In the United Kingdom it produced two top ten hits, "I Wanna Have Your Babies" and "Soulmate".

In January 2008, the album was released in the United States and Canada under the name Pocketful of Sunshine with new packaging and an alternative track listing featuring only six of the original songs.

[1] The song discusses a woman's battle to stop herself from rushing into relationships in an effort to find the right man to be the father of her children.

"Who Knows", the fourth track, begins with a "reggae-pop vibe" which slowly progresses to an electro-style sound featuring a string section.

It is co-written with Mike Elizondo and Maroon 5's lead singer Adam Levine, who also provides backing vocals on the song.

On the song Bedingfield commented "if you're giving up your enjoyment of life for somebody else's idea of success, it's like being a pirate who's got his hoard of treasure and is sitting on an island where there are no shops to spend it.

"[1] The eighth track, "Angel", was inspired by R&B music and was composed around a series of piano loops.

The tenth track, "(No More) What Ifs", features a rap by Eve and received negative reviews, with The Guardian describing it as "an ill-advised move for all concerned".

[5] "Not Givin' Up", features a heavy urban beat with electronic sound effects in the background.

[8] The Times called the album "patchy and disappointing" and gave it two out of five stars,[9] whilst Marie Claire magazine said that "many of the tracks are forgettable", but that Bedingfield's "strong voice and eccentricities elevate her above many blonde and bland popstars.

[11] However, Entertainment.ie reviewer Sheena McGinley was less impressed, and wrote that it was "too embarrassing to listen to in public", rating the album two out of five stars.

Mason wrote, "The album has an undeniable flip-flop feel throughout; like the unplugged soul-chick hoedown Beyoncé tried to conjure at the end of the "Irreplaceable" video.

"[13] Christian Hoard of Rolling Stone wrote that "Bedingfield doesn't have much to say", but commented that "the packaging in which she wraps her openhearted thoughts makes Sunshine a decent little pop record".

"[15] Los Angeles Times was disappointed that "I Wanna Have Your Babies" was not included on Pocketful of Sunshine and wrote that "as awkward as the song is, it fleshes out Bedingfield's vision better than Jerkins' Mary J. Blige "Angel" or Rotem's Fergalicious "Piece of Your Heart".

[16] AllMusic gave the album a mixed review and described it as "awkwardly assembled", and added that it "feels inorganic in a way that Unwritten did not, less personal and more vetted by various A&R executives".

[22] Pocketful of Sunshine debuted on the Billboard 200 albums chart in the United States at number three, selling 50,000 copies.

The first-week sales surpassed her debut album, Unwritten, which sold 34,000 copies its first week of release.

After performing on American Idol, sales of the album and single "Pocketful of Sunshine" increased considerably.