Rabbits on the Run

by Vanessa Carlton

Overview

Shifting to indie Razor & Tie after a four-year hiatus following her 2007 album, Heroes & Thieves, Vanessa Carlton turns inward on her fourth album, Rabbits on the Run. Embracing all the spectral elements that ran underneath the surface of her music, Carlton avoids any of the surging orchestrations or any suggestions of cheer, spending long stretches of the album alone with her piano, and when the arrangements are fleshed-out, they're done so subtly that it often seems as if she's singing alone in the studio. Even if it has the effect of turning Rabbits on the Run into something of an unintentional Tori Amos homage, it's an appropriately austere setting for Carlton's melancholy introspections, ruminations that don't offer any easy way inside. Unlike "A Thousand Miles" or the two albums that dealt with the repercussions of her initial success, this is music made with no audience in mind: it is strikingly personal, to the extent that it suggests that Carlton needs to get this soul-searching out of her system in order to move forward. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	07/26/2011
Label:	Razor & Tie
UPC:	0793018313520
Rank:	110728

Tracks

1. Carousel
2. I Don't Want to Be a Bride
3. London
4. Fairweather Friend
5. Hear the Bells
6. Dear California
7. Tall Tales for Spring
8. Get Good
9. The Marching Line
10. In the End

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Vanessa Carlton   Primary Artist,Piano,Harmonium
Steve Osborne   Mellotron,Percussion,Guitar,Piano,Bass
Richard Henry   Tuba
Trevor Mires   Trombone
Warren Zielinski   Violin
Patrick Hallahan   Drums,Percussion
Bruce White   Viola
Damian Johnson   Drums,Percussion
Ian Burdge   Cello
Richard Ashton   French Horn
Rachel Santesso   Choir Director
Isaac Jones   Timpani,Drums (Snare)
Capital Children's Choir   Choir/Chorus
Ari Ingber   Guitar
Everton Nelson   Violin

Technical Credits

Steve Osborne   Producer,String Arrangements,Engineer,Composer,Mixing
Sean Sullivan   Photography
Dan Austin   Engineer
Andrew Dudman   Engineer
Vanessa Carlton   Composer,String Arrangements
Robin Baynton   Engineer,Transcription
Joanna Popowicz   Engineer
Jordan Feldstein   Management
Ari Ingber   Composer
Mitch Rose   Booking
Brian Manning   Booking
Pete Giberga   A&R
Beka Tischker   A&R
Jo Ratcliffe   Artwork,Art Direction
Joe Jones   Assistant Engineer