Beautiful Collision

Critical reception

Ken Goldstein of PopMatters 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 The Datsuns' 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, "Get Some Sleep" was nominated for the award for Single of the Year, but was beaten by Goodshirt's song "Sophie".

Commercial performance

Beautiful Collision debuted at number one on the New Zealand Albums Chart 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 certified 11-times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand, denoting shipment of 165,000 copies. The album spent one week on the Australian Albums Chart in August 2002, at number forty-one. Beautiful Collision peaked at number fifty-five on the UK Albums Chart, and lasted two weeks on the chart.

Track listing

Track listing adapted from Spotify and CD liner notes. All tracks are written and produced by Bic Runga.

Personnel

Credits adapted from CD liner notes.

Musicians

• Bic Runga – vocals (all tracks), acoustic guitar (tracks 5, 8), arrangements (all tracks), dobro (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 – tenor guitar (track 4)
• Stu Buchanan – clarinet (track 11)
• Dave Dobbyn – acoustic guitar (track 2), electric guitar (tracks 2, 3)
• Neil Finn – 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 – banjo (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), kung fu samples (track 4), synth bass (track 9), programming (track 4)
• Lee Prebble – additional editing (track 6)
• Boh Runga – 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)
• Sebastian Steinberg – bass (tracks 2, 3, 8, 10, 11), tenor guitar (track 4), upright bass (tracks 5–7)
• Luke Tomes – drum programming (tracks 4, 6, 12), gong (track 4)
• Darryl Ward – hi-hat overdubs (track 6)
• Joey Waronker – drums (tracks 2, 7–10), drum sounds (tracks 4, 12)

Technical

• Bic Runga – production (all tracks)
• Nick Abbott – engineering
• 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

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

References

1. (2002). "Beautiful Collision". [[Columbia Records]].
2. "Beautiful Collision – Bic Runga". [[AllMusic]] ([[Rovi Corporation]]).
3. Baillie, Russell. (22 June 2002). "''Bic Runga:'' Beautiful Collision". [[The New Zealand Herald]].
4. Goldstein, Ken. (3 June 2004). "Bic Runga: Beautiful Collision".
5. PhilPott, Emma. "Bic Runga: Beautiful Collision".
6. "2003 Winners". [[New Zealand Music Awards]].
7. Sjostedt, Arne. (10 May 2012). "Bic's timely return". [[The Canberra Times]].
8. [https://open.spotify.com/album/2Z3uAZ3vo4NkZFTaNPJm6S Beautiful Collision by Bic Runga]. ''Spotify''. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
9. "Top Selling Albums of 2002". [[Recorded Music NZ.
10. "Top Selling Albums of 2003". [[Recorded Music NZ.
11. "Top Selling Albums of 2004". [[Recorded Music NZ.