Vanessa Carlton
Country of origin:
U.S.
Type of music generally:
Pop
Status:
Most recent release, Love Is An Art (2020)
See also:
Vanessa Carlton's site
Comparisons:
Vocally a little like Christine Fellows, musically very different, though
Covers/own material:
Own and occasional covers
General comments:
Those who have a greater tolerance of pop than some ectophiles might want to check out Vanessa Carlton. We caught her video for "A Thousand Miles". It's very mainstream pop, catchy, clichéd, and a nicely constructed song. She has a really catchy piano riff as the main musical theme of the song. Her voice is sounds really young though not quite babyish.
At first I didn't like it at all but got curious and looked her up on the web, and then played the real audio of the song again and grew to like it quite a bit. I suspect I'll get tired of it eventually, but it's so nice to hear something in MTV's mainstream that I like. I think I like the other brief track offered on her website, "Red Ditty," even better than the single.
There were a couple of moments in the "A Thousand Miles" song where vocally she reminded me a bit of Christine Fellows.
The album is all pop, all the time. (Neile)I was somewhat impressed compared to most of what seems to be out there on MTV. (burka@jeffrey.net)
Recommended first album:
Be not Nobody
Recordings:
- Be not Nobody (2002)
- Harmonium (2004)
- Heroes & Thieves (2007)
- Rabbits On The Run (2011)
- Hear the Bells (seasonal, 2011)
- Liberman (2015)
- Liberman Live (live, 2016)
- Earlier Things Live (live EP, 2017)
- Love Is An Art (2020)
Be not Nobody
Release info:
2002—A&M
Availability:
Wide
Ecto priority:
Recommended for fans of piano pop
Group members:
Vanessa Carlton—piano, vocals
Guest artists:
Abe Laboriel, Jr.— drums
John Goux—guitars, dulcimer, sitar
Leland Sklar—bass
Ron Fair—vibes, organ, harmonica
Alex Al—electric upright bass on 1 track
Chuck Berghofer—upright bass on 1 track
Luis Conte—percussion
Produced by:
Ron Fair
Comments:
This album didn't stick with me, but I still like "A Thousand Miles" and her cover of the Stones' "Paint It Black" shows that she could really rock tough if she wanted to. (Neile)
