Bic Runga / Drive – CD (Used)

Description

Author: Runga, Bic

Features:

• DRIVE MUSIC

Format: Enhanced

Release Date: 21-07-1998

Details: Amazon.caOne 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 Bjrkish ballad with a kick. Though her lyrics occasionally drift into clich (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’BrienProduct descriptionDrive 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