Portable Life

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Portable Life
Portable Life cover
Studio album by Danielle Brisebois
Released unreleased
Genre Rock
Length 46:37
Label RCA Records
Producer Gregg Alexander
Professional reviews
Danielle Brisebois chronology
Arrive All Over You
(1994)		 Portable Life
(1999)		 Just Missed the Train
(2006)

Portable Life is the second album by Danielle Brisebois. Originally scheduled to be released on 26 October 1999, the album was canceled by RCA Records for unknown reasons and remains unreleased.[1] A small number of promotional copies were released and these are now scarce.[citation needed] "I've Had It" was scheduled to be the album's first single and was also released as a promo. Portable Life was produced and co-written by former New Radicals-front man Gregg Alexander, who previously worked with Danielle Brisebois on Arrive All Over You and on the New Radicals' Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too.

Two songs from the album, "Just Missed The Train" and "Need A Little Love", later appeared on Carly Hennessy's 2001 album Ultimate High, which was produced by Brisebois and Alexander. Additionally, "Just Missed The Train" had already appeared on Brisebois' first album Arrive All Over You (albeit in a different version) and was also covered by several other artists, including Trine Rein, Maarja and Kelly Clarkson.

"Everything My Heart Desires" was one of two songs Brisebois contributed to the movie As Good as It Gets (the other being "My Only") and was also included on the movie's soundtrack.

All Music said "overall, the album suffers in comparison to" Arrive All Over You, "although catchy, there is nothing truly outstanding here".[2]

[edit] Track listing

  1. "I've Had It" (Danielle Brisebois, Gregg Alexander) – 3:21
  2. "Five Friends" (Brisebois, Alexander) – 3:27
  3. "Temporary Like The Rain" (Brisebois, Alexander) – 2:36
  4. "Stop It Hurts You're Killing Me Don't Stop" (Brisebois, Alexander) – 2:58
  5. "If I Died Tonight You'd Have To Think Of Me" (Brisebois, Alexander) – 4:58
  6. "Going Down The Wrong Way" (Brisebois, Alexander) – 3:28
  7. "Need A Little Love" (Brisebois, Alexander) – 4:08
  8. "Just Missed The Train" (Brisebois, Scott Cutler) – 4:43
  9. "My Dreaming Days Are Through" (Brisebois, Alexander) – 3:27
  10. "Give Me A Day" (Brisebois, Alexander) – 5:04
  11. "I Had A Dream" (Brisebois) – 4:28
  12. "Everything My Heart Desires" (Phil Roy, Peter Blakeley) – 3:59

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