In Blue
Having proved with anMTV Unpluggedsessionthat 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 ofUnpluggedwill 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 Bluedoesn'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