Drive (album) 2765090 225239538 2008-07-12T17:09:49Z J Milburn Bot 7423137 All Music Guide has now been rebranded to Allmusic {{for|the album of the same name by Alan Jackson|Drive (Alan Jackson album)}} {{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums --> Name = Drive | Type = studio | Artist = [[Bic Runga]] | Cover = Bic Runga-Drive.jpg | Released = August 1997 ([[New Zealand]]) | Recorded = May 1997: Revolver Studios, [[Auckland]], [[New Zealand]], except: "Drive", York Street Studios, [[Auckland]], [[New Zealand]]; "Suddenly Strange", Revolver Studios and Brooklyn Recording Studios, [[Los Angeles]], [[USA]] | Genre = [[Rock music|Rock]] | Length = | Label = [[Columbia Records]] | Producer = [[Bic Runga]] | Reviews = *[[Allmusic]] {{rating-5|4.5}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:4zklu3ijan6k link] | Last album = | This album = '''''Drive'''''<br>(1997) | Next album = ''[[Beautiful Collision]]''<br>(2002) | }} '''''Drive''''' is the debut solo album by [[New Zealand]] artist [[Bic Runga]], released in August 1997 in New Zealand. (Australia and Europe: 1998. USA: [[July 21]] [[1998]].) This album went seven times [[platinum album|platinum]] in New Zealand. ==Track listing== #"Drive" – 2:47 #"[[Sway (Bic Runga song)|Sway]]" – 4:24 #"[[Hey (song)|Hey]]" – 3:16 #"[[Bursting Through]]" – 3:42 #"Swim" – 4:44 #"[[Roll into One]]" – 3:19 #"[[Suddenly Strange]]" – 4:18 #"[[Sorry (Bic Runga song)|Sorry]]" – 3:23 #"Heal" – 3:32 #"Delight" – 4:00 #"Without You" – 4:01 ==Personnel== *Bic Runga – [[vocals]], [[guitar]], [[xylophone]], [[mellotron]], [[drums]], [[backing vocals]] *[[Peter Asher]] – backing vocals *[[Wayne Bell (musician)|Wayne Bell]] – drums, [[percussion instrument|percussion]] *Sally-Anne Brown – [[cello]] *Paul Casserly – [[sampling (music)|samples]] *Davey Fargher – [[Bass guitar|bass]] *Jay Foulkes – percussion *[[Josh Freese]] – drums *Duncan Hayes – [[Rhodes piano]], string [[arrangement]] *Niall Macken – additional arrangement *Aaron McDonald – bass *[[Boh Runga]] – backing vocals *[[Nick Seymour]] – additional arrangement *Malcolm Smith – [[keyboard instrument|keyboard]], additional samples *Karl Steven – additional arrangement *Andrew Thorne – guitar, backing vocals *Gary Verberne – guitar *Kate Walshe – [[violin]] *Matt Wallace – guitar, percussion, backing vocals *Sarah Yates – [[string instrument|strings]] ==External links== *[http://www.bicrunga.com Bic's official website] {{start box}} {{succession box | before = "[[Vicarious (Strawpeople album)|Vicarious]]" by [[Strawpeople]] | title = [[New Zealand Music Awards]] Album of the Year | years = [[1998]] | after = "[[Supersystem (album)|Supersystem]]" by [[The Feelers]] }} {{end box}} [[Category:1997 albums]] [[Category:Bic Runga albums]] [[Category:Debut albums]] [[Category:Columbia Records albums]]