Armed to the Teeth is the second studio album by the American rock band Abandoned Pools. It was released on September 27, 2005, through Universal Records. The album is preceded by The Reverb EP, released June 7. The album mostly consists of emo-pop and alternative rock songs, with some influences from other genres such as dream pop and post-punk.
The tracks "Tighter Noose" and "Waiting to Panic" originally appeared on The Reverb EP, but were then both re-recorded for this album.
Track listing
Personnel
Abandoned Pools Tommy Walter – Lead vocals, rhythm guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, French horn on "Hunting (The Universe Breaks My Heart)" Brian Head – Drums, percussion Sean Woolstenhulme – Lead guitar, backing vocals
Management Tonly Ciulla – Management Justin Eshak, Tom MacKay – A&R
Artwork T.J. River – Art direction, design Minori Marukami, Zoren Gold – Photography
Production Gareth Jones – Producer Adam Moseley – Engineer Danny Kalb – Assistant engineer Steve Marcussen – Mastering Ken Andrews – Mixing Stewart Whitmore – Digital editing
Additional musicians Emily Wright – Cello on tracks: 4, 8, 10–12 Jian Wang – (tracks: 4, 11 to 12) – Tommy Walter (tracks: 6) Billy Howerdel – Additional guitar on track: 10 Multitrack Murder, Scott Garret – Loops Alma Fernandez, Han Oh – Viola on tracks: 4, 11, 12 Arman Anassian, Erlinda Romero-Anassian, Nathan Lanier, & Victoria Lanier – Violin on tracks: 4, 11, 12
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