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  Type Album
  Artist The Corrs
  Cover HomeCoverJPG
  Background orange
  Released September 26 , 2005 ( EU )<br> September 28 , 2005 ( JP )<br> February 7 , 2006 ( USA )
  Recorded 2004-2005
  Genre Celtic , Folk-rock
  Length 45:47
  Label Atlantic Records
  Producer Mitchell Froom
  Reviews <nowiki></nowiki>
  Last Album '' Borrowed Heaven ''<br />( 2004 )
  This Album ''Home''<br />( 2005 )
  Next Album ''TBA''


Home is an Irish themed album. It includes covers of old Irish songs and traditionals, but also covers of non-Irish songs, like 'Heart Like A Wheel'. It includes 2 tracks in Gaelic ("Buachaill On Eirne" & "Brid Og Ni Mhaille") and 3 instrumentals ("Old Hag", "Haste To The Wedding", "Return To Fingall"). " 'Home' " is compiled through a songbook of the late Jean Corr (their mother).
The album is released exactly 10 years after the release of their very first album " Forgiven Not Forgotten " and brings the Corrs back to their roots.

''From The Corrs' Official Site:''

One year after their last studio album, The Corrs are returning full circle with their latest album Home, to be released by Atlantic Records on September 26th.

As the title suggests, The Corrs are back to fond beginnings, defining a journey that began 15 years ago. It is a record that is held close to the band's hearts, compiled through a songbook of the late Jean Corr, and brought to life by the band's urge to bring new interpretations to traditional Irish songs.

It was Caroline Corr who first suggested a return to traditional form, since “everywhere we go in the world we are asked to do more Irish music.” Featuring the BBC Radio 2 Concert Orchestra and working with orchestral arranger Fiachra Trench and producer Mitchell Froom, who has worked with The Corrs on three previous albums, the band set out to create an eclectic mixture of songs and instrumental airs.

Recorded over six months, the making of the album became a journey in uniting both old and new. Traditional Irish songs were carefully chosen, and set to new arrangements, whilst remaining true and faithful to the core emotion of the originals. The mixture of traditional and contemporary, is one that is truly celebrated throughout Home. Whereas the predominantly Irish songs are interpreted in a contemporary way, other songs such as ‘Heart Like A Wheel’, originally written by Anna McGarrigle, remain strongly Irish in sound and spirit. This spirit shines through in tracks such as ‘Buachaill On Eirne’ which is one of two tracks sung in Gaelic; a true testament to the integrity of this album, and its desire to bring together Ireland’s past, present and future.


TRACK LISTING

# "My Lagan Love"
# "Spancill Hill"
# "Peggy Gordon"
# "Black Is The Colour"
# "Heart Like A Wheel"
# "Buachaill On Eirne" (in Gaelic)
# "Old Hag" (instrumental)
# "Moorlough Shore"
# "Old Town"
# "Dimming Of The Day"
# "Brid Og Ni Mhaille" (in Gaelic)
# "Haste To The Wedding" (instrumental)
  • bonus track available on Japanese release

  • # "Return To Fingall" (instrumental) track



RELEASE DETAILS

  • 2005, UK, Atlantic Records 5101102932, Release Date 26 September 2005, CD

  • 2005, Japan, Wea WPCR-12164, Release Date 28 September 2005, CD (with bonus track)

  • 2005, Taiwan, Warners 5051011029325, Release Date ? ? 2005, CD