Drive (Bic Runga album)

Drive
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.
Studio album by
Bic Runga
Released14 July 1997 (New Zealand)
Recorded1997
StudioRevolver, York Street (Auckland)[1] Brooklyn (Los Angeles)[1] [note 1]
GenreRock, pop
Length41:25
LabelColumbia
ProducerBic Runga
Bic Runga chronology
Drive
(1995) 		Drive
(1997) 		Together in Concert: Live
(2000)
Singles from Drive
  1. "Drive"
    Released: 1995
  2. "Bursting Through"
    Released: September 1996
  3. "Sway"
    Released: May 1997
  4. "Suddenly Strange"
    Released: September 1997
  5. "Roll into One"
    Released: December 1997
  6. "Hey"
    Released: 1998[2]
  7. "Sorry"
    Released: 1999
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Age[3]
AllMusic[4]
Birmingham Mail(favorable)[5]
Entertainment WeeklyB[6]
Evening Post[7]
The Guardian(favorable)[8]
Guitar Player(favorable)[9]
Malay Mail(mixed)[10]
New Straits Times(mixed)[11]
Newcastle Herald(favorable)[12]
Sydney Morning Herald[13]
The Times[14]
Waikato Times[15]
Washington Post(mixed)[16]

Drive is the debut solo album by New Zealand artist Bic Runga, released on 14 July 1997.[17] The album went seven times platinum in New Zealand,[18] and won the New Zealand Music Award for Album of the Year at the 32nd New Zealand Music Awards.

  1. ^ a b Drive (CD liner notes). New Zealand: Columbia. 1997. 488580.2.
  2. ^ "Bic Runga – Hey (1998, CD)". Discogs. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  3. ^ Beer, Ian (10 July 1998). "CD Reviews". The Age. Melbourne. Retrieved 4 March 2024 – via ProQuest.
  4. ^ Allmusic review
  5. ^ Coleman, Andy (25 August 1998). "Album of the Week". Birmingham Evening Mail. Birmingham. Retrieved 4 March 2024 – via ProQuest.
  6. ^ Johnson, Beth (7 August 1998). "Bic Runga - Drive". Entertainment Weekly. No. 444. New York. p. 78.
  7. ^ Houlahan, Mike (14 August 1997). "Runga drives straight to top". The Evening Post. Wellington. Retrieved 4 March 2024 – via ProQuest.
  8. ^ Gallant, Doug (6 November 1998). "Bring back memories with release". The Guardian. Charlottetown. Retrieved 4 March 2024 – via Access World News.
  9. ^ Swenson, Kyle (June 1998). "Bic Runga - Drive". Guitar Player. Vol. 32, no. 6. New York. p. 140. Retrieved 4 March 2024 – via ProQuest.
  10. ^ Teo, Kris (8 March 1998). "Inspirational yield from Pearl Jam". Malay Mail. Kuala Lumpur. Retrieved 4 March 2024 – via ProQuest.
  11. ^ Martinez, Gerald (1 February 1998). "Bobby Brown - better than ever". New Straits Times. Kuala Lumpur. Retrieved 4 March 2024 – via ProQuest.
  12. ^ Watson, Chad (18 June 1998). "CD Reviews". Newcastle Herald. Newcastle. Retrieved 4 March 2024 – via ProQuest.
  13. ^ Molitorisz, Sasha (14 August 1998). "Sound bite". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney. Retrieved 4 March 2024 – via ProQuest.
  14. ^ Williamson, Nigel (5 September 1998). "New album releases". The Times. London. Retrieved 4 March 2024 – via Access World News.
  15. ^ Welham, Keri (19 August 1997). "Bic Runga - Drive". Waikato Times. Hamilton. Retrieved 4 March 2024 – via ProQuest.
  16. ^ Jenkins, Mark (31 July 1998). "Bic Runga - Drive". Washington Post. Washington. Retrieved 4 March 2024 – via ProQuest.
  17. ^ Russell, John (28 February 1998). "New Zealand's Bic Runga 'Drives' Sony Debut to Top". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  18. ^ "Bic Runga | NZ Music Hall of Fame". Retrieved 27 October 2021.


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