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Bic Runga: Drive

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On July 14,1997, “Columbia” label released “Drive”, the debut Bic Runga studio album. It was recorded in 1997, at “Revolver” in Auckland New Zealand, Brooklyn and Los Angeles, and was produced by Bic Runga. At the 32nd “New Zealand Music Awards”, “Drive” won “Music Award for Album of the Year”. It was certified 7 x Platinum in New Zealand.

Personnel:

  • Bic Runga – lead vocals, guitars, xylophone, Mellotron, drums, backing vocals, arrangements, mixing
  • Andrew Thorne – guitars, backing vocals
  • Gary Verberne – guitars
  • Matt Wallace – guitar, percussion, backing vocals
  • Duncan Haynes – Rhodes piano, string arrangements
  • Malcolm Smith – keyboards, additional samples 
  • Davey Fargher – bass guitar
  • Aaron McDonald – bass
  • Wayne Bell – drums, percussion
  • Josh Freese – drums
  • Jay Foulkes – percussion
  • Kate Walshe – violin 
  • Sarah Yates – strings
  • Sally-Anne Brown – cello 
  • Paul Casserly – samples 
  • Peter Asher – backing vocals
  • Boh Runga – backing vocals 
  • Niall Macken – additional arrangements
  • Nick Seymour – additional arrangements
  • Karl Steven – additional arrangements
  • Chris van de Geer – engineer
  • Simon Sheridan – engineer
  • Matt Wallace – engineer, mixing, mastering 
  • Matt Tait – engineer assistant
  • Tom Banghart – engineer assistant, mixing assistant

Track listing:

All tracks by Bic Runga,

  1. Drive
  2. Sway
  3. Hey
  4. Bursting Through
  5. Swim
  6. Roll into One
  7. Suddenly Strange
  8. Sorry
  9. Heal
  10. Delight
  11. Without You

Neil Finn: The Sun Came Out

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On August 31, 2009, “Columbia” label released “The Sun Came Out”, the fifth Neil Finn album. It was recorded in 2009, at “Roundhead Studios”, and was produced by Jim Scott and Neil Finn.

Personnel:

  • Neil Finn – lead and harmony vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, slide guitar, piano, xylophone
  • Johnny Marr – vocals, electric guitar
  • Ed O’Brien – vocals, electric guitar
  • Pat Sansone – piano, Hammond organ, acoustic guitar, celesta, harmony vocals
  • Mikael Jorgesen – organ, synthesizer
  • Nels Cline – acoustic and slide guitar
  • Phil Selway – percussion
  • Elroy Finn – drums
  • Glenn Kotche – drums, percussion, drum machine
  • Luke Bullen – drums, body percussion, handclaps
  • Sebastian Steinberg – bass
  • Lisa Germano – violin, electric guitar, theremin, harmony vocals
  • Liam Finn – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, Hammond organ, loops
  • Bic Runga – vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Ivy Rossiter – backing vocals
  • Don McGlashan – vocals, guitar, euphonium, flugelhorn
  • KT Tunstall – lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar, handclaps
  • Jeff Tweedy – vocals, voice, acoustic and electric guitar, piano, organ
  • John Stirratt – bass, harmony vocals
  • Cecilia Herbert – harmony vocals
  • Eliza Jane Barnes – harmony vocals
  • Sonny Marr – backing vocals
  • Glenn Richards – vocals, electric guitar
  • Nile Marr – vocals, acoustic guitar

Track listing:

  1. Too Blue – Johnny Marr, Jeff Tweedy
  2. You Never Know – Jeff Tweedy
  3. Little by Little – Sharon Finn, Neil Finn
  4. Learn to Crawl – Ed O’Brien, Johnny Marr, Liam Finn, Neil Finn
  5. Girl, Make your Own Mind Up – Don McGlashan
  6. Hazel Black – KT Tunstall, Neil Finn
  7. Red Wine Bottle – Liam Finn, Chris Garland, Johnny Marr
  8. Black Silk Ribbon – KT Tunstall, Bic Runga
  9. Run in the Dust – Johnny Marr
  10. The Ties That Bind Us – Phil Selway
  11. What Could Have Been – Jeff Tweedy
  12. Duxton Blues – Glenn Richards
  13. Reptile – Lisa Germano