Vanessa's sixth studio album, Love Is An Art, releases on March 27th, 2020 through Dine Alone Records.
Vanessa's fifth studio album, Liberman, was released on October 23 2015, through Dine Alone Records. It marks her first release since signing with Dine Alone Records. The title of the album comes from an oil painting made by Carlton's late maternal grandfather, whose given surname was "Liberman".
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Vanessa Carlton first began playing the piano as a toddler, continuing on an artistic road with her attendance at the School of American Ballet in New York, a path she would eventually abandon in favor of songwriting. She re-embraced the piano and began performing in bars and clubs across Manhattan. While studying at Columbia University, Carlton was signed to Interscope Records, but made her formal debut on A&M under veteran producer Ron Fair.
Her debut album in April 2002, Be Not Nobody, resonated with audiences of all ages world-wide, especially the hit piano single “A Thousand Miles,” which reached the Top 5 on Billboard’s Hot 100 Singles chart, #1 in Australia, and Top 10 in the UK. Carlton went on to earn 2003 Grammy nominations for Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist (“A Thousand Miles”). The album witnessed global success, reaching Gold status in over 10 countries, and Platinum status in Asian territories, such as Hong Kong, Indonesia, and Taiwan.
Her second album Harmonium (2004), which yielded the single “White Houses,” continued to inspire an increasingly loyal global fan base and garnered some the best reviews of her career.
Her record release in 2007, Heroes & Thieves “might be my first thematic record,” Carlton says, adding that the songs reveal themselves like chapters in a book, one that fans can crack open (Vanessa has often explained during her live shows that the second single from "Heroes & Thieves" entitled "Hands On Me" is the second chapter to the album). Paying homage to the area of Manhattan where most of its songs were written, the first single off of the 2007 record, appropriately dubbed “Nolita Fairytale,” is a syncopated, upbeat piece that paints a dramatic musical landscape. “ That song is really about finding joy in unexpected environments. How sometimes losing things makes you realize what you have, which is like a quasi fairytale,” says Carlton. Heroes & Thieves was recorded in the San Francisco studio of Third Eye Blind founder Stephan Jenkins and the Los Angeles studio of producer/songwriter Linda Perry.
Vanessa's fourth studio album, "Rabbits On The Run" was released on July 26th, 2011. Material for this album was produced by Steve Osborne (U2, B-52’s, KT Tunstall), and was recorded in the UK at Peter Gabriel's well-renowned Real World Studios.
Speaking with Songfacts about the lead single Carousel in a 2011 interview, Carlton explained that she wrote the song in a dream where the "da na na na na" tune was floating around.
Other facts:
Vanessa's uncle is jazz musician Larry Carlton.
In 2003, Vanessa portrayed Dusty Springfield on the television show "American Dreams" on Heartache (episode #1.14) and performed a cover of the song "Wishin' And Hopin'".
One of Vanessa's touring guitarists, Ari Ingber, (other than being credited as a group vocalist on "More Than This) is the lead vocalist/guitarist for the band The Upwelling. Ari also co-wrote the song "About to Break" from Third Eye Blind's "Ursa Major".
One of Vanessa's touring bassists, Jon Evans, (other than being credited as bassist on Heroes & Thieves and bass guitarist on Third Eye Blind's "Ursa Major") is part of the band Redfish, Bluefish and has also performed with Tori Amos.
One of Vanessa's touring guitarists, Mark Beauchemin, (other than performing with Vanessa on the song "More Than This (Campfire Take)" for the album "Songs For Tibet - The Art of Peace") used to be part of the band SR-71 and currently has his own band.
Besides having Stevie Nicks do backing vocals on her song "The One" and Stephan Jenkins (of Third Eye Blind) do backing vocals on select songs on Heroes & Thieves, Vanessa has made several contributions to works of other artists and bands including: Vocals on the song Big Yellow Taxi with Counting Crows; backing vocals on the song Moving On by Kimya Dawson; piano on the song Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime by Zucchero; vocals on the song M A K E L O V E T O M E with 7 Aurelius; co-writing 3 songs with The Matrix; Providing vocals on the various artist compilation song "Put A Little Love", created for a Gap clothing company campaign which also featured Al Green, Melissa Etheridge, Kelly Rowland, Stephan Jenkins, Ginuwine, Musiq, Heather Headley and Gavin DeGraw; Providing vocals and piano on the various artist compilation song "Love Revolution", a cover of Lenny Kravitz's song, created for a Kohl's clothing company campaign which also featured Avril Lavigne, Lenny Kravitz, Plain White T's and The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus; Performing live with artists/bands including a cover of Elton John's song "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me" with Elton John's band, duets with Shlomo, Shlomo and the Vocal Orchestra, Stevie Nicks, Goo Goo Dolls and Counting Crows and backing vocals on select songs with Counting Crows.
Vanessa is credited with providing piano on the track "Company" and backing vocals on "Faster" from Third Eye Blind's album "Out of the Vein".
Vanessa is also credited as being a performer on The Upwelling's debut album "An American Stranger" which Stephan Jenkins also produced.
Even Angels Fall
Vanessa Carlton Lyrics
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Found how fast she could take it away.
Found true love, lost your heart.
Now you don't know who you are.
She made it easy, made it free,
Made you hurt till you couldn't see.
Sometimes it stops, sometimes it flows,
But baby that is how love goes.
You will fly and you will crawl;
God knows even angels fall.
No such thing as you lost it all.
God knows even angels fall.
It's a secret no one tells;
One day it's heaven, one day it's hell.
It's no fairy tale; take it from me,
That's the way it's supposed to be.
You will fly and you will crawl;
God knows even angels fall.
No such thing as you lost it all.
God knows even angels fall.
You laugh, you cry, no one knows why
But OH the thrill of it all...
You're on the ride, you might as well
Open your eyes
You will fly and you will crawl;
God knows even angels fall.
No such thing as you lost it all.
God knows even angels fall.
Even angels fall
Even angels fall
The song "Even Angels Fall" by Vanessa Carlton talks about the ups and downs of love. The lyrics revolve around a person who has experienced the highs and lows of being in love, including finding hope and faith, losing one's heart, feeling hurt, and the inability to recognize oneself. The lyrics iterate the complexity of love and how easily it can take away what it has given.
The chorus of the song emphasizes that everyone, even angels, can fall. The concept of falling in love is widely used, but Vanessa Carlton explores it from a different perspective, where the fall doesn't only refer to the early stages of a loving relationship, but also the times when love goes wrong.
Throughout the song, the lyrics convey the message that love is not straightforward, and there are both good and bad moments in the journey of love. It suggests to the listener to embrace the ride and open one's eyes to both love's excitement and its woes.
Line by Line Meaning
You've found hope, you've found faith,
You believed and trusted, and you found hope and faith.
Found how fast she could take it away.
But then you realized that hope and faith can be lost quickly by someone else.
Found true love, lost your heart.
You discovered true love, but lost your heart to that person.
Now you don't know who you are.
You feel lost and confused now that you're without your heart and in a vulnerable state.
She made it easy, made it free,
The person who hurt you made it easy for themselves to cause you pain and didn't care about the consequences or costs.
Made you hurt till you couldn't see.
They hurt you so much that you couldn't think straight anymore.
Sometimes it stops, sometimes it flows,
Love is unpredictable, sometimes it's great and sometimes it's not.
But baby that is how love goes.
That's just how love works; it can be great or disappointing, but that's just the way it is.
You will fly and you will crawl;
You will experience both great and terrible times.
God knows even angels fall.
Even the purest and most righteous of beings can fall and experience hardship.
No such thing as you lost it all.
It's not possible to lose everything, there's always some hope left.
It's a secret no one tells;
No one really talks about the ups and downs of love.
One day it's heaven, one day it's hell.
Love can be amazing one day, and absolutely devastating the next.
It's no fairy tale; take it from me,
Love isn't all sunshine and rainbows, it can be really difficult and painful.
That's the way it's supposed to be.
But despite all of that, that's the way love is meant to be.
You laugh, you cry, no one knows why
People can't always explain why they feel a certain way, and can experience a range of emotions in love.
But OH the thrill of it all...
But despite all of the difficulties, love can still be an exciting and thrilling experience.
You're on the ride, you might as well
Since you're already in love, you might as well enjoy the rollercoaster experience.
Open your eyes
Don't close yourself off to love, and always stay aware of what's happening.
Even angels fall
Again, even the purest and most perfect of beings can fall and experience hardship.
Even angels fall
Just as a reminder that nobody is immune to the difficulties and hardships of life and love.
Contributed by Andrew S. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Haneen Alsulami
Who came here because the movie 10 things i hate about you 😍
jruch314
Its on TV right now, how is this song not more popular ?!?!?!
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Me!
Nicole Blell
Me
Cal Ryan
This songs lyrics are so perfect
Michelle Bragante Moraes
Wonderfull song...
violetgirl1996
if only this was sung by vanessa! her voice would match this song so well
Harihar Karthik
10 things I hate about you, brought me here! 😍
Nyappy Neko
Same! Heath Ledger is so hot :3 and Julie Stiles is soooooo beautiful!!
Ragavendra B
I did .. Just because of heath ledger😥