 music videos.

DVD:

  1. "Birds"
  2. "Blue Blue Heart"
  3. "Ruby Nights"
  4. "No Crying No More"
  5. "Captured"
  6. "Winning Arrow" (music video)
  7. "Say After Me" (music video)

Personnel

Performers

Strings

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Preceded by
Based on a True Story by Fat Freddy's Drop		 New Zealand Music Awards Album of the Year
2006 		Succeeded by
Crazy? Yes! Dumb? No! by The Mint Chicks