Irish singer ANDREA CORR hates her fame and has slammed the cult of celebrity in a new track. The star has just released solo single Champagne From A Straw, a critique on today's instant celebrity lifestyle. And Corr insists she much prefers staying out of the limelight and "being normal". She says, "I don't hang around with celebrities. The song is just about someone who is famous just for being famous. "I don't mean to be judgemental, it's just an observation. I like having a normal life and don't like being paparazzi'd. I don't court it or put myself in those situations, it's just not me."
News taken from: Andrea Corr Hates Fame
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Andrea Corr Interview
60 Seconds: Andrea Corr
By ANDREW WILLIAMS - Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Andrea Corr sold 30 million albums with The Corrs. Now, with the lead singer's siblings taking a break from the music scene to spend time with their children, Andrea is soldiering on with her debut solo offering, Ten Feet High. She hopes to better her last single Shame On You with her current release Champagne From A Straw.
How’s the solo career going?
I’m thrilled with the record. I look at it more as a solo project than a solo career, so I’m happy. It is a bit weird doing it on my own, though. I’m out of my comfort zone. All my life, I’ve worked with my family, so doing it on my own was strange. This time, it wasn’t a democracy, it was all my own decisions. I wrote it because I wanted to write – with no record in mind. So perhaps I was a bit more daring with what I wrote. When you’re in a band that has sold so many records, there’s an expectation that your sound should be the same every time so I was totally free of those restrictions with this.
The single Champagne From A Straw is about the excesses of celebrity life. Is it based on first-hand experience?
No, it’s just a story centred on the things we all see in celebrity magazines and on TV. I don’t hang around with celebrities. The song is about someone who is famous just for being famous. I don’t mean to be judgmental, it’s just an observation. I like having a normal life and don’t like being paparazzi’d. I don’t court it or put myself in those situations, it’s just not me.
When did you realise you were famous?
In Australia with The Corrs, we had no idea people knew us or that they’d been into the first record. I was drying my hair in the hotel and I heard the man on the radio say, ‘Andrea Corr is in the country,’ which was weird. We then went into the rainforest in Cairns. We were just your average tourists but the other people on the tour were saying, ‘Oh my God, it’s The Corrs,’ which was strange.
You’ve been called the most eligible woman in Ireland. Have you got a queue of suitors banging on your door?
No. I don’t think of myself in that way. I’m just myself. I don’t pay attention to things like that – but it’s flattering.
What’s the weirdest thing you had to do to promote the band?
We had to take part in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York. The whole of America watches, so the record company was very excited. We were supposed to go on the parade and then sing two minutes of Breathless outside Macy’s at the end. We got there to discover we had to ride through the parade on a huge turkey. And we were on it for two hours. It was horrific. When we came to perform the song, all I could do was laugh – it was ridiculous.
To read the rest of the interview, go to 60 Seconds: Andrea Corr.
By ANDREW WILLIAMS - Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Andrea Corr sold 30 million albums with The Corrs. Now, with the lead singer's siblings taking a break from the music scene to spend time with their children, Andrea is soldiering on with her debut solo offering, Ten Feet High. She hopes to better her last single Shame On You with her current release Champagne From A Straw.
How’s the solo career going?
I’m thrilled with the record. I look at it more as a solo project than a solo career, so I’m happy. It is a bit weird doing it on my own, though. I’m out of my comfort zone. All my life, I’ve worked with my family, so doing it on my own was strange. This time, it wasn’t a democracy, it was all my own decisions. I wrote it because I wanted to write – with no record in mind. So perhaps I was a bit more daring with what I wrote. When you’re in a band that has sold so many records, there’s an expectation that your sound should be the same every time so I was totally free of those restrictions with this.
The single Champagne From A Straw is about the excesses of celebrity life. Is it based on first-hand experience?
No, it’s just a story centred on the things we all see in celebrity magazines and on TV. I don’t hang around with celebrities. The song is about someone who is famous just for being famous. I don’t mean to be judgmental, it’s just an observation. I like having a normal life and don’t like being paparazzi’d. I don’t court it or put myself in those situations, it’s just not me.
When did you realise you were famous?
In Australia with The Corrs, we had no idea people knew us or that they’d been into the first record. I was drying my hair in the hotel and I heard the man on the radio say, ‘Andrea Corr is in the country,’ which was weird. We then went into the rainforest in Cairns. We were just your average tourists but the other people on the tour were saying, ‘Oh my God, it’s The Corrs,’ which was strange.
You’ve been called the most eligible woman in Ireland. Have you got a queue of suitors banging on your door?
No. I don’t think of myself in that way. I’m just myself. I don’t pay attention to things like that – but it’s flattering.
What’s the weirdest thing you had to do to promote the band?
We had to take part in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York. The whole of America watches, so the record company was very excited. We were supposed to go on the parade and then sing two minutes of Breathless outside Macy’s at the end. We got there to discover we had to ride through the parade on a huge turkey. And we were on it for two hours. It was horrific. When we came to perform the song, all I could do was laugh – it was ridiculous.
To read the rest of the interview, go to 60 Seconds: Andrea Corr.
Monday, August 27, 2007
Andrea Corr - Champagne From A Straw Track Review
The Corrs' career spanned twelve years. They sold thirty million albums - despite managing to make Enya sound like Metallica - and now, leaving behind a legacy of sonic torture that would impress the most nefarious of weapons designers, they've decided to retire and 'spend more time with their families'.
Not Andrea Corr, though. Champagne From A Straw is the second single from her debut Nellee Hooper-produced solo album, Ten Feet High. Will it be responsible for launching her solo career into the stratosphere of pop divadom? Will it buggery.
And it's not really Andrea's fault: the blame for this ill-intentioned dig at celebrity excess can be laid squarely at the mixing desk of Nellee Hooper. Really, Nellee - what where you thinking? What happened to the magic touch that launched Bjork to solo acclaim? Champagne From A Straw thuds where it should dance, a vaguely Caribbean-influenced backing track that feels like lead weights around Andrea's voice. Add in trumpet fills that sound like incidental music from The Shopping Network, piano chords that land like goose-stepping feet - it's mediocre, it's borderline offensive, it's not something that you should waste your money on.
- David McGonigle
Not Andrea Corr, though. Champagne From A Straw is the second single from her debut Nellee Hooper-produced solo album, Ten Feet High. Will it be responsible for launching her solo career into the stratosphere of pop divadom? Will it buggery.
And it's not really Andrea's fault: the blame for this ill-intentioned dig at celebrity excess can be laid squarely at the mixing desk of Nellee Hooper. Really, Nellee - what where you thinking? What happened to the magic touch that launched Bjork to solo acclaim? Champagne From A Straw thuds where it should dance, a vaguely Caribbean-influenced backing track that feels like lead weights around Andrea's voice. Add in trumpet fills that sound like incidental music from The Shopping Network, piano chords that land like goose-stepping feet - it's mediocre, it's borderline offensive, it's not something that you should waste your money on.
- David McGonigle
Friday, August 24, 2007
Andrea Corr chats to I Like Music
ilikemusic caught up with Andrea Corr to talk about her new album, working with Nellee Hooper and her time in The Corrs.
"I Like Music because… it romanticises every little simple moment." ANDREA CORR
ILM: Your debut solo album is released on June 25th. Which track did you have the most fun laying down in the studio?
ANDREA: That's kinda hard because they were all quite fun, because they're so story-based so Nellee would come up with very different ideas for each one. Champagne From A Straw was fun because we had the whole Moriarty band type thing happening. I Do was fun because it was so magical with the music box and Hello Boys was fun in a totally different way. We had a good time.
ILM: It's produced by Nellee Hooper, with Bono at the helm as executive producer, what did you learn from those guys?
ANDREA: Nellee produced it all. Bono and my friend Dan Friday are executive producers on it because they set me up with Nellee. But Nellee… I learned so much. Why he was really perfect for the project… and I really wanted him on it, I loved him from Bjork's debut album, which is one of my favourite albums. I'd heard him described as more like a director of movies than a producer, and the way the songs are, they're so story-based so, in a way they're like little films, and that's the way both myself and Nellee saw it so that's why the album is quite eclectic, there's a different feel the whole way through to do with the different stories.
To read the rest of the interview, go to Andrea Corr chats to I Like Music.
"I Like Music because… it romanticises every little simple moment." ANDREA CORR
ILM: Your debut solo album is released on June 25th. Which track did you have the most fun laying down in the studio?
ANDREA: That's kinda hard because they were all quite fun, because they're so story-based so Nellee would come up with very different ideas for each one. Champagne From A Straw was fun because we had the whole Moriarty band type thing happening. I Do was fun because it was so magical with the music box and Hello Boys was fun in a totally different way. We had a good time.
ILM: It's produced by Nellee Hooper, with Bono at the helm as executive producer, what did you learn from those guys?
ANDREA: Nellee produced it all. Bono and my friend Dan Friday are executive producers on it because they set me up with Nellee. But Nellee… I learned so much. Why he was really perfect for the project… and I really wanted him on it, I loved him from Bjork's debut album, which is one of my favourite albums. I'd heard him described as more like a director of movies than a producer, and the way the songs are, they're so story-based so, in a way they're like little films, and that's the way both myself and Nellee saw it so that's why the album is quite eclectic, there's a different feel the whole way through to do with the different stories.
To read the rest of the interview, go to Andrea Corr chats to I Like Music.
Andrea Corr Releases Second Single "Champagne From A Straw"
Andrea Corr - Champagne From A Straw
Andrea Corr 2007 Atlantic Records artist, Andrea Corr releases her second single, 'Champagne From A Straw' on August 27th. It is taken from her Nellee Hooper produced debut solo album, 'Ten Feet High' which also sees Bono at the helm as executive producer with Gavin Friday.
This new single follows the instantly catchy and deceptively pretty 'Shame On You (To Keep My Love From Me)'.
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." Indeed, Ten Feet High is a kaleidoscope of colours and style with Andrea weaving her multiple characters through each song.
With the forthcoming, 'Champagne From A Straw', Andrea has written 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..." It is already enjoying support from Radio 2 and has been B-listed at the station.
When Dundalk-born Andrea was just 15 years old, she joined forces with her sisters Sharon and Caroline and her brother Jim to form The Corrs. Over the next decade and a half, the siblings would grow to become one of the biggest acts in the world. In 1998, their album Talk On Corners became the UK's best selling album, the first Irish act ever to achieve this feat. Each of their albums has sold an average of 5 million copies, a strike rate few else have accomplished.
Twelve years and thirty million albums later, 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.
"With this record, it isn't necessarily about showing the world the real me," she says. "It's nothing that contrived. No, this is just an album where I've had fun and adventure; I'm thrilled with the results. Even if nothing happens with it, I'll go to my grave happy I've done it."
News taken from: Andrea Corr - Champagne From A Straw
Andrea Corr 2007 Atlantic Records artist, Andrea Corr releases her second single, 'Champagne From A Straw' on August 27th. It is taken from her Nellee Hooper produced debut solo album, 'Ten Feet High' which also sees Bono at the helm as executive producer with Gavin Friday.
This new single follows the instantly catchy and deceptively pretty 'Shame On You (To Keep My Love From Me)'.
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." Indeed, Ten Feet High is a kaleidoscope of colours and style with Andrea weaving her multiple characters through each song.
With the forthcoming, 'Champagne From A Straw', Andrea has written 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..." It is already enjoying support from Radio 2 and has been B-listed at the station.
When Dundalk-born Andrea was just 15 years old, she joined forces with her sisters Sharon and Caroline and her brother Jim to form The Corrs. Over the next decade and a half, the siblings would grow to become one of the biggest acts in the world. In 1998, their album Talk On Corners became the UK's best selling album, the first Irish act ever to achieve this feat. Each of their albums has sold an average of 5 million copies, a strike rate few else have accomplished.
Twelve years and thirty million albums later, 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.
"With this record, it isn't necessarily about showing the world the real me," she says. "It's nothing that contrived. No, this is just an album where I've had fun and adventure; I'm thrilled with the results. Even if nothing happens with it, I'll go to my grave happy I've done it."
News taken from: Andrea Corr - Champagne From A Straw
Monday, August 20, 2007
Andrea Corr and Brett's Romance
Andrea and Brett happy to share secret
LOVE ceases to be a pleasure, Proust once said, when it ceases to be a secret. All I can say is, Prousty was talking through his asthma. Take the case of Brett Desmond and Andrea Corr.
There is no longer anything secret about their relationship but there is certainly no evidence of any dwindling of their pleasure.
First I brought you news of their bash in Ibiza last week. Now I am here to tell you of an outing in the Cipriani in Davies Street in London last Monday.
The young Irish superstar and the dashing businessman were dining at the chic restaurant with Brett's father, Dermot, and three other diners.
"The relationship must be going well if daddy Dermot was there," my runaway spy in the Cipriani told me.
Article excerpt taken from Andrea Corr and Brett.
LOVE ceases to be a pleasure, Proust once said, when it ceases to be a secret. All I can say is, Prousty was talking through his asthma. Take the case of Brett Desmond and Andrea Corr.
There is no longer anything secret about their relationship but there is certainly no evidence of any dwindling of their pleasure.
First I brought you news of their bash in Ibiza last week. Now I am here to tell you of an outing in the Cipriani in Davies Street in London last Monday.
The young Irish superstar and the dashing businessman were dining at the chic restaurant with Brett's father, Dermot, and three other diners.
"The relationship must be going well if daddy Dermot was there," my runaway spy in the Cipriani told me.
Article excerpt taken from Andrea Corr and Brett.
Thursday, August 16, 2007
Andrea Corr's ten feet high with new romance but no nuptials planned
SINGER Andrea Corr has revealed she is head over heels in love with her new boyfriend, Brett Desmond.
The newly solo star, from Dundalk, has been going out with Brett, the son of billionaire businessman Dermot Desmond, for the past eight months.
Now happy to be seen out and about together, it seems things are really heating up between the pair. However, the gorgeous singer says the couple have no plans to tie the knot.
"The rest of my family are all settled but I'm not there yet," said the 33-year-old.
"I have a boyfriend but obviously I am not married and haven't got babies yet. I'm definitely not in any rush."
But while Andrea and Brett are happy to wait a bit longer before walking down the isle, the Corr's father Gerry hopes it will happen sooner rather than later.
"My daddy jokes with me like, 'Come on, Andrea. When are you going to do this?' and everything like that.
Wedding bells aside, the Ten Feet High singer also admitted that since becoming an auntie, she is certain she wants to have children in the future. Her sister Sharon has one child and one on the way, her other sister Caroline has three children and brother Jim has one.
"Of course I want a family at some stage. The girls and Jim and their children intensify that (broody) feeling as I love them so much my heart hurts."
Ambitious Andrea also shrugged off poor sales of her first solo album, Ten Feet High and said despite perceptions, her career is not the most important thing in her life. "I'd be happy to be remembered as a good friend," she said."
Article taken from: Andrea Corr's Ten Feet High
The newly solo star, from Dundalk, has been going out with Brett, the son of billionaire businessman Dermot Desmond, for the past eight months.
Now happy to be seen out and about together, it seems things are really heating up between the pair. However, the gorgeous singer says the couple have no plans to tie the knot.
"The rest of my family are all settled but I'm not there yet," said the 33-year-old.
"I have a boyfriend but obviously I am not married and haven't got babies yet. I'm definitely not in any rush."
But while Andrea and Brett are happy to wait a bit longer before walking down the isle, the Corr's father Gerry hopes it will happen sooner rather than later.
"My daddy jokes with me like, 'Come on, Andrea. When are you going to do this?' and everything like that.
Wedding bells aside, the Ten Feet High singer also admitted that since becoming an auntie, she is certain she wants to have children in the future. Her sister Sharon has one child and one on the way, her other sister Caroline has three children and brother Jim has one.
"Of course I want a family at some stage. The girls and Jim and their children intensify that (broody) feeling as I love them so much my heart hurts."
Ambitious Andrea also shrugged off poor sales of her first solo album, Ten Feet High and said despite perceptions, her career is not the most important thing in her life. "I'd be happy to be remembered as a good friend," she said."
Article taken from: Andrea Corr's Ten Feet High
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Ten Feet High Album Review
TEN FEET HIGH
Artist: ANDREA CORR
Genre: Pop(Atlantic/Warner)
Reviewer: JO TIMBUONG
REMEMBER that talented sibling-quartet from Ireland called The Corrs? They dominated the airwaves with their fusion of Celtic folk and pop, churning out hits like Runaway, What Can I Do and Breathless.
More than a decade after The Corrs’ debut, Andrea Corr, the lead singer and youngest sister, has broken away from the group and released her first solo album, Ten Feet High. Her singing without the musical accompaniment of her elder siblings took a bit of getting used to but I eventually settled into the album.
Don’t expect any Celtic influences in the music because it is purely pop (and come to think of it, each The Corrs album moved further away from the folky sound of their debut). There are certainly no violins, bordhrans or tin whistles to be found here. Andrea’s style has changed and she now sounds more seductive and naughty compared to the safe vibes of The Corrs.
Her change in style bothers me a bit. She sounds as if she’s really desperate to break away from what her group offered. The end result is that she has lost some of the originality and charm of her earlier recordings, which really does nothing to help her establish herself as a solo singer.
Still, this album overcomes an uneven start to prove itself worthy of notice.
The album opener sees Andrea trying to be overly sexy with Hello Boys. It doesn’t turn out according to plan and she comes across as a novice bar singer instead.
Another song that got on my nerves was Anybody There. It starts out great with a simple four-note intro until she comes to the chorus and sings: “You say there’d be manybody there to love me.” I don’t think that’s a real word.
But I suppose someone talked some sense into her while recording the last few tracks on the album because she begins to sound like herself again and you could feel all pretence melt away. There’s a run of really good songs from the fifth track (Ten Feet High) onwards before the 12-track album ends on a high note. Not because she has gone out of her way to prove that she can sing a la Mariah but because the closer Ideal World is thought-provoking.
If you do get this album, I’d advise you to be patient with the silliness of the first half. The last few tunes are really worth it. Hopefully, there’ll be more consistent albums to come from this lady.
Taken from: Ten Feet High Album Review
Artist: ANDREA CORR
Genre: Pop(Atlantic/Warner)
Reviewer: JO TIMBUONG
REMEMBER that talented sibling-quartet from Ireland called The Corrs? They dominated the airwaves with their fusion of Celtic folk and pop, churning out hits like Runaway, What Can I Do and Breathless.
More than a decade after The Corrs’ debut, Andrea Corr, the lead singer and youngest sister, has broken away from the group and released her first solo album, Ten Feet High. Her singing without the musical accompaniment of her elder siblings took a bit of getting used to but I eventually settled into the album.
Don’t expect any Celtic influences in the music because it is purely pop (and come to think of it, each The Corrs album moved further away from the folky sound of their debut). There are certainly no violins, bordhrans or tin whistles to be found here. Andrea’s style has changed and she now sounds more seductive and naughty compared to the safe vibes of The Corrs.
Her change in style bothers me a bit. She sounds as if she’s really desperate to break away from what her group offered. The end result is that she has lost some of the originality and charm of her earlier recordings, which really does nothing to help her establish herself as a solo singer.
Still, this album overcomes an uneven start to prove itself worthy of notice.
The album opener sees Andrea trying to be overly sexy with Hello Boys. It doesn’t turn out according to plan and she comes across as a novice bar singer instead.
Another song that got on my nerves was Anybody There. It starts out great with a simple four-note intro until she comes to the chorus and sings: “You say there’d be manybody there to love me.” I don’t think that’s a real word.
But I suppose someone talked some sense into her while recording the last few tracks on the album because she begins to sound like herself again and you could feel all pretence melt away. There’s a run of really good songs from the fifth track (Ten Feet High) onwards before the 12-track album ends on a high note. Not because she has gone out of her way to prove that she can sing a la Mariah but because the closer Ideal World is thought-provoking.
If you do get this album, I’d advise you to be patient with the silliness of the first half. The last few tunes are really worth it. Hopefully, there’ll be more consistent albums to come from this lady.
Taken from: Ten Feet High Album Review
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