• Warren Zevon –
acoustic guitar, bass guitar, guitar, piano, keyboards, emulator, vocals •
Bill Berry – drums •
Peter Buck – guitar •
Mike Mills – bass guitar •
Jorge Calderón – bass guitar on "Sentimental Hygiene"; harmony on "Detox Mansion" •
Mike Campbell – guitar on "Reconsider Me" • Darius Degher –
sitar on "Bad Karma" •
Bob Dylan – harmonica on "The Factory" •
Amp Fiddler – keyboards on "Leave My Monkey Alone" •
Flea – bass guitar on "Leave My Monkey Alone" •
Don Henley – harmony on "Reconsider Me" and "Trouble Waiting to Happen" •
DeWayne "Blackbyrd" McKnight – guitar on "Leave My Monkey Alone" •
Craig Krampf – drums on "Reconsider Me" and "Leave My Monkey Alone" •
Tony Levin – bass guitar on "Reconsider Me" •
David Lindley –
lap steel guitar on "Detox Mansion", bowed saz on "Bad Karma" •
Stan Lynch – harmony on "Bad Karma" •
Rick Richards – guitar on "Even a Dog Can Shake Hands" •
Brian Setzer – lead guitar on "Trouble Waiting to Happen" •
Leland Sklar – bass guitar on "The Heartache" •
Michael Stipe – harmony on "Bad Karma" •
Waddy Wachtel – acoustic guitar on "Sentimental Hygiene", "Reconsider Me" and "The Heartache" •
Jennifer Warnes – harmony on "The Heartache" • Jai Winding – keyboards on "Reconsider Me" •
Neil Young – lead guitar on "Sentimental Hygiene" • Will Alexander, Brian Bell – computer programming on "Leave My Monkey Alone"
Production • Producer: Warren Zevon,
Niko Bolas, Andrew Slater • Engineer: Duncan Aldrich, Niko Bolas, Richard Bosworth • Assistant Engineer: Richard Cottrell, Richard Landers, Bob Levy, Mark McKenna, Dan Nash, Bob Vogt • Mixing: Niko Bolas, Larry Ferguson,
Shelly Yakus • Mastering:
Stephen Marcussen • Arranger: Niko Bolas,
George Clinton, Larry Ferguson • Emulator: Warren Zevon • Programming and computers: Willie Alexander, Brian Bell • Art Direction: Jeffrey Kent Ayeroff, Margo Chase • Cover Photo:
Herb Ritts ==Charts==