Author: Runga, Bic

Features:

• DRIVE MUSIC

Format: Enhanced

Release Date: 21-07-1998

Details: Amazon.ca One of most interesting female singer/songwriters to emerge in 1998 was Bic Runga, the half-Chinese, half-Maori New Zealander who secured a deal with Sony at the age of 19. Elfin, big-voiced and bambi-eyed, her debut album went triple-platinum in her home country within a year of release. Her sound is otherworldly, edgy and unique--from the acoustic minimalism of the title track, to the passionate feedback of "Hey", to the icy, insistent "Swim", a melancholy Björkish ballad with a kick. Though her lyrics occasionally drift into cliché (of the "I fall into an ocean of you" variety), there are some wonderful moments, as in the self-deprecating simplicity of "Without You", with its slowly delivered line, "To occupy my time's my / Only wish... / I've rearranged the magnets / On my fridge." --Lucy O'Brien Product description Drive veers ... between delicately sung acoustic dreaminess and edgy- but-not-angry guitar pop. -- Entertainment WeeklyNice and mellow on the surface, Runga's best tunes suggest the tensions hat underpin many relationships.... -- People

UPC: 074646892725

EAN: 0074646892725

Model: AManPro-0023048

Languages: English

Binding: Audio CD

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood