Rabbits on the Run is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Vanessa Carlton, released on July 26, 2011, through Razor & Tie.

[4][5] She said that she wanted to capture a creepy, honest, dreamy, fantastical sound with 'Rabbits on the Run', a title and concept inspired by books like Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time, and Richard Adams's Watership Down.

In order to achieve that sound, Carlton recorded the album direct to tape and recruited a tight-knit team of collaborators, which included producer Steve Osborne, The Upwelling guitarist Ari Ingber, and My Morning Jacket drummer Patrick Hallahan.

", "Happy Xmas (War is Over)," as well as acoustic versions of her 2002 single "A Thousand Miles" and "Hear the Bells," the latter of which is featured on Rabbits on the Run.

[1] On February 8, 2012, Carlton tweeted that her record label, Razor & Tie, was unable to "do Bride," and that "Hear The Bells" will be the second single instead, accompanied with a music video directed by Jake Davis.

[18] Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic rated the album three out of five stars and claims: "This is music made with no audience in mind: it is strikingly personal.