Armed to the Teeth (Abandoned Pools album)

Armed to the Teeth
Studio album by Abandoned Pools
Released	September 27, 2005
Recorded	2005
Studio	The Boat, Silver Lake, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Alternative rock [1] pop rock [2]
Length	53:11
Label	Universal
Producer	Gareth Jones and Tommy Walter
Abandoned Pools chronology
The Reverb EP (2005) Armed to the Teeth (2005) Sublime Currency (2012)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
NeuFutur	(5.0/10) [3]
Punknews	[2]

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.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Tommy Walter; all music is composed by Tommy Walter, Brian Head, Sean Woolstenhulme.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Lethal Killers"	4:07
2.	"Rabble"	3:59
3.	"The Catalyst"	4:15
4.	"Tighter Noose"	5:40
5.	"Waiting to Panic"	3:35
6.	"Hunting (The Universe Breaks My Heart)"	4:57
7.	"Armed to the Teeth"	3:17
8.	"Sooner or Later"	5:49
9.	"Sailing Seas"	4:00
10.	"Renegade"	3:16
11.	"Maybe Then Someday"	3:46
12.	"Goodbye Song"	6:30
Total length:		53:11

iTunes bonus track

No.	Title	Length
13.	"Lucky"	3:52
Total length:		57:03

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

References

1. Loftus, Johnny. Armed to the Teeth at AllMusic
2. Rogowski, Jordan (February 10, 2006). "Abandoned Pools - Armed to the Teeth". Punknews.org.
3. NeuFutur review