• Laurie Anderson –
vocals,
violin,
keyboards,
percussion •
Skúli Sverrisson –
musical direction,
bass,
guitar, keyboards, sounds, percussion
programming •
Joey Baron – percussion (1),
drums (5, 8, 9) • Martin Brumbach – percussion
arrangement (11) •
Vinicius Cantuária – percussion (12) •
Mino Cinelu – percussion (2) • Tim Cobb – double bass (7) •
Greg Cohen –
arco bass (2) • Danny Frankel – percussion, handclapping (2), box-o-toys (11) •
Erik Friedlander –
cello (3, 4, 5, 10) •
Bill Frisell – guitar (9) •
Mitchell Froom –
mellotron (3, 8, 11),
claviola (3),
wurlitzer (8) •
Eyvind Kang – violin (3) • John Kelly –
backing vocals (1) • Liheng – baritone
banhu (5) • Tom Nelis – vocals (1) •
Van Dyke Parks – keyboards,
conductor,
string arranger (10) •
Lou Reed – guitar (11) • Ben Rubin –
bells (9) •
Peter Scherer – keyboards (5, 8, 12) • Jamshied Sharifi –
strings, additional keyboards (5) •
Chris Speed –
saxophone (2) •
David Torn –
loops (2) •
Cuong Vu –
trumpet (2) •
Hal Willner –
turntables (6),
sampling (6, 7) •
Mocean Worker –
beats, keyboards (11) • Fred Zlotkin, Jeanne Leblanc – cello (7) • Judy Witmer, Karen Dreyfus, Sue Pray, Vincent Lionti – viola (7) • Ann Leathers, Barry Finclair, Carol Webb, Ellen Payne, Enrico Dicecco, Heidi Modr, Jan Mullen, Jean Ingraham, Joel Pitchon, Jonathan Dinklage, Richard Sortomme – violin (7) • Elena Barere – concertmaster (7) ;Technical • Produced by Laurie Anderson and Hal Willner • Recorded by Martin Brumbach at The Lobby, New York City • Additional engineers – Bob Brockmann, Dante DeSole, Josiah Gluck, Laurie Anderson • Mixed by Bob Brockman at NuMedia, New York City, except 2 and 10 by Martin Brumbach • Mastered by
Robert C. Ludwig at Gateway Mastering Studios (Portland, ME, USA) • Executive producer – David Bither • Artwork – Barbara De Wilde • Photography by Victor Schrager • Cover photography – Noah Greenberg ==References==