Home (The Corrs album)

Home
Studio album by The Corrs
Released	September 26, 2005 (Europe) September 28, 2005 (JP) February 7, 2006 (U.S.)
Recorded	2005
Genre	Celtic
Length	45:47 (with bonus track - 49:59)
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Mitchell Froom
The Corrs chronology
Borrowed Heaven (2004) Home (2005) Dreams: The Ultimate Corrs Collection (2006)
Singles from Home
"Heart Like a Wheel/Old Town" Released: 25 October 2006

Home is The Corrs' fifth studio album. An Irish-themed album, it includes covers of old Irish songs and traditionals, but also covers of non-Irish songs such as "Heart Like A Wheel". It includes two tracks in Irish, "Buachaill Ón Éirne" and "Bríd Óg Ní Mháille"; and three instrumentals, "Old Hag (You Killed Me)", "Haste To The Wedding", and "Return to Fingall". Home was compiled from a songbook of the late Jean Corr (their mother). The album was released exactly 10 years after the release of their first album Forgiven, Not Forgotten.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Virgin.net	[2]
PopMatters	[3]

Although The Corrs returned to their Irish roots, the success of this album and its singles has been poor.

"Old Town" performed poorly in the UK Singles Chart, peaking at number 43. The decision to cover and release the song was questioned, with Gareth Maher of CLUAS.com calling it "a disastrous one".^[4] Mark Weisinger from PopMatters stated that "anyone who has been waiting since the original, unremixed version of Talk On Corners for the Corrs to abandon their pursuit of the American pop charts to deliver another record along the lines of Forgiven, Not Forgotten will finally find their waiting repaid handsomely."

Track listing

All songs written by The Corrs, except where noted.

1. "My Lagan Love" (Irish traditional)
2. "Spancill Hill" (includes the instrumental "Rakes of Kildare" from 3:37)
3. "Peggy Gordon"
4. "Black Is the Colour"
5. "Heart Like a Wheel" (Anna McGarrigle)
6. "Buachaill Ón Éirne" ("Boy From Erne" - in Irish)
7. "Old Hag" (Instrumental) (Corr, Sharon)
8. "Moorlough Shore"
9. "Old Town" (Philip Lynott, Jimmy Bain)
10. "Dimming of the Day" (Richard Thompson)
11. "Bríd Óg Ní Mháille" ("Bridget O'Malley" - in Irish)
12. "Haste to the Wedding" (Instrumental)
    • bonus track available on Japanese, limited German, and Spanish release
13. "Return To Fingall"

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2005) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[5] 44 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[6] 13 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[7] 14 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[8] 6 Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[9] 15 European Albums (Billboard)[10] 8 French Albums (SNEP)[11] 5 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[12] 12 Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[13] 21 Irish Albums (IRMA)[14] 1 Italian Albums (FIMI)[15] 37 Japanese Albums (Oricon)[16] 59 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[17] 37 Portuguese Albums (AFP)[18] 26 Scottish Albums (OCC)[19] 12 Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[20] 8 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[21] 44 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[22] 7 UK Albums (OCC)[23] 14

Year-end charts Chart (2004) Peak position Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[24] 34 French Albums (SNEP)[25] 19 Swiss Albums (Hitparade)[26] 83 Certifications Region Certification Sales/shipments France (SNEP)[27] Platinum 200,000 Ireland (IRMA)[28] 2× Platinum 30,000 Spain (PROMUSICAE)[29] Gold 50,000 United Kingdom (BPI)[30] Silver 60,000 ^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone ^xunspecified figures based on certification alone

References

1. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r802039 Allmusic review
2. Virgin.net review
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14. "GFK Chart-Track Albums: Week 40, 2005". Chart-Track. IRMA. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
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16. ボロウド・ヘヴン ザ・コアーズ (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
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24. "Rapports annuels 2005". Ultratop (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
25. "Classement Albums - année 2005" (in French). SNEP. Archived from the original on 11 December 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2004.
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28. "Irish album certifications – The Corrs – Home". Irish Recorded Music Association.
29. Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 8480486392.
30. "British album certifications – Corrs – Home". British Phonographic Industry. Enter Home in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Select Silver in the field By Award. Click Search