art direction Jeff Price
band [the mercy seat], bass, vocals Patrice Moran
band [the mercy seat], drums, vocals Fernando Menendez
band [the mercy seat], guitar, vocals Gordon Gano
band [the mercy seat], lead vocals Zena Von Heppinstall
engineer [assistant engineer] Peter Henderson
engineer [recording and mixing engineer] Warren Bruleigh
lacquer cut by [runout etching ⁀⁀ ⁀⁀] Brian Gardner
mastered by Brian Gardner
musician [additional musician], tambourine Mama
photography by [group photography] George Lange
photography by [polaroid photography] Lendon Flanagan
producer [produced by] The Mercy Seat
producer [produced by] Warren Bruleigh
Record Company Warner Communications
Distributed By Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Phonographic Copyright (p) Slash Records
Copyright (c) Slash Records
Published By Northern Music Co.
Published By ZIVH Publishing
Published By Duchess Music Corp.
Published By Screen Gems-EMI Music Inc.
Recorded At Secret Sound
Mixed At Secret Sound
Mastered At Bernie Grundman Mastering
Mastered At Sheffield Lab Matrix
Pressed By Allied Record Company
Pressed By Allied Record Company
Runout details are hand etched except stamped Allied 'ɑ' logo on both sides.

Track publishers:
A1: Northern Music Co. (MCA) ASCAP
A2, A5, B1, B5: ZIVH Publishing ASCAP
A4, B2, B3: Duchess Music Corp. (MCA) BMI
B4: Duchess Music Corp. (MCA) BMI / Screen Gems- EMI Music Inc. BMI

[Rear jacket:]
Recorded and mixed at Secret Sound, New York.
Mastered [...] at Grundman Mastering, Los Angeles.
Special thanks to Edka Feldman
This album is lovingly dedicated to Elsie Von Heppinstall
© 1987 Slash Records ℗ 1987 Slash Records, P.O. Box 48888, Los Angeles, CA 90048.
Distributed by Warner Bros. Records Inc., A Warner Communications Company [Warner 'W' logo]® 3300 Warner Blvd., Burbank, Calif. 91510.
Made in U.S.A.

[Labels:]
℗ 1987 Slash Records
Barcode: 0 7599-25600-1 6 (Text)
Barcode: 075992560016 (Scanned)
Matrix / Runout: 1-25600̶̷̸0̶̷̸ -A SH1 ⁀⁀ ⁀⁀ [Allied 'ɑ' logo] B-28345-SH1 △ 17408 I-I (Runout side A)
Matrix / Runout: 125600̶̷̸0̶̷̸ -B-SH1 ⁀⁀ [Allied 'ɑ' logo] B-28346-SH1 △ 17408-X I-I (Runout side B)