ARTiST: Andrea Corr
TiTLE: Ten Feet High
LABEL: Atlantic
GENRE: Pop
TiME: 38:25 min
SiZE: 52,5 MB
BiTRATE: VBRkbps
RiP DATE: Jun-22-2007
RELEASE DATE: Jun-25-2007
WEBSiTE: n/a
Track List:
01. Hello Boys 02:51
02. Anybody There 03:16
03. Shame On You (To Keep Your Love From Me) 03:58
04. I Do 02:05
05. Ten Feet High 03:21
06. Champagne From A Straw 03:34
07. 24 Hours 03:00
08. This Is What It's All About 03:35
09. Take Me Im Yours 03:08
10. Stupidest Girl In The World 03:39
11. Ideal World 02:21
12. Shame On You (To Keep Your Love From Me) 03:37
(Radio Edit)
Release Notes:
Produced by Nellee Hooper, with Bono at the helm as
executive producer, 'Ten Feet High' reveals Andrea
Corr's wealth of hidden riches, a natural gift for
lyrical storytelling, and a voice that errs more on
the side of deadpan and understatement than
traditional diva delivery.
After twelve years and thirty million albums, The
Corrs decided it was time for their much-mooted
hiatus following the release of 2005's 'Home'. Each
one of them went home to Ireland, but whilst Sharon,
Caroline and Jim began to raise their families,
Andrea undertook a new life of her own as a solo
artist. When mutual friend Bono introduced Andrea to
Nellee Hooper, who she had particularly admired for
his work with Bjork and Massive Attack, a solid
union was formed. As Andrea says, "with this album,
I've written the story and Nellee has painted the
picture."
'Shame On You (To Keep My Love From Me)', the first
single, is a deceptively pretty song full of
fluttery musical notes, its very lightness masking a
much heavier message. "It's about conscription and
war," she explains, "a protest song through the
prism of love, and how these men and women who go
off to war are leaving behind partners they will
never marry and children they will never have." The
rest of the album is a kaleidoscope of colours and
style, with Andrea weaving her multiple characters
through each song, at once both playful and sombre.
'I Do', about a fairytale marriage, is delicate and
bewitching, a song as light as air. 'Anybody There'
features some understated pining ("Will there be
anybody there to hold me?") delivered adorably.
'Champagne Through A Straw' a wry dissertation on
the vagaries of a celebrity lifestyle ("I've got my
all-over tan and my tummy-tuck/ Big house in the
country, with expensive bags for my scary little
dogs..."), and the closing 'Ideal World' is a
poignant ballad about the hopeless pursuit of a
perfect life. Then there is the one cover on the
album, and it's a radical one: a startling
re-reading of the Squeeze classic 'Take Me I'm
Yours' that she makes all her own.