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)
Genre
Length41:04
Label
Producer
  • Steve Jervier
  • Later Inc.
  • Jim Marr
  • Rick Mitra
  • Wendy Page
  • Quiet Money
  • Quiz & Larossi
  • Ray Ruffin
  • Guy Roche
  • Steelworks
  • Lawrence Johnson (vocal)
  • Pete Craigie (addl.)
  • StarGate (addl.)
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[1]
  2. "Something Deep Inside"
    Released: 18 September 2000[2]
  3. "Walk of Life"
    Released: 11 December 2000[3]
Alternative cover
Japanese cover
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
MTV Asia[4]
Yahoo![5]

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

Track listing
International edition[6]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(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"
  • Marr
  • Page
3:32
5."Bring It On"
Quiet Money3:29
6."Ring My Bell"
Later Inc.3:15
7."The Tide Is High"
Ray Ruffin3:07
8."Run That by Me"
4:01
9."Promises"
Mitra3:32
10."Because of You"
  • Kennedy
  • Lever
  • Percy
  • Piper
Steelworks3:37
11."What Game Is This?"
  • Marr
  • Page
3:33
12."Misfocusing"
  • Lucas
  • Marr
  • Page
4:03
Japanese edition[7]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Day & Night"
  • Cawley
  • Kennedy
  • Lever
  • Percy
  • Piper
3:15
2."Something Deep Inside" (original version)
  • Kennedy
  • Piper
  • Woodcock
Steelworks3:43
3."Walk of Life"
  • Page
  • Piper
  • Marr
  • Page
3:49
4."Makin' My Way"Diane WarrenGuy Roche[8]4:25
5."Safe with Me"
  • Marr
  • Page
3:32
6."Ring My Bell"
  • Anderson
  • Hallström
  • Notini
Later Inc.3:15
7."The Tide Is High"
  • Barrett
  • Evans
  • Holt
Ray Ruffin3:07
8."Run That by Me"
  • Lucas
  • Marr
  • Page
4:01
9."Promises"
  • Mitra
  • Piper
  • Sheyne
Mitra3:32
10."Because of You"
  • Kennedy
  • Lever
  • Percy
  • Piper
Steelworks3:37
11."First Love"
3:39
12."Misfocusing"
  • Lucas
  • Marr
  • Page
4:03
  1. Remix and additional production.
  2. Original production.
  3. New production.
  4. Additional production.
  5. Vocal producer.

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 on 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 Format(s) Label Ref.
Japan 12 July 2000 (2000-07-12) CD EMI Japan [10]
United Kingdom 2 October 2000 (2000-10-02)
Innocent [11]

Charts
Chart performance for Walk of Life
Chart (2000) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[12] 23
Irish Albums (IRMA)[13] 65
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[14] 17
Scottish Albums (OCC)[15] 21
UK Albums (OCC)[16] 14

References
  1. "New Releases – For Week Starting May 15, 2000: Singles". Music Week. 13 May 2000. p. 21.
  2. "New Releases – For Week Starting September 18, 2000: Singles". Music Week. 16 September 2000. p. 31.
  3. "New Releases – For Week Starting December 11, 2000: Singles". Music Week. 9 December 2000. p. 27.
  4. Archived 7 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  5.  40 mins ago (20 April 2011). "Yahoo! UK & Ireland omg! – Celebrity Gossip | Videos". Yahoo!. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
  6. Walk of Life at Discogs
  7. Walk of Life at Discogs
  8. Music From and Inspired by the Motion Picture Pokémon The First Movie at Discogs
  9. "Something Deep Inside" at Discogs
  10. "Walk of Life - Billie Piper" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  11. "New Releases – Releases For Week Starting October 2, 2000" (PDF). Music Week. 30 September 2000. p. 26. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  12. "Australiancharts.com – Billie Piper – Walk of Life". Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  13. "Irish-charts.com – Discography Billie Piper". Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  14. "Charts.nz – Billie Piper – Walk of Life". Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  15. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
  16. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
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