Birds

Studio album by

Released

28 November 2005 (New Zealand)

Recorded

Monte Cecilia House, Auckland, New Zealand August / September 2005

Genre

Acoustic Pop

Length

44:36 (NZ)
48:54 (International)

Label

Sony / BMG

Producer

Bic Runga

Bic Runga chronology

Live in Concert with the Christchurch Symphony
(2003)

Birds
(2005)

Try to Remember Everything
(2008)

Singles from Birds

"Winning Arrow"
Released: 28 November 2005
"That's Alright"
Released: 2005
"Say After Me"
Released: 2006

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 3× platinum. The album won the New Zealand Music Award for Album of the Year in 2006, her second award for Best Album, after her debut release Drive.

Track listing

New Zealand and Australia edition

All tracks are written by Bic Runga

No.	Title	Length
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
Total length:		44:36

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.

Limited Australian tour edition bonus disc
No.	Title	Length
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
Total length:		20:29

International version

Features an alternate track listing.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Captured"	6:03
2.	"Birds" (with bird-call)	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
Total length:		48:54

Bonus track on NZ and Australia special edition
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart"	Roger Greenaway Roger Cook	4:04
Total length:			52:58

Special edition bonus DVD

Released in New Zealand and Australia, with a cover of "Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart" as a bonus track, plus a DVD featuring 5 live performances and 2 music videos.

"Birds"
"Blue Blue Heart"
"Ruby Nights"
"No Crying No More"
"Captured"
"Winning Arrow" (music video)
"Say After Me" (music video)

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.

Performers

Bic Runga – vocals, guitars
Ben "Boxcar" Maitland – vocals, guitars, harmonica
Tim Arnold – guitar (on "Birds" and "That's Alright")
Shayne Carter – backing vocals
Anna Coddington – backing vocals
Neil Finn – vocals, guitars, piano, psalterian, vibraphone
Riki 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 personnel

Bic Runga – production
Paul Crowther – drum tech
Tom Rainey – string arrangements
Neil Finn – string arrangement (on "Birds")
Paul Jeffery – studio monitors
Andre Upston – recording
Simon Gogerly – mixing
Ric Levy – assistant mixing
Marc Taddei – conductor
John Walsh – guitar tech

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

References

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