Vanessa's two studio releases, A Chain Unbroken and Let Me Rise, are available for purchase or download from cdbaby.com. To see purchasing details or hear a preview of every song, just click on the album cover. Lyrics to the songs are availble by clicking the lyrics link. You can listen to four songs from each album in their entirety (be sure you have pop up windows enabled!)
Vanessa Lively, A Chain Unbroken (2008)
| 1) A Chain Unbroken | listen | lyrics |
| 2) Shelly Fly | listen | lyrics |
| 3) Dignificada | lyrics | |
| 4) The Only Day There Is | listen | lyrics |
| 5) Part of Me | lyrics | |
| 6) This Small Little Town | lyrics | |
| 7) What Do You Want? | lyrics | |
| 8) Jesusa | listen | lyrics |
| 9) Before Her Time | lyrics | |
| 10) Lullaby | lyrics | |
| 11) Alleluia | lyrics |
A Chain Unbroken was recorded over the course of two months in Northern England. The majority of the songs that wound up on this album were written in 2007 while Vanessa was either traveling throughout the United States or back home in Austin. This album displays a wide array of world influences.
Vanessa Lively, Let Me Rise (2007)
| 1) Worth Fighting For | lyrics | |
| 2) Further to Fall | listen | lyrics |
| 3) How Beautiful | lyrics | |
| 4) I Still Believe | lyrics | |
| 5) For the Miners | listen | lyrics |
| 6) Mother | lyrics | |
| 7) Ode to the Sun | lyrics | |
| 8) Journey | lyrics | |
| 9) Textures of Love | lyrics | |
| 10) Gypsy Song | lyrics | |
| 11) Leaving Salinas | listen | lyrics |
| 12) Let Me Rise | listen | lyrics |
Let Me Rise was recorded in Quito, Ecuador over the course of 6 months. Most of these songs were written while Vanessa was living in South America and feature the musical stylings of artists from several different countries. Driven by Vanessa's distinctive arrhythmic guitar picking and unique voice, this is an album that has stories to tell.