No Baggage
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| Studio album by Dolores O'Riordan | ||||
| Released | 24 August 2009 | |||
| Recorded | EMAC Recording Studios | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock, celtic rock | |||
| Length | 45:16 | |||
| Label | Cooking Vinyl, Rounder | |||
| Producer | Dolores O'Riordan, Dan Brodbeck | |||
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| Metacritic | 47/100 |
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No Baggage is the second solo album from Dolores O'Riordan. It was released on 21 August 2009 in Ireland, most of the world on 24 August 2009 and on 25 August 2009 in North America. The first single, "The Journey" was released to radio on 13 July in North America and on 10 August in Europe.
It includes a new version of "Apple of My Eye", a song featured on O'Riordan's debut solo album, "Are You Listening?".
On the week beginning 27 August 2009 'No Baggage' entered into the Irish Albums chart at #80.
Producer Dan Brodbeck won the 2010 Juno Award for Recording Engineer of the Year for his work on the songs "Apple of My Eye" and "Be Careful" from No Baggage.
Finalized track list as revealed on O'Riordan's official website:
All lyrics written by Dolores O'Riordan; all music composed by O'Riordan, except tracks 6 and 9, which are by O'Riordan and Dan Brodbeck.
Bonus track version (available through iTunes)
Bonus track version (available through iTunes US)
B-sides
No Baggage received mixed or average reviews upon its release, receiving a 45/100 critic score and a 6.5/10 user score on MetaCritic. Some critics found merit in the record, with Sputnikmusic noting that it shows O'Riordan "building on old strengths, while broadening her artistic scope farther than it's been in thirteen years," and The Record Review commenting that it is "the perfect showcase for an older and wiser...singer and songwriter who has aged gracefully and maintained a level of integrity that few artists can claim a decade and a half down the road."
The majority of critics, however, dismissed the record. The Boston Globe remarked that the album "is undone by a batch of not-so-great songs. (O'Riordan) wallows in more melodrama than might be expected, while trying to be self-consciously profound," while Uncut Magazine simply commented, "It's grisly."
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