Emma Paki received national honours as 'Best Songwriter' and 'Most Promising Female Vocalist' and 'Best Music Video' with her hit single 'System Virtue'. The accolades continued in `94 when her Neil Finn produced single "Greenstone" topped the charts, followed closely by her debut album 'Oxygen of Love', released in Australia, Japan and Italy, earning her a 'Mana Maori Award' in 1996.
Her songwriting is an honest extension of her life experiences and she is as content playing the guitar sitting on the ground as she is touring with Crowded House or Dave Dobbyn at sell-out concerts. As one of Aotearoa music's most formidable talents, Emma is the undisputed pioneer of our singer and songwriter darlings.
"Quite simply ... the most beautiful album I've ever clapped ears on. These songs are bittersweet and fragile enough to shatter at a touch. She could sing extracts from the Road Code and it'd send tremors through your soul."
- Waikato Times
"Her songwriting is disarming with both its melodic sense and its wide eyed lack of guile."
- NZ Herald
Tracks:
Acoustic:
1. Century Sky
2. Stand Alone
3. Solid Love
Mixed:
4. Century Sky
5. Stand Alone
6. Solid Love
Remixed:
7. Century Sky
8. Stand Alone
9. Solid Love
Bonus:
10. Century Sky