artwork by Shaun McCarthy
bass Don Dixon
bass Henry Pharr
bass Matt Everhart
bass Robert Sledge
bass, banjo, guitar, piano, glockenspiel, executive-producer Mark Whelan
bassoon Sue Heineman
clarinet Jennifer Everhart
drums Eric Willhelm
engineer [additional engineering] Eamonn Aiken
engineer [additional engineering] Jerry Kee
engineer [additional engineering] Thom Canova
engineer [additional engineering], vocals Mark Simonsen
executive producer Bill Bryson
guitar Dan Hood
guitar Pete Kaperonis
lacquer cut by Jeff Powell
mastered by Scott Craggs
noises [noisemakers] Chuck Garrison
noises [noisemakers] Stough Garrison
noises [noisemakers], piano, synth, keyboards, vocals Philip Collins
photography by Daniel Coston
photography [cover] Lucy Collins
piano, synth, keyboards, voice [radio announcer] Sam Esquith
producer, recorded by, mixed by, arranged by [woodwinds], percussion, drums, synth, glockenspiel, bells, omnichord Chris Garges
saxophone Greg Jarrell
stylophone Kevin Ruppenthal
theremin Troy Conn
trombone, vocals John Plymale
violin Laura Thomas
vocals Adam Tamashasky
vocals Andy Ware
vocals Cathie Trosch
vocals Charlotte Schwartz
vocals Danielle Howle
vocals Erik Johnson
vocals Jay Garrigan
vocals Kent Alphin
vocals Lewis Baucom
vocals Lou Trosch
vocals Paul Schwartz
vocals Rett Snotherly
vocals Rob Gal
vocals Steve Beeson
vocals, guitar, synth, bass, noises [noisemakers] John Elderkin
voice [radio announcer] Brad Warner
voice [radio announcer] Carol Stumpf
voice [radio announcer] Colman Gota
voice [radio announcer] Emily Murphy
voice [radio announcer] Fatma Daglar
voice [radio announcer] Grit Denker
voice [radio announcer] Hansford Rowe
voice [radio announcer] Jack Murray
voice [radio announcer] Joe Wilkie
voice [radio announcer] Mike Bridavsky
voice [radio announcer] Quincas Moreira
voice [radio announcer] Ricardo Cyncynates
voice [radio announcer] Roey Haviv
voice [radio announcer] Scott Elderkin
voice [voice of the cosmos] John Ensslin
tracks 4, 8 written-by Chris Garges
tracks 15 written-by Joe Meek
tracks 1 to 14, 16, 17 written-by John Elderkin
tracks 8 written-by Mark Whelan
tracks 9 written-by Steve Ruppenthal
Recorded At Old House Studio
Mixed At Old House Studio
Engineered At Duck-Kee Studios
Engineered At The Bastille Recording Studio
Engineered At Studio M, Durham, North Carolina
Mastered At Old Colony Mastering
Lacquer Cut At Take Out Vinyl
A sequel to [m=1561] in Three Acts.
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