Bic Runga "Anthology" ed. 2012

...“The songs I’m really proud of I guess are ‘Drive’, ‘Sway’, ‘Bursting Through’, ‘Roll Into One’ and ‘Suddenly Strange,’ ” Runga told The Spinoff, reflecting on her famous debut. “Even back then, I had some awareness of wanting to make a sound that was timeless, and I knew that the essence of that was good songwriting and also weirdly, because I was a drummer, it was to do with snare drum sounds … I was trying to find classic drum sounds and if I was unsure of what something should sound like, I just referred to sixties pop. It’s where it starts to sound like nineties pop that it sounds bad to my ears.”..

...Hot off the heels of the Drive tour, Runga performed in the Nelson Opera in the Park 2018, accompanied by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. The year saw an emphasis on local shows, with her next release being a contribution to the 2019 compilation record Waiata/Anthems. Runga re-recorded her hit ‘Sway’ in te reo alongside 11 other artists, including Tiki Taane, Six60, Stan Walker and Tami Neilson. Runga admitting to recording it “well over 50 times to get it even close to right”.
“The Māori language sings so beautifully, it's warm and percussive, and to have ‘Sway’ translated by none other than Sir Timoti Kāretu has been a huge honour. I've always written love songs, and somehow always felt a part of the tradition of the Māori love song, but without my language.”...to be continued... - audioculture

trax:
01 Get Some Sleep 02 Sway 03 Listening for the Weathe 04 Good Morning, Baby (ft. Dan Wilson) 05 Something Good 06 Roll into On 07 Drive 08 Bursting Through 09 Say After Me 10 Winning Arrow 11 Hello, Hello 12 Suddenly Strange 13 Tiny, Little Piece of My Heart 14 Gravity 15 Ne Me Quitte Pas (ft. Christchurch Symphony Orchestra) 16 One More Cup of Coffee (ft. Christchurch Symphony Orchestra) 17 Everything Is Beautiful and New 18 Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart (ft. Christchurch Symphony Orchestra) 19 Precious Things (ft. Tim Finn and Dave Dobbyn) 20 If You Really Do 21 Birds 22 The Be All and End All
…served by Gaius & BIG GRAY…