Drive (Bic Runga album) explained

Drive
Type:	studio
Artist:	Bic Runga
Cover:	DriveBicRunga.jpg
Alt:	An image of Runga wearing a blue coat and green dress standing center-right in front of a blue backdrop. Her name and the album title are located to her left.
Released:	14 July 1997 (New Zealand)
Recorded:	1997
Studio:	Revolver, York Street (Auckland)^[1] Brooklyn (Los Angeles)
Genre:	Rock, pop
Length:	41:25
Label:	Columbia
Producer:	Bic Runga
Prev Title:	Drive
Prev Year:	1995
Next Year:	2000

Drive is the debut solo album by New Zealand artist Bic Runga, released on 14 July 1997.^[2] The album went seven times platinum in New Zealand,^[3] and won the New Zealand Music Award for Album of the Year at the 32nd New Zealand Music Awards.

Track listing

Track listing adapted from Spotify^[4] and CD liner notes. All tracks are written and produced by Bic Runga.

Credits adapted from CD liner notes.

Musicians

Bic Runga – lead vocals (all tracks), arrangements (all tracks), guitars (tracks 1, 4, 6, 7, 9), xylophone (tracks 2, 3, 11), Mellotron (track 7), drums (track 8), backing vocals (tracks 2, 3, 7, 11)
Peter Asher – backing vocals (track 6)
Wayne Bell – drums (tracks 2-6, 9-11), percussion (track 4)
Sally-Anne Brown – cello (tracks 2, 7)
Paul Casserly – samples (tracks 9, 10)
Davey Faragher – bass guitar (track 7)
Jay Foulkes – percussion (track 8)
Josh Freese – drums (track 7)
Duncan Haynes – Rhodes piano (track 10), string arrangements (tracks 2, 4, 7)
Niall Macken – additional arrangement (tracks 2, 7, 11)
Aaron McDonald – bass (tracks 2, 3, 5, 6, 8-11)
Boh Runga – backing vocals (tracks 5, 6)
Nick Seymour – additional arrangement (tracks 2, 7, 11)
Malcolm Smith – keyboards (tracks 5, 9), additional samples (track 9)
Karl Steven – additional arrangement (track 4)
Andrew Thorne – guitars (tracks 2-6, 8-11), backing vocals (tracks 6, 11)
Gary Verberne – guitars (tracks 2, 11)
Kate Walshe – violin (tracks 2, 4, 7)
Matt Wallace – guitar (track 6), percussion (track 7), backing vocals (track 6)
Sarah Yates – strings (track 4)

Technical

Bic Runga – production (all tracks), mixing (track 1)
Tom Banghart – engineering assistance (track 7), mixing assistance (tracks 2-11)
Chris van de Geer – engineering (track 1)
Simon Sheridan – engineering (tracks 2-11)
Matt Tait – engineering assistance (tracks 2-11)
Matt Wallace – engineering (track 7), mastering (all tracks), mixing (tracks 2-11)

Drive . 1997 . CD liner notes . . 488580.2 . New Zealand.
Russell . John . New Zealand's Bic Runga 'Drives' Sony Debut to Top . Billboard . 28 February 1998. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. 7 December 2021.
Web site: Bic Runga NZ Music Hall of Fame. 2021-10-27.
https://open.spotify.com/album/6RKelNVLEA7UeWnJJaKcGo Drive by Bic Runga