• Johnny Cash - vocals, rhythm guitar •
Bob Wootton,
Pete Wade, Cliff Parker - electric guitar •
Martin Belmont, Jerry Hensley, Jack Routh,
Marty Stuart, Eddy Shaver - guitar •
Jack Clement - dobro, acoustic guitar, producer • Dave Kirby - acoustic guitar, guitar • Jerry Hensley - electric, acoustic and rhythm guitar, dobro, harmony vocals •
Billy Joe Shaver - guitar, gut-string guitar •
Philip Donnelly - guitar •
Bobby Thompson - acoustic guitar, banjo •
Dave Edmunds - guitar, engineer •
W.S. Holland,
Jerry Carrigan,
Larrie Londin,
Kenny Malone,
Pete Thomas - drums •
Floyd Chance - upright bass •
Earl Poole Ball - electric and acoustic piano, producer • Daniel Sarenana, John Willis - brass • Joe Allen,
Joe Osborn - electric bass •
Nick Lowe - electric bass, producer •
Shane Keister - Moog synthesizer, Prophet 5 synthesizer •
Terry McMillan - harmonica • Irv Kane, Rex Peer - trombone on "One Way Rider" • Don Sheffield, George Cunningham - trumpet on "One Way Rider" •
June Carter Cash - additional vocals on "One Way Rider" • Charles Cochran - horn arrangement on "One Way Rider"
Production • Album produced by
Earl Poole Ball • "
Without Love" produced by Nick Lowe • "It Ain't Nothing New Babe" and "One Way Rider" produced by
Jack Clement • Engineers: Gene Eichelberger at Quadrafonic Studio, Nashville, TN; Curt Allen at JMI Recording Studio, Nashville, TN;
Dave Edmunds at U.K. Pro Studio, London, England • Back-up Engineers: Willie Pevear, Barbara Cline at Quadraphonic Studio, Nashville TN • Recorded at Quadraphonic Studio, JMI Recording Studio, U.K. Pro Studio • Front Cover Photography: Leonard Kamsler • Reissue Producer: Dave Nives • Project Coordinator: Kajetan Koci • Reissue Designer: Suzanne Ammon ==Chart performance==