Vanessa Carlton sounds eager to please on her third CD release, Heroes & Thieves. Guided by her ex-beau and Third Eye Blind frontman, Stephen Jenkins, label chief Irv Gotti, and top-tier songwriter Linda Perry, . Thieves is a set of earnest confessionals that don't exceed their grasp. On the heartbreak tip, aptly-titled "The One," the piano prodigy shares the studio with one of rock's most renowned members of the Heartbreak Club: Fleetwood Mac's legendary songbird, Stevie Nicks. -dusty culpepper

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