- Joseph Arthur – guitar (1–5, 7–9, 11, 12), vocals, harmonica (2), highly-strung bass (5), paintings, drawings
- Roger Beaujolais – vibes (1), Venetian xylophone (2)
- Martyn Barker – treated tubular kit (1), drums (2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 11), caxixi (4), bondage snare (8), live drums (9), scaffolphoneum (9), berimbau (11), cow gong (11), percussion (12)
- Simon Edwards – bass (1–5, 10, 11), piano (4), bass performance & arrangement (6), coal bass (7), additional guitar (7), string fossil bass (8), maze bass (9), sas (9), berimbau (11), mellotron (11), Persian fretless (11), filter bass (12), harmonic missiles (12)
- Markus Dravs – keyboard (1), desert storm & gravel percussion (1), corn horn (2), drum programming (4, 7, 9), lesley accordion (7), low drum & sheet percussion (8), production, mixing
- Brian Eno – backing vocals (2)
- Peter Gabriel – backing vocals (2)
- Nigel Eaton – hurdy gurdy (3)
- Ashley Slater – trombone (6, 7)
- Ron Aslan – drum loop (7)
- Nick Plytas – mellotron (7)
| Technical personnel[edit]- Ben Findlay – engineering, editing, mixing
- Ruadhri Cushnan – additional engineering
- Ray Martin – additional engineering
- Goetz Botzenhardt – additional engineering
- Ibi Tjani – additional engineering
- Jacquie Turner – additional engineering
- Nick Kirkland – additional engineering
- Justin Griffith – assistant engineering
- Lee Phillips – assistant engineering
- Lee Fitzgerald – assistant engineering
- Mark Aubury – assistant engineering
- Crispin Murray – additional editing
- Paul Morris – additional editing
- Tristan Manco – graphic design
- Derek Edwards – 2012 Real World Gold reissue repackaged album design
- Michele Turriani – front cover and right hand inside panel background photography
- Anna Gabriel – CD face and inside left hand panel background photography
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