Beautiful Collision
Beautiful Collision | ||||
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Released | 1 July 2002 | |||
Genre | Pop, rock | |||
Length | 40:11 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Producer | Bic Runga | |||
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Beautiful Collision is the second solo album by New Zealand artist Bic Runga, released on 1 July 2002 in New Zealand, 15 July 2002 in Australia, and 5 November 2002 in the United States.
Critical reception[]
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Ken Goldstein of PopMatters gave the album a positive review,[3] as did Emma Phillpott from NZ Musician.[4]
At the 2003 New Zealand Music Awards, Beautiful Collision was nominated for Album of the Year, , Best Solo Artist and . It lost Album of the Year to The Datsuns' self-titled album, but won the other three categories. At the awards ceremony, it was also announced as the highest-selling New Zealand album for the year of 2003. Additionally, "Get Some Sleep" was nominated for the award for Single of the Year, but was beaten by Goodshirt's song "Sophie".[5]
Commercial performance[]
Beautiful Collison debuted at number one on the New Zealand Albums Chart on 14 July 2002. It spent an additional seven non-consecutive weeks at number one in June and July 2003. Beautiful Collision lasted a total of 101 non-consecutive weeks on the New Zealand Albums Chart; its last appearance was on 11 October 2004.[6] It was ranked as the eighth best-selling album in New Zealand in 2002, and the best-selling album in 2003. Beautiful Collision was certified 11-times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand, denoting shipment of 165,000 copies.[7] The album spent one week on the Australian Albums Chart in August 2002, at number forty-one.[8] Beautiful Collision peaked at number fifty-five on the UK Albums Chart, and lasted two weeks on the chart.[9]
Track listing[]
All songs were written by Bic Runga.
- "When I See You Smile" – 1:46
- "Get Some Sleep" – 3:35
- "Something Good" – 3:18
- "Precious Things" – 3:53
- "The Be All and End All" – 3:22
- "Election Night" – 3:04
- "Honest Goodbyes" – 3:58
- "She Left on a Monday" – 3:57
- "Beautiful Collision" – 3:45
- "Listening for the Weather" – 3:29
- "Counting the Days" – 2:16
- "Gravity" – 3:40
Personnel[]
- Bic Runga – vocals, drums, dobro, twelve-string electric guitar, piano, Wurlitzer, acoustic guitar, drum samples, harmonica
- Tim Arnold – vocals, twelve-string acoustic guitar
- Milan Borich – vocals
- Danny Blume – tenor guitar
- Stu Buchanan – clarinet
- Dave Dobbyn – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
- Neil Finn – vocals, piano, Wurlitzer
- Jay Foulkes – tambourine, percussion
- Alan Gregg – bass, electric bass
- Bob Heinz – banjo, guitar
- Boh Runga – vocals, electric guitar
- Pearl Runga – vocals
- Harry Harrison – slide guitar
- Josh Hodgson – acoustic guitar
- Ben King – vocals
- Geoff Maddock – electric guitar, twelve-string acoustic guitar
- Andy Morton – synth bass, keyboards
- Sebastian Steinberd – bass, tenor guitar, upright bass
- Luke Tomes – gong
- Darryl Ward – hi-hat overdubs
- Joey Waronker – drums, drum programming
Additional musicians[]
- Bic Runga – arrangement, string arrangement
- Duncan Haynes – string arrangement
- Andy Morton – kung fu samples, drum programming
- Lee Prebble – additional editing
- Boh Runga – vocal guidance and direction
- Pearl Runga – vocal guidance and direction
- Sophia Runga – vocal guidance and direction
- Luke Tomes – drum programming
See also[]
- List of number-one albums in 2002 (New Zealand)
- List of number-one albums in 2003 (New Zealand)
- List of number-one albums from the 2000s (New Zealand)
References[]
- ^ "Beautiful Collision – Bic Runga". AllMusic (Rovi Corporation). Retrieved 13 August 2013.
- ^ Baillie, Russell (22 June 2002). "Bic Runga: Beautiful Collision". The New Zealand Herald. APN News & Media. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
- ^ Goldstein, Ken (3 June 2004). "Bic Runga: Beautiful Collision". PopMatters. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
- ^ PhilPott, Emma. "Bic Runga: Beautiful Collision". NZ Musician. Archived from the original on 7 February 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
- ^ "2003 Winners". New Zealand Music Awards. Archived from the original on 23 May 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
- ^ "Bic Runga - Beautiful Collision". charts.nz (Hung Medien). Retrieved 13 August 2013.
- ^ Sjostedt, Arne (10 May 2012). "Bic's timely return". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
- ^ "Bic Runga - Beautiful Collision". australian-charts.com (Hung Medien). Archived from the original on 21 October 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
- ^ "Bic Runga". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
- Beautiful Collision (CD booklet). Bic Runga. New Zealand: Columbia Records. 2002. 5084032000.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
- "Bic Runga - Beautiful Collision". Discogs. Retrieved 20 November 2007.
- 2002 albums
- Bic Runga albums
- Columbia Records albums