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These clean, open arrangements tend to make the songs seem catchier than they actually are--the hooks don't grab, they repeat like softened incantations that never quite catch hold--but that does give No Baggage an nice, gentle shimmer that's appealing.
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She retains a beautiful voice, but this sophomore solo album is undone by a batch of not-so-great songs. She wallows in more melodrama than might be expected, while trying to be self-consciously profound.
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Regardless of how good the voice is, if the music does not follow suit then there's only so far you can get.
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A more confident, complete record than its predecessor, No Baggage sees Dolores O'Riordan building on old strengths, while broadening her artistic scope farther than it's been in thirteen years.
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Former Cranberries woman gives us too much of a good thing.
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UncutIt's grisly. [Sep 2009, p.90]
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Aug 29, 2010
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JamesPAug 29, 2009
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CristóbalG.Aug 29, 2009