Birds (studio album) by Bic Runga

Birds by Bic Runga
Year: 2005
Release date: 2005-11-28
Overall rank: 58,716th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 7 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2005 (1,192nd)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (11,539th)
Award Best albums of all time (58,716th)
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Bic Runga bestography

Birds is ranked 3rd best out of 8 albums by Bic Runga on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Bic Runga is Beautiful Collision which is ranked number 24836 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 37.

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For her third studio album Runga again reinvented herself, this time as a jazzy lounge singer. Following the effervescent hooky pop of Beautiful Collision, Birds is hushed and sombre, a eulogy to her father whose passing provided the stimulus and emotional backdrop to these songs. Runga’s backing band is a remarkable collective of New Zealand musicians – the album’s principal musical contributor is Neil Finn, in the unfamiliar role as pianist. Trinity Roots’ Rikki Gooch is behind the drum-kit, while Shayne Carter and Anika Moa guest on backing vocals.

Birds is an ambitious album from Runga, a successful attempt at almost an entirely new genre for her, but it’s not the tour de force it could have been; it’s beautiful background music, but it doesn’t demand the listener’s full attention like it could have.
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