Adapted from
The Raven liner notes.
Musicians •
Lou Reed –
vocals;
guitar • Mike Rathke – guitar •
Fernando Saunders –
bass; guitar;
backing vocals •
Tony "Thunder" Smith –
drums • Friedrich Paravicini –
piano;
keyboards •
Jane Scarpantoni –
cello; string arrangement • Doug Wieselman – baritone;
tenor saxophone •
Paul Shapiro – tenor saxophone •
Steve Bernstein –
trumpet; horn arrangement •
Art Baron –
trombone on "Broadway Song" •
Ornette Coleman –
alto saxophone on "Guilty" •
Frank Wulff –
oboe;
hurdy-gurdy on "Overture" and "The Fall of the House of Usher" •
Kate & Anna McGarrigle – vocals on "Balloon" •
Antoine Silverman –
violin • Marti Sweet – violin •
Patrick Carroll – bass;
drum programming on "Who Am I? (Tripitena's Song)" • Shelly Woodworth – English horn on "Who Am I? (Tripitena's Song)" •
Russ DeSalvo – guitar; keyboards on "Who Am I? (Tripitena's Song)" •
Rob Mathes – string arrangement on "Who Am I? (Tripitena's Song)" •
Laurie Anderson – vocals on "Call on Me" •
Anohni Hegarty – vocals on "Perfect Day"; backing vocals •
David Bowie – vocals on "Hop Frog" •
The Blind Boys of Alabama – backing vocals on "I Wanna Know (The Pit and the Pendulum)" •
Willem Dafoe – voice on "
The Conqueror Worm", "The City In The Sea/Shadow", "The Fall of The House of Usher", "The Raven","The Tell-Tale Heart Pt. 1","The Tell-Tale Heart Pt. 2", "The Cask" "Every Frog Has His Day", "Courtly Orangutans" and "Prologue (Ligeia)" •
Steve Buscemi – voice on, "Old Poe", "The City In The Sea/Shadow", "Broadway Song", "The Tell-Tale Heart Pt. 1", "The Tell-Tale Heart Pt. 2", "Imp Of The Perverse", and "The Cask" •
Elizabeth Ashley – voice on "The City In The Sea/Shadow", "The Valley of Unrest", "The Fall of The House of Usher", "A Wild Being From Birth", & "Guilty (Spoken)" •
Amanda Plummer – voice on "The City In The Sea/Shadow", "Annabel Lee/The Bells", "Every Frog Has His Day", "Tripitena's Speech" and "Courtly Orangutans" •
Fisher Stevens – voice on "The Fall of The House of Usher", "The Tell-Tale Heart Pt. 1", "The Tell-Tale Heart Pt. 2", "Every Frog Has His Day" and "Courtly Orangutans" •
Kate Valk – voice on "The Tell-Tale Heart Pt. 1", "The Tell-Tale Heart Pt. 2", "Imp Of The Perverse" "Guilty (Spoken)", and "A Wild Being From Birth"
Production and artwork • Lou Reed –
producer;
mixing; recording •
Hal Willner – producer •
Ric Wake – production on "Who Am I? (Tripitena's Song)" • Tim Latham – recording; mixing • Aaron Franz – additional recording • Jim Monti – additional recording •
Julian Schnabel – design;
photography ==References==