tracks 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, 12, 17, 24 cello Mindy Myers
co-producer, mixed by Daniel Smith
design Sufjan Stevens
tracks 7 drum Sufjan Stevens
tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, 15, 22 drums Brandon Buckner
tracks 23 drums Evyn Childress
tracks 11 handclaps Sufjan Stevens
handclaps, jew's harp Elin K. Smith
tracks 7 keyboards, backing vocals Sufjan Stevens
mastered by Drew Anderson
tracks 16 snare David Smith
vocals, instruments, noises, co-producer, songwriter, recorded by, artwork by John Ringhofer
tracks 19 whistling Sufjan Stevens
Tracks 2-8 are prefaced by One Song In Seven Rests: and separated by asterisks on the track listing before regular numbering resumes for tracks 9-24.