''Forgiven, Not Forgotten'' is the debut studio album by Irish

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group

the Corrs The Corrs are an Irish family band consisting of siblings Andrea (lead vocals, tin whistle, mandolin, ukulele), Sharon (violin, keyboards, vocals), Caroline (drums, percussion, piano, bodhrán, vocals) and Jim (guitar, piano, keyboards, v ...

. It was released by

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on 26 September 1995 across the world. The album was primarily produced by

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, with additional production by

Jim Corr James Steven Ignatius Corr (born 31 July 1964) is an Irish musician, singer, songwriter and DJ. He is a member of the Irish folk/rock band the Corrs, the other members being his three younger sisters Andrea, Sharon and Caroline. Musical ca ...

. In January 1997, a special tour edition of the album was released in Australia and New Zealand and featured a bonus disc containing live and rare tracks which were recorded from their Forgiven, Not Forgotten World Tour. The title track and the band were featured in an episode of ''

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'' called "Turn Back the Clock". The band performed the song at a New Year's Eve party at the Peach Pit After Dark. The album spawned five official single releases.

Background

Before signing to Atlantic Records the band began recording in a makeshift-home-studio Jim rented out in their hometown of

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. The band recorded on an eight-track and began making demo tapes, "I remember it being very cold... We had fruit boxes on the wall for soundproofing" Caroline remembered. After performing in Whelan's bar in

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, the band caught the eye of

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who invited the band to perform at the

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. Once in America they met

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, Atlantic Records's head of A&R: "When they walked into my New York office, I was immediately taken by their beauty, their obvious grace and style. They played me a cassette with " Love to Love You" and "Closer" on it, then they told me they played all the instruments themselves and wrote the songs. Man, I thought I'd died and gone to heaven." However Flom knew the band needed someone to produce their album so suggested they meet

, a Canadian musician, producer, composer and

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. While in New York, two days before the band were scheduled to head home, they crashed a recording session at

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, a recording studio in

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. Foster invited the band upstairs to perform around a piano, where they sang "

Forgiven, Not Forgotten ''Forgiven, Not Forgotten'' is the debut studio album by Irish pop rock group the Corrs. It was released by Atlantic Records on 26 September 1995 across the world. The album was primarily produced by David Foster, with additional production by ...

" live. Sharon would go on to say "I think he was taken back by how polished we sounded even then".

Tour

On 26 April 1996, the Corrs embarked on their Forgiven, Not Forgotten World Tour that started in

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, Ireland, before then travelling to Europe, Australia, Asia, America and Canada, ultimately lasting the better part of two years.

Track listing

Personnel

The Band

Andrea Corr Andrea Jane Corr (born 17 May 1974) is an Irish musician and actress. Corr debuted in 1990 as the lead singer of the Celtic folk rock and pop rock group The Corrs along with her three elder siblings Caroline, Sharon and Jim. Aside from singi ...

– lead vocals,

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Caroline Corr Caroline Georgina Corr (born 17 March 1973) is an Irish singer and drummer for the Celtic folk rock band the Corrs. In addition to the drums, she plays the ''bodhrán'', ''cajón'', percussions and piano. The Corr siblings were appointed honora ...

– drums,

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, acoustic piano, vocals *

– guitar, keyboards, acoustic piano, keyboard programming, vocals *

Sharon Corr Sharon Helga Corr (born 24 March 1970), is an Irish singer-songwriter, musician, and television personality. She is best known as a member of the pop-rock band the Corrs, which she co-founded in 1990 with her elder brother Jim and younger sist ...

– violin, vocals

Featuring

– additional keyboards, string arrangements * Simon Franglen – Synclavier programming * Michael Thompson – guitar * Tal Herzberg – bass guitar on "Secret Life" *

Neil Stubenhaus Neil Stubenhaus is an American bass guitarist. Career He started his musical training playing drums and switched to bass guitar at the age of 12. In one of his early bands, The Neighbourhood in 1969, he played with future Kiss guitarist Vinnie V ...

– bass guitar on "Toss the Feathers" * Simon Phillips – drums on "Toss the Feathers"

Production

* Producers and Arrangements – Jim Corr and David Foster * Engineers – Andrew Boland, Felipe Elgueta and Dave Reitzas. * Mixing – Dave Reitzas and

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* Mix Assistant – Ryan Freeland * Mastered by

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at Gateway Mastering (Portland, ME). * Assistant Mastering Engineer – Brian K. Lee * Art Direction – Richard Bates and Sung Lee-Crawforth * Photography – Guzman (Constance Hansen and Russell Peacock).

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release details

*1995, UK, Atlantic 7567-92612-2, release date: 22 September 1995, CD *1995, Mexico, Atlantic 7826-94675-2, release date: 22 September 1995, CD *1995, UK, Atlantic 7567-92612-4, release date: 26 September 1995, Cassette *1995, Japan, Warner AMCY-913, release date; 21 December 1995, CD (with bonus track) *1996, UK (reissue), release date: 19 February 1996, CD *1997, Japan, Warner AMCY-2427, release date: 25 October 1997, CD (with bonus track) *1997, Australia, New Zealand, Atlantic 7567-92754-2, release date: January 1997, CD (limited tour edition) *1999, UK, Atlantic 7567926128, release date: 29 November 1999, MiniDisc *2001, Australia, Atlantic 7567-80963-2, release date: 2001, CD (double release with ''

Talk on Corners ''Talk on Corners'' is the second studio album by Irish family pop rock band the Corrs. It was released on 17 October 1997 by 143, Lava and Atlantic Records. Preceded by lead single " Only When I Sleep", which became a top ten hit internation ...

'' special edition) *2001, France, Atlantic 7567-93072-2, release date: 2001, CD (as gold disc limited collector's edition) *2017, The Netherlands, Music On Vinyl Atlantic MOVLP1768 8719262002456, release date: 2017-05-26, 1 LP, 180 gram audiophile vinyl

Notes

References

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