Credits
- Music
- Mark Knopfler – vocals, guitars
- Richard Bennett – guitars, string instruments
- Jim Cox – piano, Hammond organ
- Guy Fletcher – keyboard, backing vocals
- Glenn Worf – bass
- Chad Cromwell – drums
- James Taylor – vocals on "Sailing to Philadelphia"
- Van Morrison – vocals on "The Last Laugh"
- Gillian Welch and David Rawlings – vocals on "Prairie Wedding" and "Speedway at Nazareth"
- Glenn Tilbrook and Chris Difford – vocals on "Silvertown Blues"
- Aubrey Haynie – violin on "What It Is" and "Speedway at Nazareth"
- Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar, lap steel guitar
- Danny Cummings – percussion
- Mike Haynes – flugelhorn
- Jim Hoke – autoharp, harmonica
- Jim Horn – baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone
- Wayne Jackson – trumpet
- Harvey Thompson – tenor saxophone
- Frank Ricotti – marimba
- Duane Starling – vocals
- Gillian Welch – vocals
- Chris Willis – vocals
- Production
- Mark Knopfler – producer
- Chuck Ainlay – producer, engineer, mixing
- Chubba Petocz – engineer
- Jon Bailey – assistant engineer
- Graham Lewis – assistant
- Mark Ralston – assistant
- Aaron Swihart – assistant
- Denny Purcell – mastering
- Jonathan Russell – mastering assistant
- Andrew Williams – portrait photography
- Eric Conn – editing
- Sandy Choron – art direction
- Harry Choron – design
- Jose Molina – photography (front cover)
- James Gritz – photography (back cover)
- Andrew Williams – photography (portrait)
- Ben Mikaelsen – photography (additional)
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