;10,000 Maniacs •
Natalie Merchant – vocals, piano •
Robert Buck – electric and acoustic guitars,
electric sitar,
banjo,
pedal and
lap steel guitars,
mandocello •
Dennis Drew –
Hammond organ, piano, keyboards,
accordion •
Steven Gustafson – bass guitar •
Jerome Augustyniak – drums, percussion ;Additional musicians •
The J.B. horns – horns on "Few and Far Between" and "Candy Everybody Wants": •
Maceo Parker – alto saxophone •
Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis – tenor saxophone •
Fred Wesley – trombone •
Mary Ramsey – violin on "Stockton Gala Days", viola on "How You've Grown" •
Paulinho Da Costa – percussion on "These Are Days", "Candy Everybody Wants" and "Circle Dream" • Charles Fleischer – harmonica on "Gold Rush Brides" • Kim Laskowski – bassoon on "I'm Not the Man" • Atsuko Sato – bassoon on "I'm Not the Man" ;String quartet on "Jezebel" • Larry Corbett – cello • Bruce Dukov – violin • Pamela Goldsmith – viola • Ralph Morrison – violin ;Technical •
Paul Fox – producer • Ed Thacker – engineer, mixing •
Paul Buckmaster – string quartet arranger and conductor • Michael Reiter – second engineer • Scott Blockland – second engineer (mixing) •
Stephen Marcussen – mastering • Rob Marinissen – photography • Frank Olinsky – package design • Natalie Merchant – package design ==Charts==