tracks 1-1, 1-4, 1-8 acoustic guitar Ramon Stagnaro
arranged by [orchestral arrangements], piano, keyboards, voice Anne Dudley
tracks 1-1, 1-6, 1-8 bass Jamie Muhoberac
bass, voice, keyboards Trevor Horn
tracks 1-11 drum programming Andy Richards
tracks 1-1 drum programming Dave McCracken
tracks 1-1, 1-3, 1-6, 1-8, 1-11 drum programming Paul Waller
tracks 1-4 drum programming Tim Weidner
tracks 1-1, 1-4, 1-8 drums Earl Harvin
edited by [digital editing] Don C. Tyler
edited by [digital editing] Spencer Chrislu
engineer [additional] Andy Gallimore
engineer [additional] Michael Perfitt
engineer [additional] Mike Ross-Trevor
engineer [additional] Paul Wright
engineer [additional] Richard Lowe
engineer [additional] Roger Dudley
engineer [additional] Tim Wills
engineer [additional] Tom Elmhirst
engineer [additional], engineer [assistant] Marc Lane
engineer [assistant] Alex Black
engineer [assistant] Andre Coulam
engineer [assistant] Andy Davies
engineer [assistant] Dan Bierton
engineer [assistant] Dan Vickers
engineer [assistant] Iain Roberton
engineer [assistant] Jamie Hart
engineer [assistant] Malook Singh Kundan
engineer [assistant] Matt Crawford
tracks 1-4 flute Philippa Davies
guitar, voice, keyboards Lol Creme
tracks 1-1, 1-3, 1-6 keyboards Jamie Muhoberac
mastered by Ian Cooper
mastered by Stephen Marcussen
tracks 1-6, 1-11, 1-13 mixed by Richard Lowe
tracks 1-1 to 1-5, 1-7 to 1-9, 1-12 mixed by Tim Weidner
tracks 1-10 mixed by Tim Wills
tracks 1-1 to 1-4, 1-6 to 1-8, 1-13 narrator John Hurt
tracks 1-3, 1-8 percussion Alex Acuña
tracks 1-3, 1-8 percussion Paulinho Da Costa
performer [played by, pretended and seduced by] The Art Of Noise
producer Trevor Horn
recorded by, technician [protools] Tim Weidner
tracks 1-3 saxophone Stewart Levine
tracks 1-7 strings [string pad] Dan Vickers
technician [technical assistance] Alexander Areteos
technician [technical assistance] Justin Fraser
tracks 1-7 turntables [decks] DJ Sond
tracks 1-2 vocals Carol Kenyon
tracks 1-3 vocals Donna Lewis
tracks 1-1 vocals Fiona Copeland
tracks 1-7 vocals Hassan
tracks 1-3 vocals Niki Haris
tracks 1-1 to 1-4, 1-8, 1-9, 1-11, 1-13 vocals Sally Bradshaw
tracks 1-6, 1-7, 1-10 vocals [rap] Rakim
voice, keyboards, other [metaphors] Paul Morley
tracks 1-2 written-by Henry Jackman
tracks 1-6, 1-7, 1-10 written-by Rakim
written-by The Art Of Noise
written-by [music and french text extracted and distracted literally, metaphorically, romantically and symbolically from the works of] Charles Baudelaire
written-by [music and french text extracted and distracted literally, metaphorically, romantically and symbolically from the works of] Claude Debussy
written-by [music and french text extracted and distracted literally, metaphorically, romantically and symbolically from the works of] Paul Bourget
written-by [music and french text extracted and distracted literally, metaphorically, romantically and symbolically from the works of] Paul Verlaine
written-by [music and french text extracted and distracted literally, metaphorically, romantically and symbolically from the works of] Pierre Louÿs
written-by [music and french text extracted and distracted literally, metaphorically, romantically and symbolically from the works of] Stéphane Mallarmé
Licensed To Universal Records Inc.
Distributed By Universal Music & Video Distribution, Inc.
Phonographic Copyright (p) ZTT Records Ltd.
Copyright (c) ZTT Records Ltd.
Made By PMDC, USA
Limited edition with bonus disc of 4 UK single remixes. Catalog number on CD2 is U5P-1553.

Mastered at Precision Mastering, Los Angeles, and Metropolis Mastering, London

Track 2-1 also known as Metaforce (The Seduction Of A Metaphor: Intromix).
Track 2-2 duration given as 6:54 on release.

Barcode: 601215323528 (Scanned)
Barcode: 6 01215 32352 8 (Text)
Other: MADE IN USA BY PMDC (inner ring, both discs)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L009 (both discs)
Matrix / Runout: UD5 323 5 01$ E (Disc 1, Variant 1 & 2)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 0389 (Disc 1, Variant 1 & 2)
Matrix / Runout: U5P 155 3 01$ F (Disc 2, Variant 1)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 0361 (Disc 2, Variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: U5P 155 3 01$ H (Disc 2, Variant 2)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 0363 (Disc 2, Variant 2)
Matrix / Runout: U5P 155 3 01$ M MADE IN USA BY UML (Disc 2, Variant 3)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L009 (Disc 2, Variant 3)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 0391 (Disc 2, Variant 3)