Rabbit Fur Coat is an album

Album

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 by Jenny Lewis

Jenny Lewis

Jennifer Diane Lewis , is an American singer-songwriter musician and actress. She was the primary vocalist of the indie rock band Rilo Kiley, and has released two solo albums. She currently performs as part of the duo Jenny & Johnny with boyfriend Johnathan Rice...

 of Rilo Kiley

Rilo Kiley

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, featuring The Watson Twins

The Watson Twins

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. It was released in the United States

United States

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 on January 24, 2006 by Team Love

Team Love

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. Lewis has described the album as a "sort of soul

Soul music

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 record". The album contains a cover of the Traveling Wilburys

Traveling Wilburys

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 song "Handle With Care

Handle with Care (song)

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", featuring Ben Gibbard

Ben Gibbard

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 (of Death Cab for Cutie

Death Cab for Cutie

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), Conor Oberst

Conor Oberst

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 (of Bright Eyes) and M. Ward

M. Ward

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.

Lewis embarked on her first solo tour to support the album, with Johnathan Rice

Johnathan Rice

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 and either Whispertown 2000 or The Blow

The Blow

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 opening. She also appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman, Jimmy Kimmel Live

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, and The Late Show with Craig Ferguson

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in support of the album.

This album is the 8th release of Team Love Records.

Listeners of All Songs Considered

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, NPR's online music show, voted the album the eighth best of 2006.

Reception

The album received mostly favorable reviews and maintains a normalized rating of 78 out of 100 on MetaCritic

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 based on 24 professional reviews.

Actress Anne Hathaway

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 was quoted in People as calling Rabbit Fur Coat "beautiful, funny, and very subversive".

Track listing

(all tracks written by Lewis except where noted)

1. "Run Devil Run" – 1:06
2. "The Big Guns" – 2:32
3. "Rise Up with Fists!!
   Rise Up with Fists!!
   "Rise Up With Fists!!" is the first single from the album Rabbit Fur Coat by Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins. It was released March 9, 2006 on Team Love. It was offered as a free single from the Canadian iTunes Music Store...
   
   " – 3:36
4. "Happy" – 4:14
5. "The Charging Sky" – 2:56
6. "Melt Your Heart" – 2:50
7. "You Are What You Love
   You Are What You Love
   "You Are What You Love" is the second and final single from Rabbit Fur Coat by Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins. It was released May 1, 2006 on Team Love.-External links:**...
   
   " – 2:51
8. "Rabbit Fur Coat" – 4:32
9. "Handle with Care
   Handle with Care (song)
   "Handle with Care" is the first track from the Traveling Wilburys 1988 album, Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1, and the group's biggest hit. Writing credits are shared by all five band members, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty, and Bob Dylan....
   
   " (Bob Dylan
   Bob Dylan
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   /George Harrison
   George Harrison
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   /Jeff Lynne
   Jeff Lynne
   Jeffrey "Jeff" Lynne is an English songwriter, composer, arranger, singer, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer who gained fame as the leader and sole constant member of Electric Light Orchestra and was a co-founder and member of The Traveling Wilburys together with George Harrison, Bob...
   
   /Roy Orbison
   Roy Orbison
   Roy Kelton Orbison was an American singer-songwriter, well known for his distinctive, powerful voice, complex compositions, and dark emotional ballads. Orbison grew up in Texas and began singing in a rockabilly/country & western band in high school until he was signed by Sun Records in Memphis...
   
   /Tom Petty
   Tom Petty
   Thomas Earl "Tom" Petty is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He is the frontman of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and was a founding member of the late 1980s supergroup Traveling Wilburys and Mudcrutch. He has also performed under the pseudonyms of Charlie T...
   
   ) – 2:56
10. "Born Secular" – 5:07
11. "It Wasn't Me" – 4:10
12. "Happy (Reprise)" – 0:48

Charts

Album – Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
2006	The Billboard 200	88
2006	Top Independent Albums	6

Personnel

James Valentine

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, Jenny Lewis

Jenny Lewis

Jennifer Diane Lewis , is an American singer-songwriter musician and actress. She was the primary vocalist of the indie rock band Rilo Kiley, and has released two solo albums. She currently performs as part of the duo Jenny & Johnny with boyfriend Johnathan Rice...

, Chandra Watson, Leigh Watson, Johnathan Rice

Johnathan Rice

Johnathan Rice is a Scottish-American singer-songwriter. His first album, Trouble is Real, was released on Reprise Records on April 26, 2005. His follow up, Further North, was released by Reprise on September 11, 2007...

, Jason Boesel

Jason Boesel

Jason Boesel was the drummer for Rilo Kiley and has also played with The Elected. He also drummed in the Bright Eyes touring band during their 2005 tour, and went on to write the liner notes for the consequent Bright Eyes live album, Motion Sickness and contributing to Bright Eyes' 2007 record,...

, Mike Mogis

Mike Mogis

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, Mickey Madden, Greg Kurstin

Greg Kurstin

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, Mike Bloom, Matt Ward

M. Ward

Matthew Stephen Ward, known by his stage name M. Ward, is a singer-songwriter and guitarist who rose to prominence in the Portland, Oregon music scene. In addition to his solo work he is known as a member of She & Him and Monsters of Folk.-Career:...

, Larry Crane

Larry Crane

Larry Crane is an American editor, recording engineer and archivist based in Portland, Oregon. Crane is the editor and founder of Tape Op Magazine, the owner of Portland's Jackpot! Recording Studio, a freelance engineer, and the archivist for musician Elliott Smith.-Career:Tape Op was started in...

, Michael Runion, Benjamin Gibbard, Conor Oberst

Conor Oberst

Conor Mullen Oberst is an American singer-songwriter best known for his work in Bright Eyes. He has also played in several other bands, including Desaparecidos, Norman Bailer , Commander Venus, Park Ave., Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band, and Monsters of Folk.-Musical career:Oberst began...

, David Scher and Rachel Bloomberg.