''Jupiter Calling'' is the seventh studio album by

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 on 10 November 2017 by

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. It is their first new material in two years, following ''

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'' (2015). It was produced by

T Bone Burnett Joseph Henry "T Bone" Burnett III (born January 14, 1948) is an American record producer, guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He was a guitarist in Bob Dylan's band during the 1970s. Burnett has won several Grammy Awards for his work on film sou ...

, and recorded at

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in London and The Village Recorder in Los Angeles. It was promoted by a show at the

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on 19 October, for which tickets were made available on 15 September.

Background

Following the release of ''

'' in 2015, the band toured the UK and Ireland in January 2016, and continental Europe in mid-2016 on their White Light Tour.

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 ...

spoke to ''

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'' in January 2016, stating that the band were not planning to record a follow-up soon after, "as long as we're all happy to continue. And we are all very happy."

Recording and content

The band chose to include a song about

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on the album, called "SOS (Song of Syria)", which they called their most "politically outspoken and evocative" song to date. Andrea also spoke of playing the song "Son of Solomon" for Burnett: "He said 'Okay, don't play that any more'. When you're on the verge of knowing something you're much better than when you know it too well. And he was right. That's when the magic happens."

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 ...

described the recording process as "the most freeing experience we've had in the studio." Of working with the band, Burnett complimented their "deep, generous spirit" and their "writing, singing and playing". The album was primarily recorded live, with minimal

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. While working on the album, Burnett made use of 40 spools of two-inch tape and a Ludwig drum kit. The band's touring guitarist

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 ...

appeared on the record alongside session bassist Robbie Malone, and keyboardists Keefus Ciancia, Mike Piersante and Patrick Warren and drummer/percussionist Jay Bellerose also contributed during the album's recording process.

Singles

On 21 September 2017, "Son of Solomon" was released as the first promotional single from the album. The song was accompanied by a homemade video, recorded and edited by

. "SOS (Song of Syria)" was released as the lead single on 29 September 2017. The Corrs premiered the song on

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on 28 September 2017 and it was immediately released to YouTube after the radio premiere.

Critical reception

''Jupiter Calling'' received generally mixed reviews from music critics. At

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, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 58 based on four reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".

Track listing

Track listing adapted from iTunes.

Charts

References

{{Authority control 2017 albums The Corrs albums East West Records albums Albums produced by T Bone Burnett Albums recorded at RAK Studios