personnel guy picciotto -- vocals , guitar ian mackaye -- vocals , guitar , piano joe lally -- vocals , bass brendan canty -- drums , piano jerry busher -- second drums , percussion bridget cross -- backing vocals kathi wilcox -- backing vocals amy domingues -- cello production produced , recorded , engineered & mixed by fugazi & don zientara cd mastering by chad clark vinyl mastering by john loder jem cohen -- cover design , photography david bryant -- photography steven skovensky -- photography chart positions album awards the argument won the a2im ( american association of independent music ) award for best rock album .