I hate doing this. I remember a couple of years ago, when a
\nfriend introduced me to an Irish rock band named The Corrs. Made up
\nof three hottie sisters and their brother, they blended traditional
\nCeltic sounds with pop hooks to create a tasty blend of pop. At the
\ntime, most were not aware of them, but they soon became. Tours with
\nthe likes of Celine Dion and years of concerts and albums have made
\nthe band a pop up-and-comer. So I hate clipping some of their wings
\nthis soon.<\/p>\n
You see, their latest album,
\nIn Blue<\/i>, seems to be nothing more than a rehash of their old
\nmusic – albeit with less Irish influence. I don’t know whether they
\nare tired due to their work schedule or if they have stopped
\ntrying, but the Sisters and Brother Corr’s latest album is the
\nweakest they’ve released so far.<\/p>\n
What makes it worse is that they lead off with the strongest
\nsong in this album, “Breathless.” One of three songs they
\ncollaborated with Robert John “Mutt” Lange (AKA Mr. Twain), this is
\nan example of what The Corrs do best. It features the harmony of
\nthe Corr sisters at vocals, strong blend of guitar and violin and a
\nlovely rhythm that brings it all together. If the album could
\nmaintain this tempo or if it was peppered with more songs of this
\nquality, it would have been a step forward. Alas, that is not to
\nbe.<\/p>\n
OK, now let me say that there are a few other good songs here.
\nBoth of the Corrs’ other colaborations with “Mutt” Lange work
\ngreat. “All The Love In The World” is a soft ballad, while
\n“Irresistible” is an upbeat, up-tempo slice of pop. Add to them the
\ntender “One Night,” the upbeat “No More Cry” and the soft “Rain.”
\nAnd then there’s the instrumental “Rebel Heart,” which is very airy
\nand open. This album-closing track is the only song that sounds
\ntruly imbedded in their Celt-oriented sounds.<\/p>\n
However, the problem is that the band seems to sit on its
\nlaurels and releases a good number of average and standard pop
\nfares. They’re not bad per se. Let me restate that: there is no BAD
\nsong here. So, then what’s the problem? These songs seem to miss
\nthe final step that turns average songs into great songs.<\/p>\n
All of the songs here can be split into one of two groups. The
\nfirst is the soft ballad about love and love lost. Here you pile
\n“Somebody For Someone,” “All In A Day” and “Hurt Before.” This is
\nthe kind of stuff that this band already perfected in songs like
\n“Runaway.” The second pile of songs is the more up-tempo straight
\npop of songs like “Give Me A Reason,” “Say,” “At Your Side” and
\n“Give It All Up.” Again, this band has already given us better
\nversions in this genre with songs like “Heaven Knows” and “Only
\nWhen I Sleep.” This tends to put these new songs against the
\neight-ball. It’s not that they’re bad, but that they fail to
\nregister above the level of nice.<\/p>\n
Does that mean that hardcore fans of this Irish pop-group should
\nnot go out and buy it? Of course not. Even new fans will be pleased
\nwith this album. It’s just that when you compare
\nIn Blue<\/i> to their other releases, there seems to be no
\ngrowth; no advances in their musical style. It’s The Corrs,
\nstraigthforward and simple, but there’s no way to tell whether
\nthese are the Corrs of 1995 or 2000. Whether they need a simple
\nkick in their beautiful booties or a change in how they write music
\nis unknown, but they do need to evolve.<\/p>\n
At the end,
\nIn Blue<\/i> is a good pop album. While that will keep the fans
\nhappy, it is not necesarily the best they could release. It’s my
\nhope that, by the time we hear new music from them, the Corrs have
\nmanaged to harness their Celtic sounds, pop hooks and harmonious
\nvocals and managed to craft pop songs that refuse to leave your
\nhead – after all, that is the ultimate test of any pop song.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":25639,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"artist":[6118],"rating":[5614],"class_list":["post-36845","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-the-corrs","rating-rating-c-plus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/36845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/36845\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36845"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=36845"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=36845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}