Armed to the Teeth (Abandoned Pools album)

Armed to the Teeth is the second studio album by the American rock band Abandoned Pools. It was released on September 27, 2005, though Universal Records. The album is preceded by The Reverb EP, released June 7. The album draws on traditional progressive rock elements, combining them with diverse elements ranging from Mexican folk music to German polka.

The tracks "Tighter Noose" and "Waiting to Panic" originally appeared on The Reverb EP, but were then both re-recorded for this album.

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