Achilles Heel
Album by Pedro the Lion
Released	May 25, 2004
Recorded	2003-2004?
Genre	Indie rock
Length	38:11
Label	Jade Tree (JT1095)
Producer(s)	David Bazan
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Pedro the Lion chronology
Control (2002)	Achilles Heel (2004)	Tour EP '04 (2004)

Achilles Heel is the fourth and final album by indie rock band Pedro the Lion. It was released on May 25, 2004 on Jade Tree Records. An album is a collection of related audio tracks, released together commercially in an audio format to the public. ... Pedro the Lion were an indie rock/slowcore band from Seattle, Washington, and, for twelve years, the main creative outlet of singer/songwriter David Bazan. ... May 25 is the 145th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (146th in leap years). ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music often used to refer to bands that are on small independent record labels or that arent on labels at all. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Jade Tree is an independent record label formed by Darren Walters and Tim Owen in August 1991, out of Wilmington, Delaware. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... David Bazan (born c. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music, owned by All Media Guide. ... Description: Rating stars. ... Pedro the Lion were an indie rock/slowcore band from Seattle, Washington, and, for twelve years, the main creative outlet of singer/songwriter David Bazan. ... Control is an album by Pedro the Lion. ... Pedro the Lion were an indie rock/slowcore band from Seattle, Washington, and, for twelve years, the main creative outlet of singer/songwriter David Bazan. ... May 25 is the 145th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (146th in leap years). ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jade Tree is an independent record label formed by Darren Walters and Tim Owen in August 1991, out of Wilmington, Delaware. ...

Track listing

1. Bands With Managers
2. Foregone Conclusions
3. The Fleecing
4. Discretion
5. Arizona
6. Keep Swinging
7. Transcontinental
8. I Do
9. A Simple Plan
10. Start Without Me
11. The Poison

All songs by David Bazan except "Keep Swinging" (co-written with T.W. Walsh) and "Start Without Me" (T.W. Walsh).

Personnel

• David Bazan — vocals, guitar, drums, synthesizer, bass, and percussion
• T.W. Walsh — bass, drums, synthesizer, and guitar
• James McAlister — percussion, drums, synthesizer
• Casey Foubert — guitar on "Keep Swinging"

Credits

• David Bazan, T.W. Walsh — engineering
• Chris Colbert — mixing