Biography

Comprising three sisters and one brother of the Corr family — vocalist Andrea, drummer Caroline, violinist Sharon and guitarist/keyboard player Jim — the Corrs blend the music of their Irish background with contemporary pop/rock and occasional use of synthesizers. The quartet formed in 1991, and was confined to regional popularity in Ireland until 1994, when the American ambassador to the country invited the Corrs to perform at the 1994 World Cup in Boston.

The attraction led to a support slot on Celine Dion's 1996 tour, which the group joined just after an appearance at that year's Olympic Games in Atlanta. The Corrs' debut album Forgiven, Not Forgotten (released on Lava/Atlantic in America) became internationally popular, but nowhere more so than their homeland, where the LP's four-times-platinum status made it one of the most popular debuts by an Irish group.

Talk on Corners followed in 1998, and was reissued in expanded form early the following year. Andrea Corr, who had made a small appearance in the 1991 film The Commitments, returned to acting five years later with a role in Evita. The group returned to the studio and produced a fourth album in 2000, In Blue.

Albums

• 1996 Forgiven, Not Forgotten East West
• 1998 Corrs Live Import
• 1998 Talk on Corners [Japan] Import
• 2000 In Blue Atlantic
• 2002 VH-1 Presents the Corrs: Live in Dublin Atlantic
• 2004 Borrowed Heaven Atlantic

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The appropriately named Corrs are an Irish pop group consisting of Andrea Corr on lead vocals and tin whistle; Caroline Corr on drums, bodhran, and vocals; Jim Corr on keyboards, guitar, and vocals; and Sharon Corr on violin and vocals. The traditional Irish instruments like the bodhran and tin whistle add a twist to the pop melodies of tracks like the title track and "The Right Time," where they are allowed some solo time.

The Irish musical background of the band members is most obviously heard in Sharon Corr's violin work, used here more like a traditional Irish fiddle than a true classical violin. There are glimpses of the Corrs' skill as instrumentalists on tracks like "Erin Shore," the introduction on the album. There are a few of these instrumentals placed throughout the album, but unfortunately, none are much longer than two minutes. The focus is on the adult contemporary mid-tempo songs. The Corrs are more reminiscent of vocal pop group Wilson Phillips than traditional Irish bands like the Chieftains. — Susan Cruickshank

Album Songs

1. Erin Shore [instrumental] (Corr/Corr/Corr/Corr) - :27
2. Forgiven Not Forgotten (Corr/Corr/Corr/Corr) - 4:15
3. Heaven Knows (Corr/Corr/Corr/Corr) - 4:18
4. Along With the Girls [instrumental] (Corr/Corr/Corr/Corr) - :49
5. Someday (Corr/Corr/Corr/Corr/Foster) - 3:51
6. Runaway (Corr/Corr/Corr/Corr) - 4:24
7. The Right Time (Corr/Corr/Corr/Corr) - 4:07
8. Minstrel Boy [instrumental] (Corr/Corr/Corr/Corr) - 2:12
9. Toss the Feathers [instrumental] (Corr/Corr/Corr/Corr) - 2:50
10. Love to Love You (Corr/Corr/Corr/Corr) - 4:08
11. Secret Life (Corr/Corr/Corr/Corr) - 4:31
12. Carroroe Jig [instrumental] (Corr/Corr/Corr/Corr) - :52
13. Closer (Corr/Corr/Corr/Corr) - 4:05
14. Leave Me Alone (Corr/Corr/Corr/Corr) - 3:40
15. Erin Shore [instrumental] (Corr/Corr/Corr/Corr) - 4:14

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The appropriately named Corrs are an Irish pop group consisting of Andrea Corr on lead vocals and tin whistle; Caroline Corr on drums, bodhran, and vocals; Jim Corr on keyboards, guitar, and vocals; and Sharon Corr on violin and vocals. The traditional Irish instruments like the bodhran and tin whistle add a twist to the pop melodies of tracks like the title track and "The Right Time," where they are allowed some solo time.

The Irish musical background of the band members is most obviously heard in Sharon Corr's violin work, used here more like a traditional Irish fiddle than a true classical violin. There are glimpses of the Corrs' skill as instrumentalists on tracks like "Erin Shore," the introduction on the album. There are a few of these instrumentals placed throughout the album, but unfortunately, none are much longer than two minutes. The focus is on the adult contemporary mid-tempo songs. The Corrs are more reminiscent of vocal pop group Wilson Phillips than traditional Irish bands like the Chieftains. — Susan Cruickshank

Album Songs

1. Erin Shore [instrumental] (Corr/Corr/Corr/Corr) - :27
2. Forgiven Not Forgotten (Corr/Corr/Corr/Corr) - 4:15
3. Heaven Knows (Corr/Corr/Corr/Corr) - 4:18
4. Along With the Girls [instrumental] (Corr/Corr/Corr/Corr) - :49
5. Someday (Corr/Corr/Corr/Corr/Foster) - 3:51
6. Runaway (Corr/Corr/Corr/Corr) - 4:24
7. The Right Time (Corr/Corr/Corr/Corr) - 4:07
8. Minstrel Boy [instrumental] (Corr/Corr/Corr/Corr) - 2:12
9. Toss the Feathers [instrumental] (Corr/Corr/Corr/Corr) - 2:50
10. Love to Love You (Corr/Corr/Corr/Corr) - 4:08
11. Secret Life (Corr/Corr/Corr/Corr) - 4:31
12. Carroroe Jig [instrumental] (Corr/Corr/Corr/Corr) - :52
13. Closer (Corr/Corr/Corr/Corr) - 4:05
14. Leave Me Alone (Corr/Corr/Corr/Corr) - 3:40
15. Erin Shore [instrumental] (Corr/Corr/Corr/Corr) - 4:14

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1. Runaway [live] (Corrs) - 4:21
2. Secret Life [live] (Corrs) - 5:01
3. Toss the Feathers [live] (Traditional) - 3:35
4. Forgiven, Not Forgotten [Acoustic] (Corrs) - 3:57
5. The Right Time [Acoustic] (Corrs) - 3:01
6. Rainy Day* [Non-LP Bonus Track] (Corrs) - 4:04
7. The Right Time [Radio Edit-Dance Mix] (Corrs) - 3:34

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Songs on the Corrs' Talk on Corners fly inoffensively past the window like scenery on a drive through the countryside, with two pretty singers at the wheel. This essentially Irish sister act (with core group Andrea, Caroline and Sharon on vocals, drums and violin, respectively, and brother Jim on guitar and keyboards) legitimately bring to mind comparisons with another family-based girl group,

Wilson Phillips, particularly since the impulses and instincts are truly pop and not so much alt-traditional Celtic (as they are often cited to be). This timely record documents a high-riding point for the Corrs by re-releasing newly mixed versions of "What Can I Do?" and "So Young," both highly compressed digital productions featuring their trademark glass voices and barely discernible acoustic musical instruments. Also on the record: "Queen of Hollywood," "Runaway," "No Good for Me" and their huge international hit ballad "I Never Loved You Anyway."

The best and most spirited Celtic cut is "Little Wing," deliciously resting on the contributions of the dropping-by Chieftains. Each and every cut sounds wired for radio play; unlike the less Americanized, riskier Cranberries, the Corrs should enjoy a career as nicely sustained as some of the girls' best musical notes. [Talk on Corners is also available in an import release.] — Becky Byrkit

Album Songs

1. Only When I Sleep (Corr/Corr/Corr/Leiber/Peterson/Shanks) - 4:24
2. When He's Not Around (Corr/Corr/Corr) - 4:25
3. Dreams (Nicks) - 4:01
4. What Can I Do? (Corr/Corr/Corr) - 4:18
5. I Never Loved You Anyway (Corr/Corr/Corr/Sager) - 4:26
6. So Young (Corr/Corr/Corr) - 3:53
7. Don't Say You Love Me (Corr/Corr/Corr/Sager) - 4:39
8. Love Gives Love Takes (Corr/Corr/Corr/Deviller/Hosein/Leiber/Piersa/Wolff) - 3:42
9. Hopelessy Addicted (Corr/Corr/Corr/Leiber) - 4:03
10. Paddy McCarthy [Instrumental] (Corr/Corr/Corr) - 4:58
11. Intimacy (Geraldo/Nowels/Steinberg) - 3:57
12. Queen of Hollywood (Ballard/Corr/Corr/Corr/Deviller/Hosien) - 5:02
13. No Good for Me (Corr/Corr/Corr) - 4:00
14. Little Wing (Hendrix) - 5:09
15. Remember [*] - 4:03
16. What I Know [*] - 3:50
17. Dreams [*] (Nicks) - 3:54

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A very straightforward release from the Corrs, who spend the majority of this outing in full-blown pop mode, with the Celtic elements mostly being relegated to the backgrounds of several songs. The one exception is the closing instrumental, "Rebel Heart," which stirs itself up full-bloodily to provide the album with an anthem. In Blue is a bright, peppy set that bears more than a few comparisons to the work of bands such as the Bangles and Fanny,

Though the Corrs have an additional advantage in that Caroline Corr is an impressively muscular drummer. The CD includes a HyperCD section with a video for "Breathless" and various web links. — Steven McDonald

Album Songs

1. Breathless (Corrs/Lange) - 3:28
2. Give Me a Reason (The Coors) - 3:29
3. Somebody for Someone (The Corrs) - 4:00
4. Say (The Corrs) - 4:33
5. All the Love in the World (Lange/The Corrs) - 4:22
6. Radio (The Corrs) - 4:14
7. Irresistable (Lange/The Corrs) - 3:40
8. One Night (Corrs) - 4:38
9. All in a Day (The Corrs) - 3:43
10. At Your Side (The Corrs) - 3:55
11. No More Cry (Corrs) - 2:59
12. Rain (Corrs) - 4:15
13. Give It All Up (The Corrs) - 3:28
14. Hurt Before (The Corrs) - 4:05
15. Rebel Heart [instrumental] (The Corrs) - 6:38

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You knew the Corrs had made it when they played the final JFK Awards ceremony of the Clinton administration. Playing it would have been achievement enough, but their status as a happening thing was cemented at the end of the ceremony, during the encores, when everybody was taking their final bows. Bill moseyed up over to Andrea, put his arm around her, and when she was looking away, sized her up — at precisely the same moment Chuck Berry was checking her out.

If that doesn't mean that you've broken America, entering its pop culture, I don't know what does, expect for maybe a VH1-endorsed piece of product like Live in Dublin. Lo and behold, that's exactly what the Corrs received in the spring of 2002, a year and a half after "In Blue" and its accompanying single "Breathless" broke down the doors in America for the U.S.

Only two songs on this set list are shared with In Blue, but that doesn't mean that the group returns to their slightly more traditional Celtic roots on the remainder of the songs. Sure, there are hints of that, but there are also four pop covers, two of them ("Little Wing" and "Ruby Tuesday") featuring Ron Wood, with another song, the Lee Hazelwood/Nancy Sinatra duet "Summer Wine," featuring Bono. Some of this is not unfamiliar to the Corrs' repertoire, since they did cover "Little Wing" before, on Talk on Corners (plus an MTV Unplugged release), but the end result is the same — it's a crossover collection, not an album that emphasizes their Celtic roots.

This wouldn't be a problem if the seams weren't so transparent — if each selection didn't seem like it was a way to expand the group's audience, if it didn't seem like the soundtrack to post-yuppie dinner parties. On that level, it succeeds pretty well, and it is pleasant, but if a family of four very good-looking siblings didn't perform this music, it's hard to see this attracting much attention. After all, in this context, Bono and Ronnie Wood don't seem all that far removed from the leering Bill Clinton and Chuck Berry. — Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Album Songs

1. Would You Be Happier? (Corrs) - 3:24
2. Breathless (Corrs/Lange) - 3:27
3. When the Stars Go Blue performed by Corrs / Bono - 4:19
4. Little Wing performed by Corrs / Ron Wood - 5:14
5. Joy of Life/Trout in the Bath (Traditional) - 4:05
6. Runaway (Corrs) - 4:38
7. Only Love Can Break Your Heart (Young) - 3:03
8. Radio (Corrs) - 4:50
9. Summer Wine performed by Corrs / Bono - 3:54
10. So Young (Corrs) - 4:52
11. Ruby Tuesday performed by Corrs / Ron Wood - 3:39

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1. 2004 CD Atlantic 83670

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