可兒家族在之前那張《MTV Unplugged》中的表演,向世人證明了他們可不單單只有漂亮的外表,樂器才是他們的真功夫。現在這支凱爾特流行組合開始重新回到錄音棚,錄製他們“真正意義上”的第三張專輯。手頭有《MTV Unplugged》的話,你會發現有兩首歌耳熟能詳,那就是《At Your Side》以及《Radio》。這兩首單曲都加入了完美的錄音棚效果,賦予了更豐滿的效果。不過,這未必是一件好事。將原本樸實無華的民謠添油加醋打造地細膩歸整,這張專輯的製作看來是有點過猶不及了。這樣也就導致了像單曲《Breathless》和《No More Cry》更傾向於快節奏的風格。說句公道話,當可兒家族好的時候,可以做到非常非常之好;而當他們不怎么好的時候,他們的表現可就真的乏善可稱了。較之前幾張專輯,《In Blue》看了並不是那么地行雲流水,不同的製作人,包括Mr. Shania Twain,“愚人”Lange都參與其中,或許正應了這么一句話:廚子多了,湯反而糊了。
--Mel Roberts
Translated by Vaaalen
Editorial from Amazoncom
Having proved with an MTV Unplugged session that they are more than just a bunch of pretty faces and can actually play their instruments, Celtic-poppers the Corrs returned to the studio for their third "proper" album. Owners of Unplugged will already be familiar with two of the tracks here, "At Your Side" and "Radio," which are given the full studio treatment and endowed with a much fuller sound. Unfortunately, this is not necessarily a good thing, as the album as a whole tends to be overproduced--taking the raw folky qualities and folding them into a far more sanitized whole. As a result, the standout tracks tend to be the more up-tempo ones--"Breathless" and "No More Cry." To be fair, when the Corrs are good, they're very, very good; but when they're bad, they're just dull. Unlike their previous albums, In Blue doesn't seem to be quite so flowing. With several different producers working on it (including Mr. Shania Twain, "Mutt" Lange), maybe it was a case of too many cooks spoiling the broth. --Mel Roberts
1999年在第三張錄音唱片「天天天藍」問世前,可兒家族先是推出了「MTV傳真-現場演唱會專輯」(MTV Unplugged)專輯,「天天天藍」則是在2000年發行。專輯一發行即迅速地再度創下如同先前一樣的白金唱片輝煌成績。集結了過去這些年在唱片上的成就,可兒家族而後即發行了首張精選輯「最精選」(Best Of The Corrs),收錄了歷年暢銷單曲如So Young、Runaway、Dreams、What Can I Do、Breathless和Give Me A Reason等膾炙人口佳作。連同為愛爾蘭超級大團之一的U2主唱Bono也對這愛爾蘭後起之秀可兒家族贊為:「優秀的音樂創作者!」