Running on Ice was the second album by Vertical Horizon

Vertical Horizon

Vertical Horizon is an American alternative rock band formed at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. in 1991. The band is best known for a string of hits in 1999 and early 2000s, including "You're a God", "Everything You Want", and "Best I Ever Had ". Their most recent album, Burning the...

, released independently in 1995, and later re-released by RCA

RCA Records

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. It was produced by John Alagia (John Mayer

John Mayer

John Clayton Mayer is an American pop rock and blues rock musician, singer-songwriter, recording artist, and music producer. Born in Bridgeport, Connecticut and raised in Fairfield, Connecticut, he attended Berklee College of Music in Boston. He moved to Atlanta in 1997, where he refined his...

, Dave Matthews Band

Dave Matthews Band

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), Doug Derryberry and Matt Scannell

Matt Scannell

Matthew "Matt" Scannell is an American singer, guitarist, songwriter and musician. Scannell is the lead vocalist, lead guitarist, primary songwriter, and founding member of the alternative rock band, Vertical Horizon....

. Though still technically a duo and acoustic based, Running On Ice featured many guest musicians (most notably Carter Beauford

Carter Beauford

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 of the Dave Matthews Band

Dave Matthews Band

Dave Matthews Band, sometimes shortened to DMB, is a U.S. rock band formed in Charlottesville, Virginia in 1991. The founding members were singer-songwriter and guitarist Dave Matthews, bassist Stefan Lessard, drummer/backing vocalist Carter Beauford and saxophonist LeRoi Moore. Boyd Tinsley was...

on drums), giving the album more of a full band sound. Derryberry also contributed keyboards and vocals.

Track listing

1. "Heart in Hand" (Scannell) - 4:36
2. "Wash Away" (Kane) - 4:30
3. "Fragments" (Scannell) - 3:47
4. "Famous" (Kane/Scannell) - 3:03
5. "The Man Who Would Be Santa" (Scannell) - 4:43
6. "Angel Without Wings" (Kane) - 4:19
7. "Answer Me" (Scannell) - 5:31
8. "Life in the City" (Scannell) - 4:13
9. "Japan" (Kane) - 5:24
10. "Call it Even" (Scannell) - 3:40
11. "Sunrays and Saturdays" (Scannell) - 3:33
12. "Candyman" (Kane) - 4:16
13. "Falling Down" (Moylan/Scannell) - 4:12
14. "Goodnight My Friend...Reprise" (Scannell) - 6:33