''In Blue'' is the third studio album by Irish

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band

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 ...

, released in 2000 which saw the band become known in the United States. The title of the album comes from a lyric in the song " Give Me a Reason". As well as the UK number one single " Breathless", the album also contains new versions of "

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" and "At Your Side", which had appeared on their previous album '' The Corrs Unplugged''.

Mutt Lange Robert John "Mutt" Lange ( ; born 11 November 1948) is a South African record producer. He is known for his work in rock music as well as co-writing and producing various songs for Shania Twain, his ex-wife. Her 1997 album ''Come On Over'', whic ...

co-wrote and produced three songs from the album. Several of the tracks were used in various television programmes and films: "

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" as the theme for the TV miniseries of the same name; "One Night" in '' Mad About Mambo''; "At Your Side" in '' Say It Isn't So'' and the trailer for the film ''

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''; and " All the Love in the World" in the film ''

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''. At the

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, " Breathless" was nominated for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals, while "

" was nominated for

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Track listing

Special edition

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,

tin whistle The tin whistle, also known as the penny whistle, is a simple six-holed woodwind instrument. It is a type of fipple flute, a class of instrument which also includes the recorder and Native American flute. A tin whistle player is called a whistl ...

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, bodhran, piano, vocals *

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 ...

– guitar, keyboards, piano, 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

Anthony Drennan Anthony "Anto" Drennan (born on 1 November 1958) is an Irish guitarist and bassist noted for his involvement with the Corrs, Genesis and Mike + the Mechanics. Drennan is from a musical Irish family and was born in Luton, England; he and h ...

– guitars, lead guitar *

Keith Duffy Keith Peter Thomas Francis Julian John Duffy (born 1 October 1974) is an Irish singer, actor, radio and television presenter and drummer who began his professional music career as part of Irish boy band Boyzone alongside Ronan Keating, Mik ...

– bass guitar

Guest musicians

*Ronan Dooney – trumpet *Paul Duffy – saxophone *

Mitchell Froom Mitchell Froom (born June 29, 1953) is an American musician and record producer. He was a member of the bands Gamma and Latin Playboys, and is the keyboardist for Crowded House. He has produced albums for several artists, including David LaFl ...

– keyboards *Billy Farrell – keyboards *

Fiachra Trench Fiachra Terence Wilbrah Trench (born 7 September 1941, in Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish musician and composer from Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland. Trench first studied Chemistry at Trinity College, Dublin, before moving on to the ...

– string arrangement

Production

*Producers: The Corrs, Robert John "Mutt" Lange, DFHM (Mitchell Froom, Billy Farrell, Tim Martin, John Hughes) *Engineer: Tim Martin *Assistant engineer: Frances Murphy *Mixing: Adam Olmsted, Mike Shipley *Pre-programming: Richard Meyer (aka Swayd) *Programming: Richard Meyer (aka Swayd), Cory Churko, Oisin Murry *String arrangements: Fiachra Trench *Production consultant: Mitchell Froom *Art direction: Elizabeth Barrett *Design: Andrea Brooks *Photography: Rankin, Norman Jean Roy

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Decade-end chart

Certifications

Release history

References

{{Authority control Atlantic Records albums 143 Records albums 2000 albums The Corrs albums Albums produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange