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The Corrs: Forgiven, Not Forgotten

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Artist: The Corrs
Title: Forgiven, Not Forgotten
Released: 1995.09.22
Label: Atlantic Recordings
Time: 48:43
Producer(s): See Artists ...
Appears with:
Category: Pop/Folk
Rating: ****...... (4/10)
Media type: CD
Purchase date:  2001.08.27
Price in € 6,99
Web address: www.corrsonline.com

 S o n g s ,   T r a c k s


[1] Erin Shore [instrumental] (C.Corr/A.Corr/S.Corr/J.Corr) - 0:27
[2] Forgiven Not Forgotten (C.Corr/A.Corr/S.Corr/J.Corr) - 4:15
[3] Heaven Knows (C.Corr/A.Corr/S.Corr/J.Corr) - 4:18
[4] Along With the Girls [instrumental] (C.Corr/A.Corr/S.Corr/J.Corr) - 0:49
[5] Someday (Corr/Corr/Corr/Corr/Foster) - 3:51
[6] Runaway (C.Corr/A.Corr/S.Corr/J.Corr) - 4:24
[7] The Right Time (C.Corr/A.Corr/S.Corr/J.Corr) - 4:07
[8] Minstrel Boy [instrumental] (C.Corr/A.Corr/S.Corr/J.Corr) - 2:12
[9] Toss the Feathers [instrumental] (C.Corr/A.Corr/S.Corr/J.Corr) - 2:50
[10] Love to Love You (C.Corr/A.Corr/S.Corr/J.Corr) - 4:08
[11] Secret Life (C.Corr/A.Corr/S.Corr/J.Corr) - 4:31
[12] Carroroe Jig [instrumental] (C.Corr/A.Corr/S.Corr/J.Corr) - 0:52
[13] Closer (C.Corr/A.Corr/S.Corr/J.Corr) - 4:05
[14] Leave Me Alone (C.Corr/A.Corr/S.Corr/J.Corr) - 3:40
[15] Erin Shore [instrumental] (C.Corr/A.Corr/S.Corr/J.Corr) - 4:14

 A r t i s t s ,   P e r s o n n e l


CAROLINE CORR - Drums, Vocals, Bodhran
ANDREA CORR - Vocals, Tin Whistle
SHARON CORR - Violin, Vocals
JIM CORR - Synthesizer, Guitar, Arranger, Keyboards, Vocals, Co-Producer, Keyboard Programming

DAVID FOSTER - Arranger, Keyboards, Producer, String Arrangements
SIMON PHILLIPS - Drums
MICHAEL THOMPSON - Guitar
NOEL ECCLES - Celtic Drum
BILL WHELAN - Celtic Drum
SIMON FRANGLEN - Synclavier Programming
TAL HERZBERG - Bass
GUZMAN/ROTTERDAM CONSERVATORY ORQUESTA TIPICA - Instrumentary

ANDREW BOLAND - Engineer
FELIPE ELGUETA - Engineer
DAVE REITZAS - Engineer, Mixing
BOB CLEARMOUNTAIN - Mixing
RYAN FREELAND - Mixing Assistant
BOB LUDWIG - Mastering
BRIAN K. LEE - Assistant Mastering Engineer
RICHARD BATES - Art Direction

 C o m m e n t s ,   N o t e s


1995 CD East West 92612
1995 CS East West 92612

Recorded at Chartmaker Studios, Malibu, CA.

Best Position: #72 (Japan), #2 (UK), #1 (Ireland)



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
All-Music Guide, © 1992 - 2001 AEC One Stop Group, Inc.



With one foot in traditional Irish music and the other in smooth, sophisticated pop, the Corrs--a family quartet made up of three sisters and their brother--seem to have all the bases covered. On their appealing debut album, the group plays it both ways, leading with fetching love songs such as "Runaway" and the title track but incorporating fiddle, tin whistle, and bodhrán into nearly every track while tossing in snippets of traditional-leaning material such as "Carraroe Jig" and "Erin Shore" for good measure. Imagine the Spice Girls if they could play their own instruments and were inclined to do so down at the local pub. If that seems like a stretch, listen to the gossamer strains of "Heaven Knows" or "The Right Time" while downing a few pints. You'll eventually see the connection.

Daniel Durchholz, Amazon.com



Four times platinum in their homeland, Forgiven, Not Forgotten, the debut from Ireland's cosy, family four-piece, took lilting Celtic folk away from the craggy old men in cardigans and gave it a glamorous, MTV make-over. All very nicely air-brushed, it's perfect Top Of The Pops fare, even spawning the hit single "Runaway"--a song which, when given the Top 40 sheen by producers Tin Tin Out, provided a staple diet for commercial radio programmers for the best part of six months. Forgiven, Not Forgotten is the first word in fiddles, jigs and whistles--but for young people, you understand. There are no rough edges on the likes of "Someday" or "The Right Time". Still, some elegant traditional instrumentals make a diverting change from the bland, cultureless pop-lite of endless boy-band clones.

Louis Pattison, Amazon.co.uk Review



This Irish family band's sound is a slightly trad-influenced version of slick pop-vocal groups like Wilson Phillips. Behind all the digital processing and over-compression it is possible to hear a stray tin whistle here and there, and the songs are interspersed with snippets of trad tunes, but this is much more of a commercial pop recording than a folky one.

Dave Beltane - February 1, 1996
Dirty Linen (2-3/96, p.75)



Traditionelle irische Musik einerseits und glatter, anspruchsvoller Pop andrerseits, mit dieser Mixtur scheinen die Corrs -- ein Quartett aus drei Schwestern und ihrem Bruder -- musikalisch alles abgedeckt zu haben. Auf ihrem ansprechenden Debütalbum ist beides vorhanden, vorrangig mitreißende Liebeslieder wie "Runaway" oder der Titelsong; doch finden sich in fast jedem Stück Geige, Tin Whistle und Bodhran und sicherheitshalber auch kleine Häppchen traditionellen Materials, wie die Lieder "Carraroe Jig" und "Erin Shore". Man stelle sich vor, die Spice Girls könnten selbst auf ihren Instrumenten spielen und würden dies in der Kneipe um die Ecke tun. Wenn das zuviel Phantasie erfordert, lausche man bei einigen Bieren den zarten Klängen von "Heaven Knows" oder "The Right Time". Irgendwann wird der Groschen fallen.

Daniel Durchholz, Amazon.de



Drei Schwestern und ihr Bruder nehmen sich auf diesem Debüt der irisch-keltischen Volksmusik an und mixen sie mit amerikanischem Mainstream-Pop. So dominiert neben folkigen Geigenarrangements der Chorgesang. Produzent David Foster scheint konsequent auf die Charts geschielt zu haben und liefert einen glattpolierten Erstling ab. Daß The Corrs aber dennoch ihr Handwerk gelernt haben, beweisen sie mit Intrumentals wie The Minstrel Boy (inklusive Streichquartett) oder Stücken wie Toss The Feathers.

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Kein Zweifel: Produzent David Foster hat eine goldene Spürnase, die ihm sagenhafte zwölf Grammies - so heißt der amerikanische Musik-Oscar - einbrachte. Die Corrs allerdings hätte er beinahe übersehen - wenn diese vier tapferen Iren nicht so hartnäckig gewesen wären, sich quasi selbst für ihn zu entdecken. Foster ist nämlich ein ziemlich vielbeschäftigter Mann, und an ihn heranzukommen, kann sich recht schwierig gestalten, vor allem wenn der Meister gerade mit Popkönig Michael Jackson in New York im Studio weilt. Die Corrs, die auf Einladung des irischen Botschafters in Washington bei einem Song-Festival an der Ostküste auftraten, faßten sich kurzentschlossen ein Herz, fuhren nach Manhattan und machten sich in der Lounge von Jacksons Klanglabor breit. Der Rest der Geschichte hat etwas Märchenhaftes: David Foster kam durch die Tür, ließ sich ein spontanes Ständchen bringen, urteilte "Von zehn Punkten gebe ich euch zehn" und nahm die vier Jungtalente als erste Errungenschaft für sein eigenes neues Label 143 Records unter Vertrag. Eine weise Entscheidung, denn Jim, Andrea, Sharon und Caroline Corr verblüffen auf ihrem Debütalbum "Forgiven, Not Forgotten" mit einer reifen Mischung aus irischen Folk-Wurzeln und luftigem Melodic-Pop, Atmosphärische Instrumentals wie "Erin Shore" oder "Along With The Girls" umrahmen Pop-Ohrwürmer à la "Runaway". Dieser Clan empfiehlt sich als Kelly Family für Anspruchsvolle.

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 L y r i c s


ERIN SHORE (INTRO)

(Instrumental)


FORGIVEN NOT FORGOTTEN

All alone, staring on
Watching her life go by
When her days are grey
And her nights are black
Different shades of mundane
And the one eyed furry toy
That lies upon the bed
Has often heard her cry
And heard her whisper out a name
Long forgiven, but not forgotten

You're forgiven not forgotten
You're forgiven not forgotten
You're forgiven not forgotten
You're not forgotten

A bleeding heart torn apart
Left on an icy grave
In the room where they once lay
Face to face
Nothing could get in their way
But now the memories of the man are haunting her days
And the craving never fades
She's still dreaming of a man
Long forgiven, but not forgotten

You're forgiven not forgotten
You're forgiven not forgotten
You're forgiven not forgotten
You're not forgotten

Still alone, staring on
Wishing her life goodbye
As she goes searching for the man
Long forgiven, but not forgotten

You're forgiven not forgotten
You're forgiven not forgotten
You're forgiven not forgotten
You're forgiven not forgotten
You're forgiven not forgotten
You're forgiven not forgotten
You're forgiven not forgotten
You're forgiven not forgotten
You're not forgotten
You're not forgotten
No, You're not forgotten


HEAVEN KNOWS

Deep, deep in our hearts
Strangers apart
Oh please come back to me
No more to leave
Never to grieve
I give my world to you

Send, send her away to her grieving
I will never set you free
No more, no more a life without meaning
You and I will fly away to

Love in my mind, Love in my soul
I just can't let go
Sadness fills my life
Oh my fruitless plight
Only heaven knows

Tears, tears in the night
Sorrow take flight
Oh please come back to me
In each we believe
Never to grieve
I give my world to you

Send, send her away to her grieving
I will never set you free
No more, no, no more a life without meaning
You and I will fly to

Love, in my mind, love in my soul
I just can't let go
Sadness fills my life
Oh my fruitless plight
Only heaven knows

Sadness fills my life
Sadness fills my life, oh
Sadness fills my life
Sadness fills my life, oh, oh, oh, oh

Send, oh send her away to her grieving
You and I will fly away to

Love in my mind, love in my soul
I just can't let go
Sadness fills my life
Oh my fruitless plight
Only heaven knows

Love in my mind, love in my soul
I just can't let go
Sadness fills my life
Oh my fruitless plight
Only heaven knows (heaven Knows)

Love in my mind, love in my soul
I just can't let go (heaven knows)
Sadness fills my life
Oh my fruitless plight
Only heaven knows (heaven Knows)

Fade out


ALONG WITH THE GIRLS

(Instrumental)


SOMEDAY

Fragments of our love
That's all we have
What we had was fantasy
Dreams and photographs
Hypnotic melodies
Could sing our song
A comfortable rhythm
In a comfortless room

(How do you know when love is gone)
There's so much more within me
(How do you know the passion's gone)
I know I just don't feel it
(How do you know when love is gone)
Oh baby
(How do you know the passion's gone)
I know we have to move along

(Someday you'll forget me)
Someday you'll forget me
(Someday you'll forget me)
Someday you'll forget me

A fragrant memory
Is soon to fade
We lived a love of make-believe
Dreams and fairytales
Now we say goodbye
Habitual romance
A rose without her petals
And a song without a dance

(How do you know when love is gone)
There's so much more within me
(How do you know the passion's gone)
I know I just don't feel it
(How do you know when love is gone)
Oh baby
(How do you know the passion's gone)
I know we have to move along

(Someday you'll forget me)
Someday you'll forget me
(Someday you'll forget me)
Someday you'll forget me

(How do you know when love is gone)
There's so much more within me
(How do you know the passion's gone)
I know we have to move along...

(Someday you'll forget me)
Someday you'll forget me
(Someday you'll forget me)
Someday you'll forget me
(Someday you'll forget me)
Someday you'll forget me
(Someday you'll forget me)
Someday you'll forget me
(Someday you'll forget me)
Someday you'll forget me

Fade out


RUNAWAY

Say it's true, there's nothing like me and you
I'm not alone, tell me you feel it too

And I would run away
I would run away, yeah..., yeah
I would run away
I would run away with you

Cause I am falling in love with you
No never I'm never gonna stop
Falling in love with you

Close the door, lay down upon the floor
And by candlelight, make love to me through the night
(through the night, through the night...)

Cause I have run away
I have run away, yeah..., yeah
I have run away, run away
I have run away with you

Cause I am falling in love (falling in love) with you
No never I'm never gonna stop
Falling in love with you...
With you...

And I would runaway
I would runaway, yeah..., yeah
I would runaway (runaway)
I would runaway with you

Cause I am falling in love (falling in love) with you
No never I'm never gonna stop
Falling in love with you...

Falling in love (falling in love) with you
No never I'm never gonna stop falling in love with you

With you, my love, with you...
na ni na ni na na...
(With you, with you, with you, with you)

Fade out


THE RIGHT TIME

This is the right time
Once in a lifetime

So I find it hard to sleep
Don't you know
The sun is shinin' in my window
Life's in flow
Makin' music in the morning
Laughter's light
Creativity touches
In full flight

This is the right time, once in a lifetime

Keep it going, let's not lose it
Feel the flow
Ohhhh, flying free in a fantasy
With you I'll go

This is the right time
Once in a lifetime

Now something has entered my mind
Shattering all of my thoughts
It's no good, it's just one big waste of my time
But what can I do to recall...

This is the right time, once in a lifetime
This is the right time, once in a lifetime
This is the right time, once in a lifetime
This is the right time, once in a lifetime
This is the right time, once in a lifetime

Fade out


THE MINSTREL BOY

(Instrumental)


TOSS THE FEATHERS

(Instrumental)


LOVE TO LOVE YOU

I would love to love you like you do me
I'd love to love you like you do me
There's a pillar in my way you see
I'd love to love you like you do me

I met you on a sunny Autumn day
You instantly attracted me
When asking for the way
God if I had known the pain I'd make you feel
I would have stopped this thought of us
And turned upon my heel

(Go you should leave me)
Time make it be alright
(Go you must leave me)
Time will help you see the light
(You don't need me)
Time make it be alright
(Go you must leave me)
Believe me when I tell you

I would love to love you like you do me
I'd love to love you like you do me
There's a pillar in my way you see
I'd love to love you like you do me

You recognised my barrier to love
I know there's nothing worse
Than unrequited love,(unrequited love)
So I prayed to God that I could give the love you gave to me
But something's lying in my way, preventing it to be

(Go you should leave me)
Time make it be alright
(Go you must leave me)
Believe me when I tell you

I would love to love you like you do me
I'd love to love you like you do me
There's a pillar in my way you see
I'd love to love you like you do me
I would love to love you like you do me
I'd love to love you like you do me
There's a pillar in my way you see
I'd love to love you like you do me

Break those pillars down
Break those pillars down
Take those pillars down, down, down
Oh, take those pillars down
(Love to love you like you do me)
Break those pillars down
(Love to love you like you do me)
Oh take those pillars down
(Love to love you)
(Love to love you)
(Love to love you)
Take those pillars down
(Love to love you)

Fade out


SECRET LIFE

From red giant to supernova
Back to you and me
A cloaked entity within
A virtual reality
Mechanised and organised
To me it's plain to see
The hand that's been busy
Weaving fantasy
It's so hard to understand
And often we are blind
But if truth were an ocean
Would it fit in the pool of a human mind

You're all alone
And it doesn't seem quite fair
Why we're all left in ignorance
Turning to despair (turning to despair...)
Philosophy and theology
Offer us a glimpse
At something more incredible (incredible)
Than you and I

So call on the secret life
Call on the secret life
Show me the way of life
Bring on the secret life

Evangelists, scientologists
And others I won't mention
Offer lessons in codology
To all with good intention (intention)
Listen at your peril
Put your soul in detention
Resensitise yourself
To this incredible dimension

When you're all alone
And it doesn't seem quite fair
Why we're all left in ignorance
Turning to despair (turning to despair)
Philosophy and theology
Offer us a glimpse
At something more incredible (incredible)
Than you and I

So call on the secret life
Call on the secret life
Show me the way of life
Bring on the secret life

I think, therefore I am
I think, therefore I am

And you're all alone
And it doesn't seem quite fair
Why we're all left in ignorance
Turning to despair (turning to despair...)
Philosophy and theology
Offer us a glimpse
At something more incredible (incredible)
Than you and I

So call on the secret life
Call on the secret life
Show me the way of life
Bring on the secret life

Call on the secret life (turning to despair)
Call on the secret life (turning to despair)
Show me the way of life (turning to despair)
Bring on the secret life (turning to despair)
Call on the secret life (turning to despair)
Call on the secret life (turning to despair)
Show me the way of life (turning to despair)
Bring on the secret life (turning to despair)

Fade out


CARRAROE JIG

(Instrumental)


CLOSER

I see you, walking everyday
With a smile beneath frown
But I won't look away, yeah

What does it mean
What's there to see
If I look

Closer, closer, closer, closer
Closer, closer, closer, closer

Where are you going
And what are you thinking at all
Your eyes show nothing more
Than a dazed oblivion
What does it mean
What will I see
When I look

Closer, closer, closer, closer
Closer, closer, closer, closer..., ah, yeah

You don't see me
Watching everyday
My smile could warm your frown
And I'd never look away, never look away

There's more to me (there's more to me)
Than what you see
When you look

Closer, closer, closer, closer
Closer, closer, closer, closer
Closer, (close....r) closer, closer, closer..., ah yeah-ie...
Closer, (ah ha) closer, (ah ha) closer, no, no, no, (ah ha)
(ah ha, ah ha, ah ha, ah ha, ah ha,) ah, no, no...

Fade out


LAVE ME ALONE

I'm alone, hiding in the dark
I'm looking for a life
To come and rescue me
I sleep, I rise
Hear your denies
Endlessly inside
It's crazy but

(sometimes I feel like)
I wanna' to run away
(sometimes I feel like)
I've gotta' get away
(One day you will see)
Another side of me
(My life I command)
It's not the way that you planned

Leave me alone (leave me alone)
Leave me alone
Out on my own (out on my own)
Leave me alone

What do you want from me
Do you dream of a life
Your life through me
Myself, my time
In one we unite
I don't ever want to be
That girl you want it to be

(Sometimes I feel like)
I wanna' to run away
(Sometimes I feel like)
I've gotta' get away
(One day you will see)
Another side of me
(My life I command)
It's not the way that you planned

Leave me alone (leave me alone)
Leave me alone
Out on my own (out on my own)
Leave me alone, yeah.....

(One day you will see)
Another side of me
My life I command
It's not the way
It's not the way that you planned

Leave me alone (leave me alone)
Leave me alone
Out on my own (out on my own)
Leave me alone
Leave me alone (leave me alone)
Leave me alone
Out on my own (out on my own)
Leave me alone
Leave me alone (leave me alone)
Leave me alone
Out on my own (out on my own)
Leave me alone

Fade out


ERIN SHORE

(Instrumental)

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