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Borrowed Heaven
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8.1

Universal acclaim- based on 35 Ratings

  • Summary: The Irish quartet returns with their first studio disc in four years, which sees them working with producer Olle Romo for the first time. Ladysmith Black Mambazo guest on the title track.

Top Track

Summer Sunshine
Everyone's changing I stay the same I'm? A solo cello outside a chor-us I've got a secret It's time for me to tell that you've been keeping me... See the rest of the song lyrics
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. E! Online
    75
    Mostly made up of charming-but-harmless ballads and little bursts of fiddly Celtic pop.
  2. Entertainment Weekly
    75
    This is quality Europop. [11 Jun 2004, p.123]
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  3. AllMusic
    60
    Borrowed Heaven's lyric sheet is filled with high school diary hackneyed favorites but if you like your pop - unadulterated pop - presented and played extremely well you're cheating yourself if you don't check it.
  4. Dot Music
    60
    They ‘sound’ well-written without actually being so – the ultimate in pop sophistry.
  5. PopMatters
    60
    Song-for-song, I'd pick In Blue over this latest. And there are, of course, lots of better albums that you can get. Still, relatively few of those albums are current albums by artists as purely pop as -- but this much better than -- Britney.
  6. Q Magazine
    40
    Mostly, though, it's the well-trodden formula of soggy lyrics and wan, rather aimless melodies the main purpose of which seems to be not to offend. [Jul 2004, p.113]
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  7. The Guardian
    40
    Their strengths - Andrea's innocently sensual voice, a collective ear for melody, great shoes - are negated by their adult-rock innocuousness and the inevitable fake-blarneyness.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 20
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  1. Ernesto
    Aug 25, 2006
    10
    Really good, its POP but yet you can sense he irish, just love it
  2. scottk
    Aug 19, 2004
    10
    excellent album-great songwriting!
  4. dericke
    Apr 16, 2005
    10
    A great album from this multi-talented family band
  5. CactuarChocobo
    Jun 12, 2004
    9
    Excellent album! The group looks set to stay for a long, long time, indeed.
  6. JimmyN
    Sep 6, 2004
    9
    Still showing the ever so enigmatic and lively Corr-ish trademark. They have also matured to another level, but what this means in return is Still showing the ever so enigmatic and lively Corr-ish trademark. They have also matured to another level, but what this means in return is that they are showing signs of aging. (sigh) … Collapse
  7. NikoS
    Oct 3, 2004
    8
    Much better than their previous album "In Blue". A record that appeals to all ages. Pop-soft rock very well writted and performed. The irish Much better than their previous album "In Blue". A record that appeals to all ages. Pop-soft rock very well writted and performed. The irish touches are just great. Its well worth a listen. … Expand
  8. SamO
    Jun 22, 2004
    7
    Harmless and vapid but undeniably catchy and listenable. Escapist, bubblegum pop at its best.

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