No Baggage

No Baggage
O'Riordan seated on a body of ice
Studio album by
Released21 August 2009 (2009-08-21)
StudioEMAC Recording Studios
Length45:16
Label
Producer
Dolores O'Riordan chronology
Are You Listening?
(2007)
No Baggage
(2009)
Singles from No Baggage
  1. "The Journey"
    Released: July 2009
  2. "Switch Off the Moment"
    Released: October 2009
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic47/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Aversion[3]

No Baggage is the second and final solo studio album by 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 the Irish Albums Chart at number 80.[4] In 2010 it was awarded a silver certification from the Independent Music Companies Association,[5] which indicated sales of at least 30,000 copies throughout Europe.

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.[6] The second single is "Switch Off the Moment". The music video for "The Journey" was filmed in 16 mm, at Howth Beach Pier and Howth Summit, Dublin, Ireland, on 8 May 2009. The music video aired on 29 July 2009.[7]

  1. ^ "No Baggage by Dolores O'Riordan". Metacritic. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  2. ^ Thomas, Stephen (25 August 2009). "Allmusic review". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
  3. ^ [1][dead link]
  4. ^ ">> IRMA << Irish Charts - Singles, Albums & Compilations >>". Irma.ie. Archived from the original on 10 February 2007. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
  5. ^ "color". www.impalamusic.org. Archived from the original on 27 August 2017.
  6. ^ "Winners of the 2010 Juno Awards". CBC News. 18 April 2010. Archived from the original on 21 April 2010. Retrieved 18 April 2010.
  7. ^ "Dolores O'Riordan shoots the video for her new single, 'The Journey'". alamy.com. 8 May 2009. Retrieved 13 October 2019.