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, 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''.

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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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''; "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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Track listing

Special edition

Personnel

The band

Andrea Corr Andrea Jane Corr MBE (born 17 May 1974) is an Irish singer, songwriter, 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 ...

– lead vocals,

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Caroline Corr Caroline Georgina Corr MBE (born 17 March 1973), known to fans as the "Chick with the Stick", is an Irish singer and drummer for the Celtic folk rock band The Corrs. In addition to the drums, Corr plays the ''bodhrán'', ''cajón'', percussions ...

– 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 ...

– guitar, keyboards, piano, vocals *

Sharon Corr Sharon Helga Corr MBE (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 sis ...

– violin, vocals

Featuring

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

– 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, Mikey ...

– 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 (band), Gamma and Latin Playboys, and is currently the keyboardist for Crowded House. He has produced albums for several artists, ...

– 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 t ...

– string arrangement

Production

*Producers: The Corrs, Robert John "Mutt" Lange, DFHM, Mitchell Froom, Billy Farrell, 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