personnel thomas erak -- vocals , guitar tim ward -- bass , vocals , layout concept and illustrations andrew forsman -- drums additional personnel nouela johnston -- keyboards , backing vocals matt bayles -- producer , engineer , mixing john ziemski -- assistant at robert lang studios ed brooks -- mastering bill scoville -- layout construction brandon proff -- layout construction charts album - billboard ( north america ) vinyl release in november 2011 , enjoy the ride records reissued manipulator on vinyl for the first time as a double lp .