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) Try to Remember Everything (2008)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
The New Zealand Herald	link

Birds is the third studio album by New Zealand artist Bic Runga. The album was released in New Zealand on 28 November 2005. The album was Bic's third no.1 album garnering platinum status in its first week. The album was certified 3x platinum. The album won the New Zealand Music Award for Album of the Year in 2006, her second award for Best Album, after 1997 release Drive won in 1998.

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 track listing.

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)

Chart positions

Weekly charts

Chart (2005/06)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[1]	26
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[2]	1

End of year Charts

Chart (2005)	Position
NZ Album charts	26
NZ Album charts	17

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

Strings

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

Additional

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

See also

• List of number-one albums from the 2000s (New Zealand)

References

1. "Australiancharts.com – Bic Runga – Birds". Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
2. "Charts.org.nz – Bic Runga – {{{album}}}". Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 October 2016.

External links

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