''Ten Feet High'' is
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 ...
's debut solo album. Previously titled ''Present'', the album was produced by
Nellee Hooper
Nellee Hooper (born Paul Andrew Hooper on 15 March 1963) is a British record producer, remixer and songwriter known for his work with many major recording artists beginning in the late 1980s. He also debuted as a motion picture music composer w ...
whose credits include
U2,
Gwen Stefani
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,
Madonna
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, and
Björk
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and was executively produced by
U2's
Bono
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Born and raised in Dublin, he attended M ...
. String arrangements were by
Anne Dudley
Anne Jennifer Dudley (née Beckingham; born 7 May 1956) is an English composer, keyboardist, conductor and pop musician. She was the first BBC Concert Orchestra's Composer in Association in 2001. She has worked in the classical and pop genre ...
and Michael Jennings. The album was released on 25 June 2007 with the lead single "
Shame on You (to Keep My Love from Me)" released on 18 June 2007.
All the songs on the album were composed by Andrea herself save for a cover of the first
Squeeze hit "
Take Me I'm Yours
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Backgrou ...
".
Sales have generally been very poor despite the high promotion for the album and generally favourable reviews. The album failed to make an impact in most of
Europe
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and
Australia
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where it peaked at a very low #98 on the
Australian ARIA Album Chart. The album peaked at #38 in the
UK but soon dropped down the chart. The album achieved quite good sales in
Spain
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, peaking inside the Top 10 within the first week after it was released.
Track listing
Release history
* Japan: 21 June 2007
* Ireland: 22 June 2007
* UK/Europe: 25 June 2007
* Canada: 26 June 2007
* Finland: 27 June 2007
* Germany: 29 June 2007
* Australia 23 July 2007
* New Zealand 7 August 2007
* Spain: 21 August 2007
* Portugal: 27 August 2007
Charts
References
2007 debut albums
Albums produced by Nellee Hooper
Andrea Corr albums
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