CORPORATE LINE:
The Corrs are offering up a piece of heaven in May! Their all-new album, “Borrowed Heaven”, marks the Irish quartet’s first studio album since 2000’s platinum-certified “In Blue”. “Borrowed Heaven” will also be their first U.S. release since 2002’s “VH1 Presents The Corrs Live In Dublin”. The album’s first single, ‘Summer Sunshine,’ is on radio right now, and you can catch the video and audio at this link.
Recorded in Dublin and Los Angeles, “Borrowed Heaven” was produced by Olle Romo. All but one of the songs on the album were written by The Corrs. The exception is the Golden Globe-nominated “Time Enough For Tears”, written by U2’s Bono, Gavin Friday, and Maurice Seezer. The theme song for the acclaimed 2003 film, ‘In America,’ the original version was performed on the movies soundtrack by Andrea Corr. Making a special guest appearance on “Borrowed Heaven” are Ladysmith Black Mambazo, who provide backing vocals on the title track.
THE GREAT:
N/A.
THE AVERAGE:
“Summer Sunshine” – The usual Corrs fare with a big radio-ready chorus that sounds eerily like the Bungles “Video Killed The Radio Star”—yes? No? You decide.
“Angel” – Fluffy like toilet paper. We all know there is nothing in the middle but a toilet paper roll—this song is just as hollow.
“Long Night” – The Corrs have had a way of making trite songs work—this power ballad doesn’t have it.
“Silver Strand” – It’s almost sad when a mostly instrumental track is the best on the album.
THE BAD:
“Humdrum” – The definition of humdrum. This is awful techno-pop.
FRANKLY: The Corrs have unleashed gallons of sugary-sweet pop songs on the world for years and Borrowed Heaven finds them stuck in their own sugary mess. Borrowed Heaven is a road they’ve traveled before—and better in the past. Tracks like “Humdrum” and “Long Night” prove that the Corrs believe they can get by just releasing commercial nonsense—they can’t. The almighty buck stops here.
+ Rae Gun
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