| Vanessa Carlton | Primary Artist, Piano, Harmonium |
| Steve Osborne | Bass, Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Mellotron, Hammond B3 |
| Bruce White | Viola |
| Richard Henry | Tuba |
| Everton Nelson | Violin |
| Warren Zielinski | Violin |
| Ian Burdge | Cello |
| Patrick Hallahan | Percussion, Drums |
| Trevor Mires | Trombone |
| Isaac Jones | Timpani, Snare Drums |
| Richard Ashton | French Horn |
| Capital Children's Choir | Choir, Chorus |
| Ari Ingber | Guitar |
| Rachel Santesso | Choir Director |
| Damian Johnson | Percussion, Drums |
| Steve Osborne | Composer, Producer, Engineer, String Arrangements |
| Andrew Dudman | Engineer |
| Vanessa Carlton | Composer, String Arrangements |
| Jordan Feldstein | Management |
| Robin Baynton | Engineer |
| Ari Ingber | Composer |
| Dan Austin | Engineer |
| Mitch Rose | Booking |
| Brian Manning | Booking |
| Joanna Popowicz | Engineer |
| Jo Ratcliffe | Artwork, Art Direction |
JuliardJim
Posted July 29, 2011
Vanessa Carlton is a talented composer and accomplished pianist, as well as artful arranger. The bright and cheerful mood of this album is mostly a result of Vanessa's composing, but given a boost by the Capitol Children's Choir, which adds an angelic feeling to Carousel, Fairweather Friend, and I Don't Want to Be A Bride. Most songs are like walking into a fantasy, but the childhood experience includes darker moods. Hear the Bells is a haunting melody with just the right amount of tension followed by a spaciness that's hard to describe. Rabbits on the Run isn't a concept album, even though Carousel is related to Watership Down, and Tall Tales for Spring mentions Stephen Hawking. Most of the songs are about love and friendship. Overall it's a magical listening experience. The only weak songs are Dear California (which is peppy but predictable), and Get Good, which sounds like it was thrown in. Otherwise, Vanessa Carlton has created a nice album of intelligent, understated and highly crafted songs. Recommended.
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Editorial Reviews
All Music Guide - Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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 ...