Wake Up Living

Wake Up Living
Studio album by Kalan Porter
Released	August 28, 2007
Genre	Pop
Length	39:25
Label	Sony BMG
Producer	Brian Malouf
Kalan Porter chronology
219 Days (2004) Wake Up Living (2007)

Wake Up Living is the second album by Canadian singer Kalan Porter, the 2004 winner of Canadian Idol. The album was produced and mixed by Brian Malouf. It was released 28 August 2007 on Sony BMG.

Background

In contrast to his first album, 219 Days, he describes this second effort as being more reflective of what he would like to do musically,^[1] and he co-wrote most of this album's songs. The lead single, "Down in Heaven", is a tribute to his mother's battle with breast cancer.^[2] The second single is "Destination (Where I Belong)", and its video premiered on MuchMusic in November, 2007. A music video for the third single, "Hurray", was released in spring 2008.

Track listing

1. "Down in Heaven" (Kalan Porter, Chris Farren, Ashley Gorley)
2. "Destination (Where I Belong)" (Porter, Luke McMaster, Rob Wells)
3. "Hurray" (Porter, Stevie Salas, Greg Johnston)
4. "Run Run Run" (Sascha Skarbek, Alex Reid)
5. "Try" (Porter, Dave Thompson, Dave Martin)
6. "One Last Try" (Hiten Bahradia, Jamie Hartman)
7. "Beauty" (David Mead)
8. "Karma King" (Porter, Peter Zizzo)
9. "Wrong" (Wells, Matt Marston, Anders Kallmark)
10. "Walk On Home" (Porter, Mark Makoway, Jeff Pearce)
11. "Out of My Head" (Porter, Parthenon Huxley, Stevie Salas)

Singles

• "Down In Heaven"
• "Destination (Where I Belong)"
• "Hurray"

Personnel

• Kalan Porter – vocals, violin, strings
• Julian Coryell – electric and acoustic guitars
• David Levita – electric and acoustic guitars
• Dave Palmer – grand piano, synthesizers
• Curt Schneider – bass
• Aaron Sterling – drums
• George Stanford – rhythm and acoustic guitar overdubs, keyboards, percussion, background vocals
• Brian Malouf – loops, percussion, pads
• Marshall Altman – background vocals

References

1. Kennedy, John (2007-07-20). "Kalan Porter ready for round two". Canada.com. Retrieved 2007-09-13.
2. "Kalan Porter lends voice to cancer fight". Canada.com. 2007-07-06. Retrieved 2007-09-13.