in march  while goodrem was undergoing cancer treatment for hodgkins disease higgins and carter announced plans to release the album they would shop the album around and begin a bidding war amongst record companies after the overwhelming success of goodrems debut album innocent eyes which sold over  million copies worldwide industry experts expected that bidding for the album could attract figures anywhere between $ million and $ million when goodrem and her family disapproved of the albums release a lawsuit was filed goodrems lawyers claimed the album was made up of unfinished demo recordings which were not fit for commercial release after much coverage in the media the case was settled in mediation in exchange for not releasing the album higgins and carter received an unspecified payout