No Baggage

No Baggage received mixed or average reviews upon its release, receiving a 45/100 critic score on Metacritic.[8] 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".[9]

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,"[10] while Uncut magazine simply commented, "It's grisly."[8]

Sarah Moore from PopMatters stated that "she gives her yodels a certain sheen, and combined with the background vocals they sort of gloss across the refrains".[11]

AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine gave the album a three-and-a-half-out-of-five-stars, exclaiming that,

"Yes, this is instantly recognizable as her music—not just in that voice, but its blend of folk-rock and sighing, spacy rock that splits the difference between U2 and David Gilmour-led Pink Floyd—but No Baggage is bigger, brighter than Are You Listening? and as the album starts to hit its stride halfway through, she weaves in increasingly varied instrumentations, sometimes delving into pure worldbeat influence but more often using all these sounds as coloring on crisp, cheerful adult pop".[12]

Finalized track list as revealed on O'Riordan's official website:[13][14]

• Dolores O’Riordan – vocals, piano
• Dan Brodbeck – guitar; bass on "The Journey"
• Marco Mendoza – bass except on "The Journey"
• Denny DeMarchi – piano
• Ger Farrell – drums except on "Stupid"
• Steve DeMarchi – guitar on "Stupid"
• Corey Thompson – drums on "Stupid", percussion on "Throw Your Arms Around Me"
• Matt Grady – digeridoo