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Bic Runga: Drive
(Sony)
There are many astonishing things about Drive, not the least of which is that it seems to be the first album by a New Zealand woman to be the No 1 album in New Zealand. That the likes of Dinah Lee, Shona Laing, Margaret Urlich, Jan Hellriegel and Annie Crummer - to name a few - haven't managed that feat comes as something of a surprise, and perhaps an indictment.
Drive has certainly benefited by being released and extensively marketed by a record company which believes in Runga and her music. Well, the same goes for most independent record companies in this country, but not all of them have Sony Music's money.
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