May 9, 201015 yr It did suffer from a few ???s Take those out and it's average mark would have been enough for #4! EDIT: Actually no it wouldn't, if you also took out the ???s for ALL the songs. It would still only be #12 :( I'll post the alternative version after this - there's quite a few differences! Oh :( I guess the people who had heard it weren't big fans then. Maybe it's too dramatic and dark like you said.
May 9, 201015 yr Author Oh :( I guess the people who had heard it weren't big fans then. Maybe it's too dramatic and dark like you said. My theory is more that there were some people who weren't ???s, but had only heard it a couple of times and so it got lowish marks pulling the average down. But then I probably thought about it too much!
May 9, 201015 yr Author 12. Angel [#16 in the UK charts, 2004] (Average score: 6.31) baQQhoUHvas Their last top 20 hit :( I still maintain this is the best Borrowed Heaven single. Despite the mournful subject matter, The Corrs took a positive spin on it, and this ended up the most energetic and upbeat track on the album. A celebration almost, and I love it. It was also their first single in YEARS that actually included proper Celtic influences :o
May 9, 201015 yr I love Angel :wub: I was surprised it went top 20 at the time actually, I was expecting much worse for it :drama: To say it sounded completely out of place in the top 20 that week would be a major understatement :lol:
May 9, 201015 yr Author I love Angel :wub: I was surprised it went top 20 at the time actually, I was expecting much worse for it :drama: To say it sounded completely out of place in the top 20 that week would be a major understatement :lol: Sandwiched in between the 411 and Chingy, I guess yeah :lol: Although looking at the chart that week, it did seem to be a week for oldies/MOR - Bryan Adams, Status Quo, Dido! (That Chart Stats website you linked up earlier is a goldmine!) Top 20 that week 01. (NE) Eric Prydz - Call On Me 02. (NE) Girls Aloud - Love Machine 03. (NE) Green Day - American Idiot 04. (02) Nelly - My Place / Flap Your Wings 05. (04) JoJo - Leave (Get Out) 06. (01) Brian McFadden - Real To Me 07. (05) 3 Of A Kind - Babycakes 08. (06) Twista - Sunshine 09. (NE) Joss Stone - You Had Me 10. (03) McFly - That Girl 11. (07) Natasha Bedingfield - These Words 12. (08) Maroon 5 - She Will Be Loved 13. (09) The Pirates, Shola Ama, Enya, Naila Boss & Ishani - You Should Really Know 14. (NE) Status Quo - You'll Come Round 15. (10) The 411 - Dumb 16. (NE) The Corrs - Angel 17. (11) Houston, Chingy & Nate Dogg - I Like That 18. (NE) Razorlight - Vice 19. (16) Mousse T & Emma Lanford - Is It Cos I'm Cool? 20. (13) Goldie Looking Chain - Guns Don't Kill People, Rappers Do 21. (NE) Bryan Adams - Open Road 24. (NE) Cassidy - Get No Better 25. (NE) Annie - Chewing Gum 29. (NE) Dido - Sand In My Shoes
May 9, 201015 yr I've already sung its praises elsewhere but Angel is wonderful. As uplifting as Summer Sunshine with a little added depth.
May 9, 201015 yr Sandwiched in between the 411 and Chingy, I guess yeah :lol: Although looking at the chart that week, it did seem to be a week for oldies/MOR - Bryan Adams, Status Quo, Dido! (That Chart Stats website you linked up earlier is a goldmine!) Top 20 that week 01. (NE) Eric Prydz - Call On Me 02. (NE) Girls Aloud - Love Machine 03. (NE) Green Day - American Idiot 04. (02) Nelly - My Place / Flap Your Wings 05. (04) JoJo - Leave (Get Out) 06. (01) Brian McFadden - Real To Me 07. (05) 3 Of A Kind - Babycakes 08. (06) Twista - Sunshine 09. (NE) Joss Stone - You Had Me 10. (03) McFly - That Girl 11. (07) Natasha Bedingfield - These Words 12. (08) Maroon 5 - She Will Be Loved 13. (09) The Pirates, Shola Ama, Enya, Naila Boss & Ishani - You Should Really Know 14. (NE) Status Quo - You'll Come Round 15. (10) The 411 - Dumb 16. (NE) The Corrs - Angel 17. (11) Houston, Chingy & Nate Dogg - I Like That 18. (NE) Razorlight - Vice 19. (16) Mousse T & Emma Lanford - Is It Cos I'm Cool? 20. (13) Goldie Looking Chain - Guns Don't Kill People, Rappers Do 21. (NE) Bryan Adams - Open Road 24. (NE) Cassidy - Get No Better 25. (NE) Annie - Chewing Gum 29. (NE) Dido - Sand In My Shoes It is indeed a great site. Wow, that was quite a retro week actually wasn't it :o Corrs, Bryan Adams and Dido, on the same week, MOR heaven! Looking at some of the monstrosities in that top ten though (That Girl, Babycakes, Real To Me, You Had Me, Flap Your Wings), Corrs should have been at least #11 :(
May 9, 201015 yr Author It is indeed a great site. Wow, that was quite a retro week actually wasn't it :o Corrs, Bryan Adams and Dido, on the same week, MOR heaven! Looking at some of the monstrosities in that top ten though (That Girl, Babycakes, Real To Me, You Had Me, Flap Your Wings), Corrs should have been at least #11 :( Babycakes was the WORST number one I think we had all decade. Complete DRIVEL produced by complete NON-ENTITES.
May 9, 201015 yr Babycakes was the WORST number one I think we had all decade. Complete DRIVEL produced by complete NON-ENTITES. Agreed. A one hit wonder of the very worst time. Having said that, it's one of the only #1's in 2004 that would easily go to #1 if released now. I'm not sure what this says about the state of the charts in 2010 because it sure has well wouldn't have gone anywhere near the top in 2006/7/8.
May 9, 201015 yr Author 11. I Never Loved You Anyway [#43 in the UK charts, 1997] (Average score: 6.63) b5_s76hV8FY OUTRAGE. AGAIN. I Never Loved You Anyway is a masterpiece, The Corrs finding their inner-Alanis (this was produced by Jagged Little Pill supremo Glen Ballard). Bar Closer, this is easily their finest moment. An incredibly catchy chorus, energy, some attitude, and even some witty(ish) lyrics! This should have been massive! Don't bother with the Special Edition remix though, which was not just pointless, but pure desecration, removing all the power and energy from the song! What were they thinking?! Incidentally, this was also the only song bar the hideous Me And My Teddy bear to pick up a score of -1! From Dre. HOW?
May 9, 201015 yr Aww i really love this song....it should have easily been top ten! shame it missed out :(
May 9, 201015 yr I reckon So Young will win. I'd be fine with that. I Never Loved You Anyway is great, not quite the 11/10 opus Shoat seems to consider it but definitely deserving of bigger appreciation than it gets (I think a lot of casual Corrs fans probably wouldn't even remember it).
May 9, 201015 yr Author I can't say too much lest I give the game away, but when I started this I was hoping neither Breathless OR So Young would win it. Both are fine, but overrated.
May 10, 201015 yr I reckon So Young will win. I'd be fine with that. I Never Loved You Anyway is great, not quite the 11/10 opus Shoat seems to consider it but definitely deserving of bigger appreciation than it gets (I think a lot of casual Corrs fans probably wouldn't even remember it). I can't see it. It's my second favourite Corrs song but most people aren't so fussed from when I've discussed with people. I would have thought it would be between Breathless and Dreams if I had to call it, although I'd like to hope Runaway but I guess people preferred different versions of that so it might end up #4 and #6 or something :lol: I do agree about Breathless being overrated though, at least So Young retained celtic influence (albeit not much) in the form of the killer violin solo :wub: Breathless could have been sung by almost any of the big early 00's pop acts.
May 10, 201015 yr Absolutely hated Never Loved You Anyway, really annoying song imo. From the recent ones, only Irresistible sticks out for me, loved that song, still do. Immensely catchy and deserved to be at least as big as Breathless. I hope So Young doesn't win, that song leaves me cold.
May 10, 201015 yr Author 10. Summer Sunshine [#6 in the UK charts, 2004] (Average score: 7.00) 5LxDFjMLSXU Time has proven Summer Sunshine to be a little too throwaway to really fit on what's otherwise a very intimate album I think. I like it an awful lot but it does kind of scream 'last song recorded because the album had no obvious lead single'. And here Jark has pretty much summed up my feelings on this. Throwaway is the key word here. It's nice and light, but almost totally without substance, at odds with the rest of the Borrowed Heaven album. It's redeeming feature really was that it was a top 10 single at a time when really it had no right to be. Putting the chart geek hat on again, it's almost bizarre to see The Corrs knocking on the door of the all-urban top 5. 01. (01) Frankee - F.U.R.B 02. (02) Eamon - F*** It (I Don't Want You Back) 03. (---) Cassidy - Hotel 04. (---) The 411 - On My Knees 05. (04) Christina Milian - Dip It Low 06. (---) The Corrs - Summer Sunshine 07. (06) Anastacia - Left Outside Alone 08. (09) Maroon 5 - This Love 09. (10) The Rasmus - In The Shadows 10. (05) Avril Lavigne - Don't Tell Me
May 10, 201015 yr That was certainly a top ten of two halves wasn't it - urban top 5 like you say and then an Avril ballad, Corrs, Anastacia and Maroon 5 upping the radio pop/rock/MOR quota, and then some oddly huge Finnish rock hit in there as well :lol: I loved Summer Sunshine, it reminded me more than a little of Video Killed The Radio Star in the verses, but such a triumphant song to come back with. I'm not sure Angel (or anything else on the album for that matter) would have done as well as #6 as the lead single.
May 10, 201015 yr I echo Jark's feelings too. I really liked it at the time, but I dont bother listening to it these days. Decent effort
May 10, 201015 yr 01. (01) Frankee - F.U.R.B 02. (02) Eamon - F*** It (I Don't Want You Back) 03. (---) Cassidy - Hotel 04. (---) The 411 - On My Knees 05. (04) Christina Milian - Dip It Low 06. (---) The Corrs - Summer Sunshine 07. (06) Anastacia - Left Outside Alone 08. (09) Maroon 5 - This Love 09. (10) The Rasmus - In The Shadows 10. (05) Avril Lavigne - Don't Tell Me Hideous top2. The rest of the top10 is pretty good, especially Cassidy, 411, Milian and Anastacia.
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