Personnel

• The band:
  • Chibi - Vocals
  • Rainbow - Guitar, Synth/Percussion Programming, Vocals
  • Michael Falcore - Guitar, Synth/Percussion Programming
  • O.E. - Bass, Vocals
  • Rhim
    Rhim
    Rhim is a Toronto based musician and sound designer/engineer best known as the drummer for the band The Birthday Massacre since he joined in 2003. As a sound designer for the St. Catharine's based video game developer Silicon Knights, he worked on games including the Xbox 360 title Too Human...
    
     - Drums
  • Owen - Keyboards

• Rainbow and M. Falcore - Producing and Recording
• Dave "Rave" Ogilvie
  Dave Ogilvie
  Dave "Rave" Ogilvie is a Canadian record producer and musician. He is a producer of industrial music and has been associated with bands such as Skinny Puppy , Doughboys, The Birthday Massacre , Marilyn Manson, Jakalope , Killing Joke, Queensrÿche, Alexz Johnson, Fake Shark...
  
   and Rainbow - Mixing
• Dave "Rave" Ogilvie - Mix Engineer
• Brock McFarlane - Assistant Mix Engineer
• Noah Mintz - Mastering
• Kevin James Maher
  Kevin James Maher
  Kevin “Kevvy Mental” Maher is a Canadian musician, film composer, remix artist and music producer, most notable for his work in Fake Shark - Real Zombie! as lead vocalist and programmer.-Early life:...
  
   - Programming and Editing
• Mixed At: Mushroom Studios (Vancouver, Canada) & Dire Studios (Toronto, Canada)
• Mastered At: Lacquer Channel
• Design Artwork: Vincent Marcone
  Vincent Marcone
  Vincent Marcone is a Canadian web designer, illustrator, film director, and musician. He forms one third of the Guelph, Ontario based band Johnny Hollow...
  
  , Cole Sullivan, James Furlong, Natalie Shau

Reviews

• Allmusic  link
• Revie Rinse Repeat  link
• Sputnikmusic
  Sputnikmusic
  Sputnikmusic, or simply Sputnik, is a music website offering music criticism and music news alongside features commonly associated with wiki-style websites...
  
    link
• Musicfolio.com  link
• Absolutepunknet (69%) link

Charts

On the issue date of September 23, 2010, Pins And Needles debuted at number 6 on the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart and number 152 on the Top 200 chart. Also as of Sept 23, 2010 the album sits stop the DAC (Deutsche Alternative Charts) for the 3rd week. It stayed on the Heatseekers chart for 3 weeks.

Chart | Reuters	Peak position
Deutsche Alternative Charts Deutsche Alternative Charts The Deutsche Alternative Charts is the primary record chart for Germany's alternative music scene. The charts cover genres ranging nu metal to Britpop, from rock music to alternative electronic...	1
Billboard Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	152
Billboard Top Heatseekers Top Heatseekers Top Heatseekers refers to either of two separate "Breaking and Entering" music charts issued weekly by Billboard Magazine: the Heatseekers Albums chart or the Heatseekers Songs chart. They were introduced by Billboard in 1993 with the purpose of highlighting the sales by new and developing musical...	6
Billboard Independent Albums Independent Albums The Billboard Independent Albums is a chart of the highest-selling independent music albums and extended plays in the United States, compiled by Nielsen SoundScan and published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is used to list artists who are not signed to major labels...	34
German Newcomer Chart Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie...	7

External links

• The Birthday Massacre Official Site