The Corrs - The Best of The Corrs: The Videos

Starring:Corrs
Studio: Wea International
Product Type: DVD

Description

This DVD features the top Corrs music videos plus song bonus track "One Night", featuring Alejandro Sanz. Also, the DVD features 6 videos remixed in incredible 5.1 Digital Surround Sound.

Customer Reviews:

Excellent Sound - Great recap of career so far.......2007-05-14

Enough people have already commented at length on the videos themselves, so I'll add what it the next most important thing to me: Sound quality. Any quality it is, from start to finish. I found the listening experience to be excellent whether I used headphones or speakers, surround or stereo. Unlike many music videos produced in the past few years, I think the imagery here actually enhances each song without detracting from its content. If you're a serious fan of the Corrs, or just want to become more familiar with their music, this is for you.

A Great Introduction to the Corrs for Beginners, a Nice Addition for Us Long-time Fans........2005-08-29

I would like to recommend this DVD to entry level Corrs fans as a companion to their Best of cd. Though it's quite pricey (okay, mine HAD to be new!), it's money well spent. Though it's the siblings lip syncing to their international hits, these videos show the basic essence of a group of multi-dimensionally talented people who are quite professional and charismatic.

The best videos, in my humble opinion, are "Forgiven, Not Forgotten," which features excellent camera angles, a great location, and wonderful use of background, and "What Can I Do," a relaxed outdoor venture with lovely shots of the entire band--not just Andrea. Though not all the songs from the cd have videos displayed here, a pleasant inclusion is In Blue's "One Night" with Alejandro Sanz. It is positively one of the most beautiful and romantic videos I've ever seen and is a bit like a small film--Andrea is also an aspiring actress, you know. Check out her small part in Evita as Juan Peron's mistress before Madonna throws her out! She was also one of Jimmy's little sisters in The Commitments.

I would have liked some extra footage and interviews with the band behind the scenes, but I'm sure you get more than your share on the live DVD's, a single one of which I have yet to purchase. I thought I would start with this one and think the choice wise. As it is, I give it 5 stars, just because this group is something very special, and it shines through both meticulously and naturally on this visual collection. If you don't have it yet, what are you waiting for? It's worth every dime!

The Corrs sound great but the videos are a mixed bag.......2005-08-05

I finally got around to "The Best of the Corrs: The Videos" after having watched several of their concerts on DVD, so it is not surprising that watching the group do music videos is not as much fun as watching them in concert. Nor is it surprising that the two videos I enjoyed the most are the pair from "MTV Unplugged" where they are singing live. "Radio" is pretty good, but "Everybody Hurts" is the standout piece in the collection and one of those tracks that provides justification for fans to pick up the entire DVD. Simple acoustic guitar from Jim and nice harmonies on the violin from Sharon, with Caroline on bongo drums, excellent supporting organ work, and Andrea's best vocals make this a superb cover (their best, which is saying something).

Artistically only a couple of the videos make a really good impression. "Forgiven, Not Forgotten" starts with some bothersome vertical lighting, but the setting for the Corrs to perform in looks a lot better, and the juxtaposition to the snow covered trees works well. Besides, there is not enough bodhrán playing in most music videos. "Only When I Sleep" makes use of a big formal room as another nice setting for the Corrs to perform, and then there is the ever bigger space of the abandoned factory in "I Never Loved You Anyway," but Andrea's blue eye shadow is a bit of a distraction.

"Dreams" takes place outside and inside an oriental restaurant, with nice opulent color contrasts between the black dresses and the red of the restaurant, just like the techno beat contrasted with Andrea's vocals and Sharon's fiddle playing. "Give Me a Reason" has some of the best looking images and a giant reduction in the amount of cutting we usually get with this videos makes this one of the more interesting ones visually. Lots of elegant shots of the Corrs to go along with Jim smashing a window and the white horse galloping down the hallway.

Usually, they can never seem to really figure out what to do for images in terms of the song lyrics. The first "Runaway" video makes it such a sad song, which is never the way it is performed in concert. One of the highpoints of a Corrs concert is when Andrea stands there in front of a crowd and sings "make love to me through the night." As compared to some of these other videos the crowded living room the band is crammed into does not work and there are just way too many disjoined settings cut together in this video. After their car breaks down the Corrs do some walking down the road in "What Can I Do," which always looks good, but by the time they start playing their instruments in the middle of nowhere there is no real narrative purpose. The images in "Breathless" do not make sense in terms of the song either, but Sharon and Caroline exchange some nice glances while singing backup.

Then there are the really modern looking videos, as with the floating bubble and black & white floor tile of "The Right Time," and the skyscrapers of "So Young," although the blue and white working off of the black we get visually does not really fit the song. In "Irresistible" you again have the Corrs in the big steel city, with lots of bright color lights, none of which adds anything to the song. Sometimes they just shoot the Corrs before and doing a concert as in "Love to Love You" and the black & white remix of "Runaway," which still sounds a bit too sad. "All the Love in the World" has as many clips from the movie "America's Sweethearts" as it does of the Corrs, although the idea that Julia Roberts is the fifth Corrs is interesting.

At the end of the DVD we get a big contrast between "Would You Be Happier?" where the group gets marketed as a heavy metal band and as a slinky girl group backing up their rapster brother, and the more somber narrative of "One Night," which shows that you can come up with a dramatic way of doing a Corrs song. But on balance these videos are a lot better to listen to than they are to look at, which I have no problem doing since the sound on a DVD usually seems better than the sound of a CD. Go figure.

Awesome!!.......2005-01-16

I bought this dvd new a couple of months ago and I would have to say it is worth buying. I have been a Corrs' fan since the release of So Young. Since I'm from the US, I had never seen their earlier videos before I bought this. If you're like me, you'll appreciate this great dvd and others will too!!

Love of all things Irish.......2004-03-02

I have to admit, i've never seen the Corrs in concert, maybe i'll get to someday. I've been a fan since they released "Runaway" as a single. I own several cd's and dvd's. I have a certain fondess for Caroline, the drummer, despite now that she's married. However, I own this dvd and if you only ever own one Corrs dvd, you should get this one. My favorite video is "Breathless", but I like every video that's on the dvd. One of my favorite music dvd's in my collection.

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