Drive (Bic Runga album)

Drive

Released

August 1997 (New Zealand)

Recorded

May 1997: Revolver Studios, Auckland, New Zealand except: "Drive", York Street Studios, Auckland, New Zealand; "Suddenly Strange", Revolver Studios and Brooklyn Recording Studios, Los Angeles, USA

Bic Runga chronology

Drive
(1995)

Drive
(1997)

Together in Concert: Live
(Tim Finn, Bic Runga & Dave Dobbyn)
(2000)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Drive is the debut solo album by New Zealand artist Bic Runga, released in August 1997 in New Zealand. The album was released the following year in Australia and Europe, and on 21 July 1998 in the United States.

This album went seven times platinum in New Zealand. The album won New Zealand Music Award for Album of the Year in 1998.

Track listing

All tracks by Bic Runga

"Drive" – 2:47
"Sway" – 4:24
"Hey" – 3:16
"Bursting Through" – 3:42
"Swim" – 4:44
"Roll into One" – 3:19
"Suddenly Strange" – 4:18
"Sorry" – 3:23
"Heal" – 3:32
"Delight" – 4:00
"Without You" – 4:01

Personnel

Bic Runga – vocals, guitar, xylophone, mellotron, drums, backing vocals
Peter Asher – backing vocals
Wayne Bell – drums, percussion
Sally-Anne Brown – cello
Paul Casserly – samples
Davey Fargher – bass
Jay Foulkes – percussion
Josh Freese – drums
Duncan Hayes – Rhodes piano, string arrangement
Niall Macken – additional arrangement
Aaron McDonald – bass
Boh Runga – backing vocals
Nick Seymour – additional arrangement
Malcolm Smith – keyboard, additional samples
Karl Steven – additional arrangement
Andrew Thorne – guitar, backing vocals
Gary Verberne – guitar
Kate Walshe – violin
Matt Wallace – guitar, percussion, backing vocals
Sarah Yates – strings

Chart positions

Chart (1997-1999)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[2]	50
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[3]	1

References

↑ Allmusic review
↑ "Australiancharts.com – Bic Runga – Drive". Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
↑ "Charts.org.nz – Bic Runga – Drive". Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 December 2013.

External links

Bic's official website

Preceded by Vicarious by Strawpeople	New Zealand Music Awards Album of the Year 1998	Succeeded by Supersystem by The Feelers

Bic Runga

Bic Runga discography New Zealand Music Awards

Studio albums	Drive (1997) Beautiful Collision (2002) Birds (2005) Belle (2011) Close Your Eyes (2016)

Live albums	Together in Concert: Live (2000) Live in Concert with the Christchurch Symphony (2003)

Compilation albums	Try to Remember Everything (2008) Anthology (2012)

Extended plays	Drive (1995)

Singles	"Bursting Through" "Sway" "Suddenly Strange" "Roll into One" "Hey" "Good Morning Baby" "Sorry" "Drive" "Get Some Sleep" "Something Good" "Listening for the Weather" "Winning Arrow" "That's Alright" "Say After Me" "Hello Hello" "Close Your Eyes"

Related articles	Sony Music New Zealand New Zealand Music Awards APRA Silver Scroll (1996) APRA Top 100 New Zealand Songs of All Time (2001) New Zealand Order of Merit (2006) New Zealand Music Hall of Fame (2016)

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