Talk On Corners
Codes & Release Dates
Year of first release: 1997
Show/hide detailed information...Tracklist
Tracklists may vary; this is from release 7567-83106-2| # | Title | Lyrics | Listen | |
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| 1. | Only When I Sleep (4:23) |  |
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| 2. | When He's Not Around (4:26) | |
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| 3. | Dreams (4:01) | |
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| 4. | What Can I Do (4:18) | |
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| 5. | I Never Loved You Anyway (4:26) | |
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| 6. | So Young (3:53) | |
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| 7. | Don't Say You Love Me (4:39) | |
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| 8. | Love Gives, Love Takes (3:43) | |
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| 9. | Hopelessly Addicted (4:01) | |
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| 10. | Paddy McCarthy (4:59) | (I) | ||
| 11. | Intimacy (3:59) | |
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| 12. | Queen Of Hollywood (5:02) | |
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| 13. | No Good For Me (4:00) | |
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| 14. | Little Wing (5:07) | |
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| Total running time: 61:02 | ||||
Singles
- Only When I Sleep (Oct. 1997)
- I Never Loved You Anyway (Dec. 1997)
- What Can I Do (Feb. 1998)
- Dreams (May 1998)
Credits
Produced by Jim Corr, David Foster, Oliver Leiber, Glen Ballard, John Hughes, Rick Nowels & Billy Steinberg
Recorded at Ollywood Studios, Hollywood (USA), Chartmaker Studios, Malibu (USA), Westland Studios, Dublin (Ireland), Rafelson Recording, Los Angeles (USA), Peak Studios, Dublin (Ireland), Mullhullond Studios, Los Angeles (USA), A&M Studios, Los Angeles (USA), Aerowave Studios, Los Angeles (USA) & Windmill Studios, Dublin (Ireland)
Thanks to (among others) Jason Flom, Atlantic Records, 143 Records, PolyGram Music Publishing, Bob Clearmountain, Nick Ferrara, Barry Gaster, David Simone, The Chieftains.
Special thanks to: Glen Ballard, Carole Bayer Sager, Anto Drennan, Keith Duffy, Jason Flom, Barry Gaster, Emma Hill, Oliver Leiber, Rick Nowels, Billy Steinberg.
Very special thanks to: David Foster, Jean & Gerry Corr, Marie Hughes, John Hughes, Brian Avnet, Fran Lichtman
Trivia
"Little Wing", which was written by Jimi Hendrix (more...), is a co-work of the Corrs with the Chieftains, another very famous Irish band. It shouldn't stay the only one, they co-operated again for "I Know My Love". On the first gigs, "Little Wing" was just performed with Jim on the guitar and Andrea singing the lyrics. The tin whistle and violin were added by the Chietains.
"Dreams" is taken from the album "Legacy: A Tribute To Fleetwood Mac's Rumours" andn only made it on the album in its second release. It was the first UK hit for the Corrs, entering the top ten easily at a #5 spot. Originally, it's a song by Fleetwood Mac (more...).
The album's title comes from the song "Queen Of Hollywood": "And her friends, they talk on corners...".
"Paddy McCarthy", the album's instrumental song, has been brushed up a little for live performances. One of these live versions (from Wembley) can be found on "Give Me A Reason" singles from "In Blue".
"Talk On Corners" was even more successful than their debut "Forgiven Not Forgotten" and sold (together with the later released special edition) over 9 million copies worldwide. It went 20 times platinum in their home country Ireland and again multiple platinum in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia, Spain, the UK, the Philippines, Sweden, Denmark, France and Indonesia. Single platinum was reached in Germany, Switzerland, Norway, Thailand and Hong Kong. The sales in 8 other countries, among them Italy, Japan and South Africa, were enough to earn the album gold status.
Together with its predesessor, "Forgiven Not Forgotten", the album occupied the #1 and #2 spot of the UK charts in 1998; something which hadn't happened since the Beatles in the 1960s.