Achilles Heel

by Pedro the Lion

Achilles Heel cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 25 May 2004
  • Label: Jade Tree
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 38:17
  • Community rating: 3.56/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The final studio album released under David Bazan's primary moniker before his transition to solo work. It returns to the more direct, guitar-driven indie rock of his early career while maintaining his signature slowcore melancholy and deeply introspective, often religiously questioning lyricism.

Genres

Descriptors: confessional, minimal, guitar-driven, literate, hushed

Tracklist

  1. Bands With Managers (03:46)
  2. Forgone Conclusions (02:27)
  3. The Fleecing (04:42)
  4. Discretion (02:51)
  5. Arizona (04:09)
  6. Keep Swinging (02:54)
  7. Transcontinental (02:39)
  8. I Do (04:12)
  9. Simple Plan (03:41)
  10. Start Without Me (03:13)
  11. The Poison (03:43)

Credits

  • Jesse LeDoux - artwork
  • James McAlister - drums, percussion, synthesizer, drums (drum set)
  • Casey Foubert - guitar
  • Hopper PR - public relations [publicity]
  • Jessica Hopper - public relations [publicity]
  • TW Walsh - drums (drum set), synthesizer, guitar, bass guitar

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