Walk of Life (album)

Walk of Life is the second and final studio album by pop singer Billie Piper, released in 2000. Piper's second album (her first released under her full name) produced three Top 30 singles in the UK – "Day & Night" (number 1), "Something Deep Inside" (number 4) and "Walk of Life" (number 25). The album itself reached number 14, the same position as her debut, but only reaching a Silver certification.

Walk of Life
Studio album by
Billie Piper
Released12 July 2000 (2000-07-12)
GenrePop, dance-pop
Length41:04
LabelInnocent, Virgin
ProducerStargate, Eliot Kennedy, Mike Percy, Tim Lever, Andreas Romdhane, Jim Marr, Josef Larossi, Wendy Page, Quiet Money, Ray Ruffin, Rick Mitra, Pete Craigie, Steve Jervier, Later Inc.
Billie Piper chronology
Honey to the B
(1998)		 Walk of Life
(2000)		 The Best of Billie
(2005)
Singles from Walk of Life
  1. "Day & Night"
    Released: 15 May 2000
  2. "Something Deep Inside"
    Released: 18 September 2000
  3. "Walk of Life"
    Released: 11 December 2000
Alternative cover
Japanese cover
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
MTV Asia[1]
Yahoo![2]

The album was originally released in Japan in July 2000, although release in other markets was delayed until October 2000 with a completely different artwork and track listings, including remixed versions of "Something Deep Inside" and "Walk of Life". The album was not released in the US.

Track listing
International edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Day & Night"
3:15
2."Something Deep Inside" (radio mix)
  • Kennedy
  • Piper
  • Tim Woodcock
3:21
3."Walk of Life"
3:49
4."Safe with Me"
3:32
5."Bring It On"
3:29
6."Ring My Bell"
3:15
7."The Tide Is High"
3:07
8."Run That by Me"
4:01
9."Promises"
  • Rick Mitra
  • Piper
  • Pam Sheyne
3:32
10."Because of You"
  • Kennedy
  • Lever
  • Percy
  • Piper
3:37
11."What Game Is This?"
  • Marr
  • Page
3:33
12."Misfocusing"
  • Lucas
  • Marr
  • Page
4:03
Japanese edition/radio promo
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
2."Something Deep Inside" (original version)
  • Kennedy
  • Piper
  • Woodcock
3:43
4."Makin' My Way" (remix)Diane Warren4:25
5."Safe with Me"
  • Marr
  • Page
3:32
11."First Love"
3:39

Notes
  • The Japanese edition of the album doesn't only have a different front cover but also a different booklet, back cover, CD artwork, etc.
  • The original version of "Something Deep Inside" can only be found the Japanese version of this album. All international versions of the album contain the Radio Mix. The Japanese edition also has the unmixed version of "Walk of Life", which also can only be found on the Japanese edition.
  • A new mix of "Makin' My Way" (originally featured on the Pokémon: The First Movie soundtrack) was released on the Japanese version of the album. This mix and "First Love" were both replaced on international releases with "Bring It On" and "What Game Is This?"
  • "The Tide Is High", a cover of a song performed by The Paragons later covered by Blondie, was to be the fourth single from the album. Piper states in her book Growing Pains that she told Virgin Records not to bother releasing "The Tide Is High" as a single because she was worn out and didn't want to sing any more after appearing in court against a woman named Juliet Peters who had given Piper, her friends and her family numerous death threats. A single mix and remixes were commissioned but never released. Piper also samples the line "Do you have a girlfriend?" taken from her second number-one hit single "Girlfriend". Because of this, the producers of the track recycled the production for Atomic Kitten's very similar recording of the song in 2002.
  • "First Love", scrapped from the original track listing, was later used as the B-side to some releases of "Something Deep Inside".

Personnel
  • Billie Piper – vocals
  • Eliot Kennedy – producer
  • Tim Lever – producer, writer, musician
  • Jim Marr – producer, mixing, programming, keyboards, guitar, bass guitar
  • Wendy Page – producer, mixing, backing vocals, vocal arrangement
  • Alexander Guardian – backing vocals

Release history
Country Date
Japan 12 July 2000 (2000-07-12)
United Kingdom 2 October 2000 (2000-10-02)

Charts
Album
Chart (2000) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart 23
New Zealand Albums Chart 17
UK Albums Chart 14
Singles
Year Single UK AUS NZ
2000 "Day & Night" 1 8 6
"Something Deep Inside" 4 20 18
"Walk of Life" 25 — —

References
  1. Archived 7 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  2.  40 mins ago (20 April 2011). "Yahoo! UK & Ireland omg! – Celebrity Gossip | Videos". Yahoo!. Retrieved 13 March 2012.


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