History Music / TheCorrs

'''The Corrs''' is an Irish folk/pop band, comprises of the 3 sisters and one brother from the Corr family, Andrea (lead vocals, tin whistle), Sharon (violin, vocals), Caroline (drums, piano, bodhrán, vocals) and Jim (guitar, piano, vocals).

After a ten year hiatus, the band announced they were working on a new album and would play live in 2015.

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Discography:

* Two songs for the original soundtrack of WarnerBros animated feature ''QuestForCamelot'', with Andrea giving the singing voice of the female lead, Kayley. (1998)

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They are in an ongoing hiatus due to Jim,Sharon,Caroline & Andrea starting their own families, whilst Sharon and Andrea took the time to create solo albums.

* TheOldestProfession: They have a few songs about or can be interpreted about prostitution, though usually sung in idioms and metaphors. Examples are ''Queen of Hollywood'' and ''Somebody For Someone''.

* SelfBackingVocalist: Heavily inverted. All three of the girls perform the vocals and backups, and are all good enough singers that they could all perform lead vocals if they had too.

TheCorrs is an Irish folk/pop band, comprises of the 3 sisters and one brother from the Corr family, Andrea (lead vocals, tin whistle), Sharon (violin, vocals), Caroline (drums, piano, bodhrán, vocals) and Jim (guitar, piano, vocals).

* BreakupSong: "Don't Say You Love Me", "Long Night". "Give Me A Reason" overlaps this with WhatTheHellHero.

They are in an ongoing hiatus due to Jim,Sharon,Caroline & Andrea starting their own families, whilst Sharon and Andrea took the time to create solo albums. Trivia/TheCorrs

They are in an ongoing hiatus due to Jim,Sharon,Caroline & Andrea starting their own families, whilst Sharon and Andrea took the time to create solo albums.

* BreakawayPopHit: "Looking Through Your Eyes", although not as big as "The Prayer", still got a decent popularity, while the movie both songs come from isn't precisely fondly remembered.

* CloudCuckooLander: Jim has some..let's say odd ideas regarding 9/11, The War on Terror and The New World Order.
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Andrea is melancholic, Jim is choleric, Sharon is supine, Caroline is sanguine.

* NoExportForYou: Inverted. The first live album ''The Corrs Live'' was released in Australia as second disc along with ''Forgiven Not Forgotten''. Then released stand alone year later in Japan. It eventually received a modified release in Europe.

* SignatureSong: They have two. "Runaway" for those who were into the group before it became mainstream. "Breathless" for those after that song became their breakout hit in the USA.

They are in an ongoing hiatus due to Jim and Caroline starting their own families, whilst Sharon and Andrea took the time to create solo albums.

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Normally the heaviest they get is Level 2 as Soft or Pop Rock. "Only When I Sleep", "Secret Life", "Breathless", "I Never Loved You Anyway" and "Love In The Milky Way" and "Angel" being the most prominent examples of their more mainstream Soft Rock sound. Some of the tracks on ''Forgiven not Forgotten'' such as "Toss the Feathers" arguably edge towards Level 3. Much of their other work wouldn't chart, being pop, folk-pop or pure folk. Their acoustic stuff would hit Level 1 as would some of their more folk-rock stuff, their cover of "Dreams", "Borrowed Heaven", "All In A Day", "Forgiven Not Forgotten" for example.

* UnpluggedVersion: At least one version of ''In Blue'' came with a bonus disc featuring acoustic versions of many (though not all) of the songs on the album. ''The Corrs Unplugged'' was part of the MTVUnplugged series.

** ''Forgiven not Forgotten'' is named after the title track.

* AwardBaitSong: ''Looking Through Your Eyes'' from ''QuestForCamelot'' has all the characteristics, altough another song from the movie, ''The Prayer'', was the one that got a Golden Globe.
* BandOfRelatives: 4 members are siblings.
* BoxedSet: The Original Album Series, released in 2011. Contains the 5 studio albums.
* BreakawayPopHit: ''Looking Through Your Eyes'', although not as big as '''The Prayer'', still got a decent popularity, while the movie both songs come from isn't precisely fondly remembered.

* GreatestHitsAlbum: As you can see above, they have ''three'' from a discography of five albums. Although once you start adding the high quality live albums and unplugged albums (and oddly great tracks hidden away on B-sides or bonus discs) which have their own specific songs it looks far more reasonable. A buyer also gets more value for money from each subsequent release. The first was made after their 3rd album was released and has 18 songs. The second ''Dreams'' contained 21 songs and was released after their 4th and 5th albums were released as well as several unplugged and live albums. ''The Works'' was released as a three CD set with 56 tracks.

* IWantSong: ''On My Father's Wings'' from ''QuestForCamelot''.

* NoExportForYou: Inverted. The first live album ''The Corrs Live'' was released in Australia as 2nd disc along with ''Forgiven Not Forgotten''. Then released stand alone year later in Japan. It eventually received a modified release in Europe.

** ''Forgiven, Not Forgotten'', is a roughly 50-50 split between instrumental folk and pop-rock.
** ''Talk On Corners'' ditched the instrumental songs almost completely (only ''Paddy Mccarthy'' was instrumental, it does contain minor vocals and is more dance than folk-instrumental; there's also a quite prominent instrumental outro on ''When He's Not Around''). The other songs being straight pop, which lead to the BBC radio changing their classification of the band from Folk to Pop, which moved them to a different, more popular radio station which itself started to play their songs, beginning their rise to fame.
** ''In Blue'' was slightly different to ''Talk On Corners'', except that songs like ''Breathless'' and ''No More Cry'' are more pop-rock than straight pop. It became their first success in the United States. (The bridge between the two albums was a special edition release of ''TOC'', which included several much dancier remixes of some of the earlier tracks.) The pseudo-instrumental ''Rebel Heart'' truly felt like a tacked-on token effort.
** ''Borrowed Heaven'' had a more edgy, guitar based sound than ''In Blue'', and some of the songs, like ''Confidence'', are closer to straight rock than pop-rock. And this time, for ''Rebel Heart'' read ''Silver Strand''.

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: The heaviest they get is Level 2 as Soft or Pop Rock. ''Only When I Sleep'', ''Secret Life'', ''Breathless'', ''I Never Loved You Anyway'' and ''Love In The Milky Way'' and ''Angel'' being the most prominent examples of their more mainstream Soft Rock sound. Much of their work wouldn't chart, being pop, folk-pop or pure folk. Their acoustic stuff would hit Level 1 as would some of their more folk-rock stuff, their cover of ''Dreams'', ''Borrowed Heaven'', ''All In A Day'', ''Forgiven Not Forgotten'' for example.

* SelfBackingVocalist: Heavily inverted. All 3 of the girls perform the vocals and backups, and are all good enough singers that they could all perform lead vocals if they had too.
* StepUpToTheMicrophone: And do, on several occasions. (You have to try quite hard to hear Jim, though; he does occasionally get a noticeable vocal part, particularly on ''No Good For Me''.)
* SiblingTeam
* SignatureSong: They have two. ''Runaway'' for those who were into the group before it became mainstream. ''Breathless'' for those after that song became their breakout hit in the USA.
* UnpluggedVersion: At least one version of ''In Blue'' came with a bonus disc featuring acoustic versions of many (though not all) of the songs on the album. The Corrs Unplugged was part of the MTV Unplugged series.

* Forgiven, Not Forgotten (1995)
* [[LiveAlbum Corrs Live]] (1996)
* Talk On Corners (1997)

* [[UnpluggedVersion The Corrs Unplugged]] (1999)
* In Blue (2000)
* [[GreatestHitsAlbum Best of The Corrs (2001)]]
* [[LiveAlbum VH1 Presents: The Corrs, Live in Dublin]] (2002)
* Borrowed Heaven (2004)
* [[ConceptAlbum Home]] (2005)
* [[GreatestHitsAlbum Dreams: The Ultimate Corrs Collection (2006)]]
* [[GreatestHitsAlbum The Works (2007)]]
* [[BoxedSet Original Album Series]] (2011)

* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Andrea is phlegmatic, Jim is choleric, Sharon is supine, Caroline is sanguine.

* BandOfRelatives: 4 members are sibligns.

* AlbumTitleDrop: Very idiosyncratic usage, with most of their albums coming from the lyrics to a song from their previous album.

* AwardBaitSong: ''Looking Through Your Eyes'' from ''QuestForCamelot'' has all the characteristics, altough another song from the movie, ''The Prayer'', got more recognition.

* AwardBaitSong: ''Looking Through Your Eyes'' from ''QuestForCamelot'' have all the characteristics, altough another song from the movie, ''The Prayer'', got more recognition.

* Two songs for the original soundtrack of WarnerBros animated feature QuestForCamelot, with Andrea giving the singing voice of the female lead, Kayley. (1998)

* StepUpToTheMicrophone: And do, on several occasions. (You have to try quite hard to hear Jim, though; he does occasionally get a noticeable vocal part, particularly on ''No Good For Me'.)

* StepUpToTheMicrophone: And do, on several occasions.

* BlackAndWhiteBeauty: Andrea. Her TallDarkAndBishoujo sisters, Sharon and Caroline, may count.

* GreatestHitsAlbum: As you can see above, they have ''three'' from a discography of five albums. Although once you start adding the high quality live albums and unplugged albums which have their own specific songs it looks far more reasonable. A buyer also gets more value for money from each subsequent release. The first was made after their 3rd album was released and has 18 songs. The second ''Dreams'' contained 21 songs and was released after their 4th and 5th albums were released as well as several unplugged and live albums. ''The Works'' was released as a three CD set with 56 tracks.

** ''In Blue'' was slightly different to ''Talk On Corners'', except that songs like ''Breathless'' and ''No More Cry'' are more pop-rock than straight pop. It became their first success in the United States. (The bridge between the two albums was a special edition release of ''TOC'', which included several much dancier remixes of some of the earlier tracks.)
** ''Borrowed Heaven'' had a more edgy, guitar based sound than ''In Blue'', and some of the songs, like ''Confidence'', are closer to straight rock than pop-rock.

** ''Talk On Corners'' ditched the instrumental songs almost completely (only ''Paddy Mccarthy'' was instrumental, it does contain minor vocals and is more dance than folk-instrumental). The other songs being straight pop, which lead to the BBC radio changing their classification of the band from Folk to Pop, which moved them to a different, more popular radio station which itself started to play their songs, beginning their rise to fame.
** ''In Blue'' was slightly different to ''Talk On Corners'', except that songs like ''Breathless'' and ''No More Cry'' are more pop-rock than straight pop. It became their first success in the United States.