Personnel taken from
The Things We Left Behind liner notes.
Blue Rodeo • Bazil Donovan – bass •
Greg Keelor – vocals, guitar,
Mellotron (track 1) •
Jim Cuddy – vocals, guitar, piano (tracks 1, 15, 16) • Glenn Milchem – drums, percussion • Bob Egan – pedal steel guitar, mandolin
Additional musicians • Les Allt – flute (track 8) • Michael Boguski – piano on (tracks 1, 7, 9, 10, 13), organ (tracks 2–4, 9, 13, 14, 16) • Bryden Baird – strings and woodwind arrangements (track 8) • Julie Fader – flute (track 14) • Travis Good – slide guitar (track 11) • Anne Lindsay – violin (tracks 6, 8, 11, 15), string arrangements (tracks 6, 11, 15) • Peter Lutek – bassoon (track 8) • John Marshman – cello (tracks 6, 8, 11, 15) • Steve O'Connor –
Wurlitzer (tracks 2, 3, 5, 7), piano (tracks 6–8, 12), organ (tracks 10, 12, 15) •
Wayne Petti – backing vocals (tracks 2–5, 7, 9, 10, 12, 15, 16) • Oh Susanna – backing vocals (track 6) • Jenny Thompson – violin (tracks 8, 15) • Claudio Vena – viola (tracks 8, 15)
Production • Blue Rodeo – production, mixing •
Darryl Neudorf – engineering, mixing • Ian Osborn – engineering assistance (tracks 1, 7, 9) • João Carvahlo – mastering ==Chart performance==