Birds (Bic Runga album)

Birds is the third studio album by New Zealand artist Bic Runga. The album was released in New Zealand on 28 November 2005. The album was Bic's third no.1 album garnering platinum status in its first week. The album was certified 3× platinum. The album won the New Zealand Music Award for Album of the Year in 2006, her second award for Best Album, after her debut release Drive.

New Zealand and Australia edition
The Australian release included a second disc of live material recorded at the Civic Theatre in November 2005. The disc incorrectly identifies the recording date as November 2006 &mdash; eight months after the release of this edition.

International version
Features an alternate track listing.

Special edition bonus DVD
Released in New Zealand and Australia, with a cover of "Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart" as a bonus track, plus a DVD featuring 5 live performances and 2 music videos.
 * 1) "Birds"
 * 2) "Blue Blue Heart"
 * 3) "Ruby Nights"
 * 4) "No Crying No More"
 * 5) "Captured"
 * 6) "Winning Arrow" (music video)
 * 7) "Say After Me" (music video)

Personnel
Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.

Performers Strings
 * Bic Runga – vocals, guitars
 * Ben "Boxcar" Maitland – vocals, guitars, harmonica
 * Tim Arnold – guitar (on "Birds" and "That's Alright")
 * Shayne Carter – backing vocals
 * Anna Coddington – backing vocals
 * Neil Finn – vocals, guitars, piano, psalterian, vibraphone
 * Riki Gooch – drums, percussion
 * Rebecca Harris – harp
 * Anika Moa – backing vocals
 * Joanna Satomi Schulz – French horn
 * Conrad Standish – vocals, bass guitar
 * Miranda Adams
 * Mark Bennett
 * Christine Bowie
 * Artur Grabczewski
 * Greg McGarity
 * William Hanfling
 * Claudia Price
 * Katherine Uren

Additional personnel
 * Bic Runga – production
 * Paul Crowther – drum tech
 * Tom Rainey – string arrangements
 * Neil Finn – string arrangement (on "Birds")
 * Paul Jeffery – studio monitors
 * Andre Upston – recording
 * Simon Gogerly – mixing
 * Ric Levy – assistant mixing
 * Marc Taddei – conductor
 * John Walsh – guitar tech