The Corrs - White Light (2015)

1. I Do What I Like
2. Bring On The Night
3. White Light
4. Kiss of Life
5. Unconditional
6. Strange Romance
7. Ellis Island
8. Gerry's Reel
9. Stay
10. Catch Me When I Fall
11. Harmony
12. With Me Stay

The Corrs are:
Andrea Corr, Caroline Corr, Jim Corr, Sharon Corr

Does the world need another Corrs album? Like it or not, we’re getting one. White Light may be the reunited siblings’ first album in a decade, but it is a wasted opportunity. The Dundalk band were never going to go dubstep, but this collection is as safe as it comes. The glossy electropop of Unconditional and I Do What I Like are as daring as things get, while lyrical clichés abound on the title track and Stay. Their trademark trad sound is audible on Gerry’s Reel and the folky swell of Bring on the Night but even the most authentic song, Ellis Island, is corny in its execution. Fans won’t mind that The Corrs haven’t progressed musically – but they won’t make any new ones with this album, either. --- irishtimes.com

Say what you like about The Corrs, there was never any denying their talent – or the voice of raven-haired youngest sister Andrea, fronting the familial quartet with ferocity and grace. It’s why it’s so disappointing that White Light – the band’s first album in a decade – begins with egregious autotune and woeful EDM-by-numbers.

As far back as “Runaway” (released in September 1995) the band always tried to pair the instruments and flourishes of traditional Irish folk music with whatever was happening in the charts – but given the extent to which contemporary pop is itself looking backwards to the dance floors of the late 1970s and early 1980s, the criss-crossing musical time travel here is exhausting to follow. The result is an album which contains some of The Corrs’ most nostalgic tracks to date – “Ellis Island”, “Harmony” and “Gerry’s Reel”, a skittish instrumental dedicated to the siblings’ late father – as well as at least one disco chorus and an intro ripped from Katy Perry’s “Firework”.

“I Do What I Like” sounds like the bad karaoke version of an empowerment anthem, all awkward rhymes about paradise and beachy sound effects; while lead single “Bring on the Night” is custom-made for the Radio 2 drivetime playlist. Title track “White Light” – apparently a tribute to Amy Winehouse – is almost saved from its high school lyrics by an epic chorus and some glorious harmonies, while Sharon’s strings and a celestial vocal performance lift “Kiss of Life” just above the middle of the road. The stripped-back, piano-led “Ellis Island” – a gentle potted history of 19th century Irish emigration that you can’t help but hear as political – is a chills-down-the-spine moment though, and perhaps a hint that next year’s reunion tour won’t just be a nostalgia trip. --- theartsdesk.com

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