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 Collison 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

All songs were written by Bic Runga.

1. "When I See You Smile" – 1:46
2. "Get Some Sleep" – 3:35
3. "Something Good" – 3:18
4. "Precious Things" – 3:53
5. "The Be All and End All" – 3:22
6. "Election Night" – 3:04
7. "Honest Goodbyes" – 3:58
8. "She Left on a Monday" – 3:57
9. "Beautiful Collision" – 3:45
10. "Listening for the Weather" – 3:29
11. "Counting the Days" – 2:16
12. "Gravity" – 3:40

Personnel

Additional musicians