Rabbit Fur Coat
Rabbit Fur Coat is an album in collaboration by Jenny Lewis of Rilo Kiley, with The Watson Twins. It was released in the United States on January 24, 2006, by Team Love. Lewis has described the album as a "sort of soul record". The album contains a cover of the Traveling Wilburys song "Handle With Care", featuring Ben Gibbard (of Death Cab for Cutie), Conor Oberst (of Bright Eyes) and M. Ward. Lewis embarked on her first solo tour to support the album, with Johnathan Rice and either Whispertown 2000 or The Blow opening. She also appeared  on the "Late Show with David Letterman", "Jimmy Kimmel Live!", and "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" in support of the album. This album is the 8th release of Team Love Records. Listeners of "All Songs Considered", NPR's online music show, voted the album the eighth best of 2006. A vinyl reissue of "Rabbit Fur Coat" was released in January 2016, marking its 10th anniversary. Lewis was also joined in early 2016 by M. Ward and The Watson Twins for a brief tour celebrating the anniversary. Reception. "Rabbit Fur Coat" received generally favorable reviews and maintains a normalized  rating of 78 out of 100 on Metacritic based on 24 professional reviews. Actress Anne Hathaway was quoted in "People" as calling "Rabbit Fur Coat" "beautiful, funny, and very subversive". Tracks. "People" noted that album's first track "Run Devil Run," was "old-time gospel" with Chandra and Leigh Watson providing a cappella backing. with other reviews calling the opener track "a breathy, gospel-tinged number" with a "blast of impassioned close harmony bluegrass-style vocals." Two singles were released: "Rise Up With Fists!!" and "You Are What You Love". Charts. As of 2007, sales in the United States have  exceeded 112,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan.