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Rod Stewart – lead vocals • Will Hollis – acoustic piano (1, 2), synthesizers (2), string synthesizer and solo arrangements (2),
vibraphone (3) • Renato Neto – acoustic piano (1), string synthesizer (1), arrangements (1), synth flute (13) •
Randy Kerber – acoustic piano (3, 7, 13), synthesizers (3, 7, 13) • Andrew Chukerman – synthesizers (3, 7, 10, 13) •
Rob Mounsey – keyboards (4, 5, 8), acoustic piano (4, 5), rhythm arrangements and conductor (4) •
Philippe Saisse – keyboards (4–6, 8–10, 12, 14), orchestra arrangements and conductor (5, 8, 12) • Russ Kassoff – acoustic piano (8, 10, 12, 14) • Lee Musiker – acoustic piano intro (9) •
Randy Waldman – acoustic piano (11) • Jim Fox – guitars (1) •
Jimmy Rip – guitars (1, 2) •
Bob Mann – guitars (3, 7, 13), arrangements (3, 7, 13), guitar solo (7) • Jeff Mironov – guitars (4–6, 8–10, 12, 14), guitar solo (14) •
Dennis Budimir – guitars (11) •
Dave Carpenter – bass (1) •
Reggie McBride – bass (2) •
Bob Magnusson – bass (3, 7, 13) •
David Finck – bass (4–6, 8–10, 12, 14) • Tal Bergman – drums (1), drum programming (1, 11), arrangements (1), percussion (7) • John Ferraro – drums (2), percussion (7) •
Allan Schwartzberg – drums (3, 7, 13) •
Shawn Pelton – drums (4–6, 8–10, 12, 14) •
Harvey Mason – drums (11) •
Dan Higgins –
clarinet solo (1), alto saxophone solo (2) •
Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone solo (4) •
Dave Koz – tenor saxophone solo (6, 10) •
Arturo Sandoval – trumpet solo (5),
flugelhorn solo (8) •
Chris Botti – trumpet solo (13) •
Richard Perry – arrangements (1), basic track arrangement (2) •
Don Sebesky – orchestra arrangements and conductor (4, 8, 12), rhythm arrangements and conductor (4, 8, 12), arrangements and conductor (9), acoustic piano (9) • Doug Katsaros – rhythm arrangements (5), arrangements and conductor (6, 10, 14), acoustic piano (6) •
Jeremy Lubbock – string arrangements and conductor (11), woodwind arrangements and conductor (11)
Production • Producers – Richard Perry (tracks 1–3, 7, 11 & 13); Phil Ramone (tracks 4–6, 8–10, 12 & 14) • Associate producers on track 1 – Tal Bergman and Renato Neto • Vocal production on track 11 – Phil Ramone • Executive producer – Clive Davis • Production coordination on tracks 1–3, 7, 11 & 13 – Ben McCarthy • Music consultant on tracks 1–3, 7, 11 & 13 – Daphna Kaster • Production manager and music contractor on tracks 4–6, 8–10, 12 & 14 – Jill Dell'Abate • Recording engineers – Mark Valentine (track 1); Carter Humphrey (tracks 2 & 3); Jeff "Woody" Woodruff (tracks 2, 3, 7, 11 & 13); Frank Filipetti (tracks 4–6, 8–10, 12 & 14) • Additional engineering and
Pro Tools technicians on tracks 1–3, 7, 11 & 13 – J.J. Blair, Brian Cook, Steve Deutsch, Alex Gibson, Bobby Ginsberg, Johnny Kubelka and Trent Slatton • Additional engineering on tracks 4–6, 8–10, 12 & 14 – Joel Moss, Freddy Pinero, Chris Steinmetz and Jeff "Woody" Woodruff • Assistant engineers on tracks 4–6, 8–10, 12 & 14 – Wade Childers, Brian Dixon, Andrew Felluss, Nick Howard, Timorhy Olmstead and Ryan Smith • Pro Tools operation on tracks 4–6, 8–10, 12 & 14 – Steve Deutsch, Andrew Felluss and Pete Karam • Mixing – Carter Humphrey (tracks 1–3, 7, 11 & 13); Frank Filipetti (tracks 4–6, 8–10, 12 & 14) • Mix assistants on tracks 4–6, 8–10, 12 & 14 – Andrew Felluss and Timorhy Olmstead • Tracks 1–3, 7, 11 & 13 mastered by
Stephen Marcussen at
Marcussen Mastering (Los Angeles, California); tracks 4–6, 8–10, 12 & 14 mastered by
Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound (New York City) • Special production support on tracks 1–3, 7, 11 & 13 – Lauren Wild • Additional production support on tracks 1–3, 7, 11 & 13 – Larry Emerine at Precision Lacquer (Los Angeles); Drew L. and Don Tyler at Quality CD Duplication (Los Angeles) • Creative director – Alli Truch • Art direction – Jeri Heiden for SMOG L.A. • Photography – Andrew MacPherson • Liner notes – Rod Stewart and Bill Zehme ==Live DVD==