Andrea Corr

By this stage in her career, 12 years after the first Corrs album and a full 30 million albums shifted, it would be fair to suggest that we all know what to expect from Andrea Corr. Raven-haired and demurely beautiful, Andrea is crystal-voiced and endlessly willowy, an updated Karen Carpenter possessed with an incessantly beautiful voice.

But now here she comes with her debut solo album, Ten Feet High, and suddenly Andrea's entire oeuvre has shifted markedly. She now sounds unexpectedly different and positively leftfield. Reinvention would be a grand claim, but it wouldn't be an exaggerated one. In essence, she has thrown open the creative doors to reveal a 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.
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By this stage in her career, 12 years after the first Corrs album and a full 30 million albums shifted, it would be fair to suggest that we all know what to expect from Andrea Corr. Raven-haired and demurely beautiful, Andrea is crystal-voiced and endlessly willowy, an updated Karen Carpenter possessed with an incessantly beautiful voice.

But now here she comes with her debut solo album, Ten Feet High, and suddenly Andrea's entire oeuvre has shifted markedly. She now sounds unexpectedly... (read more)