''Beautiful Collision'' is the second solo album by

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artist

Bic Runga Briolette Kah Bic Runga (born 13 January 1976), recording as Bic Runga, is a New Zealand singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist pop artist. Her first three studio albums debuted at number one on the Recording Industry Association of New Ze ...

, released on 1 July 2002 in New Zealand, 15 July 2002 in

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, and 5 November 2002 in the United States.

Critical reception

Ken Goldstein of

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gave the album a positive review, as did Emma Phillpott from ''NZ Musician''. At the 2003 New Zealand Music Awards, ''Beautiful Collision'' was nominated for Album of the Year, Best Female Vocalist, Best Solo Artist and Producer of the Year. It lost Album of the Year to

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' self-titled album, but won the other three categories. At the awards ceremony, it was also announced as the highest-selling New Zealand album for the year of 2003. Additionally, "

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" was nominated for the award for Single of the Year, but was beaten by

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's song " Sophie".

Commercial performance

''Beautiful Collison'' debuted at number one on the

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on 14 July 2002. It spent an additional seven non-consecutive weeks at number one in June and July 2003. ''Beautiful Collision'' lasted a total of 101 non-consecutive weeks on the New Zealand Albums Chart; its last appearance was on 11 October 2004. It was ranked as the eighth best-selling album in New Zealand in 2002, and the best-selling album in 2003. ''Beautiful Collision'' was

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11-times platinum by the

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, denoting shipment of 165,000 copies. The album spent one week on the

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in August 2002, at number forty-one. ''Beautiful Collision'' peaked at number fifty-five on the

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, and lasted two weeks on the chart.

Track listing

Track listing adapted from

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Beautiful Collision by Bic Runga
''Spotify''. Retrieved 3 December 2022. and CD liner notes. All tracks are written and produced by

Personnel

Credits adapted from CD liner notes. Musicians *Bic Runga – vocals (all tracks), acoustic guitar (tracks 5, 8), arrangements (all tracks),

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(tracks 3, 11), drums (tracks 3, 11), drum samples (track 6), electric guitar (tracks 6, 8, 11), guitar (tracks 1, 7), harmonica (track 10), piano (tracks 4, 6-9, 12), string arrangement (track 9), twelve-string electric guitar (track 3), Wurlitzer piano (tracks 4, 10) *Tim Arnold – twelve-string acoustic guitar (track 2), vocals (track 2) *Milan Borich – twelve-string acoustic guitar (track 2), vocals (tracks 2, 3, 10) *

Danny Blume Danny Blume is an American music producer, musician, and composer. He is a Grammy Award winner and multiple Grammy nominee. He operates a studio and lives in Woodstock, New York. Before becoming a music producer, he played as a guitarist and bass ...

–

tenor guitar The tenor guitar or four-string guitar is a slightly smaller, four-string relative of the steel-string acoustic guitar or electric guitar. The instrument was initially developed in its acoustic form by Gibson and C.F. Martin so that players of ...

(track 4) *Stu Buchanan –

clarinet The clarinet is a musical instrument in the woodwind family. The instrument has a nearly cylindrical bore and a flared bell, and uses a single reed to produce sound. Clarinets comprise a family of instruments of differing sizes and pitches ...

(track 11) *

Dave Dobbyn Sir David Joseph Dobbyn (born 3 January 1957) is a New Zealand musician, singer–songwriter and record producer. In his early career he was a member of the rock group Th' Dudes and was the main creative force in pop band DD Smash. Since then he ...

– acoustic guitar (track 2), electric guitar (tracks 2, 3) *

Neil Finn Neil Mullane Finn (born 27 May 1958) is a New Zealand singer-songwriter and musician who is known for being a member of Crowded House, Split Enz (which he co-fronted with brother Tim), and Fleetwood Mac. Finn rose to prominence in the late ...

– piano (track 5), vocals (tracks 3, 5, 10), Wurlitzer (track 5) *Jay Foulkes – percussion (track 9), tambourine (tracks 2, 8, 10) * Alan Gregg – bass (tracks 4, 9, 12), electric bass (track 6) *Bob Heinz –

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(tracks 5, 11), guitar (track 7) *Harry Harrison – slide guitar (track 8) *Duncan Haynes – string arrangements (tracks 3, 7, 9) *Josh Hodgson – acoustic guitar (track 5) *Ben King – vocals (track 2) *Geoff Maddock – electric guitar (tracks 6, 10), twelve-string acoustic guitar (track 12), twelve-string electric guitar (track 12) *Andy Morton – drum programming (track 6), keyboards (track 9),

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samples (track 4), synth bass (track 9), programming (track 4) *Lee Prebble – additional editing (track 6) *

Boh Runga Boh Runga (born 1969/1970) is a New Zealand recording artist and was the lead singer and guitarist in New Zealand rock band Stellar. Boh is the older sister of Bic Runga and Pearl Runga who are also musicians. Early life Boh grew up in Chris ...

– electric guitar (track 6), vocals (track 8), vocal guidance/direction (tracks 2, 8, 9) *Pearl Runga – vocals (track 8), vocal guidance/direction (track 8) *Sophia Runga – vocal guidance/direction (track 8) *

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– bass (tracks 2, 3, 8, 10, 11), tenor guitar (track 4),

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(tracks 5-7) *Luke Tomes – drum programming (tracks 4, 6, 12), gong (track 4) *Darryl Ward –

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overdubs (track 6) *

Joey Waronker Jon Joseph Waronker (born May 20, 1969) is an American drummer and music producer. He is best known as a regular drummer of both Beck and R.E.M., and as member of the experimental rock bands Atoms for Peace and Ultraísta. Background Waronker w ...

– drums (tracks 2, 7-10), drum sounds (tracks 4, 12) Technical *Bic Runga – production (all tracks) *Nick Abbott –

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*Neil Baldock – engineering *Danny Blume – engineering *Michael Brauer – mixing (all tracks) *Greg Calbi – mastering (all tracks) *Ricardo Chavarria – mixing assistance (all tracks) *Reuben Douglas – engineering assistance *Andy Fox-Hulme – engineering *Sam Gibson – engineering *Josh Hodgson – engineering assistance *Ben Holt – engineering *Chris Kelly – engineering *Nick Manders – engineering *Andy Morton – engineering *Clint Murphy – engineering *John Paterno – engineering *Luke Tomes – engineering

Critical reception

Commercial performance

Track listing

Personnel

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

See also

References