Ultra (Depeche Mode Album) - Personnel

Personnel

• Dave Gahan – lead vocals.
• Martin Gore – guitar, keyboards, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Home" and "The Bottom Line", songwriting.
• Andy Fletcher – keyboards, backing vocals on "Barrel Of A Gun".

Additional musicians

• • Victor Indrizzo (misspelled in the credits as "Endrizzio") – percussion on "Barrel of a Gun" and "It's No Good".
  • Jaki Liebezeit – percussion on "The Bottom Line".
  • BJ Cole – pedal steel guitar on "The Bottom Line".
  • Gota Yashiki – drums on "Useless".
  • Keith LeBlanc – drums on "Useless".
  • Danny Cummings – percussion on "Useless" and "Freestate".
  • Doug Wimbish – bass guitar on "Useless".
  • Daniel Miller – System700 on "Uselink".

• Vocal coach: Evelyn Halus.

• "Uselink" & "Jazz Thieves": Mixed by Tim Simenon & Gareth Jones.

• "Home", "Love Thieves" & "Freestate": Additional vocals engineered by Gareth Jones at RAK Studios

• "Home":
  • Strings arranged by Dave Clayton;
  • Strings scored by Richard Niles;
  • Strings coordinated by Graham Perkins.

• Produced by Tim Simenon.
• Mixed by Tim Simenon & Q.
• Engineered by Q.
• Programming on all tracks by Kerry Hopwood.
• Keyboards & Keyboard Programming on all tracks by Dave Clayton.
• Recorded at:
  • Abbey Road – Eastcote – Westside – Strongroom – RAK, London
  • Electric Lady, New York
  • Larrabee West, Los Angeles
• Assisted by Paul Hicks, Guy Massey, Lee Fitzgerald, Tom Rixton, Gary Forde, Lee Phillips, Jamie Campbell, Jim, Greg, Audie Chamberlain, Robbie Kazandjian.
• Mastered by Mike Marsh at The Exchange.

• Art direction, photography & front cover – Anton Corbijn.
• Color prints – Brian Dowling.
• Sleeve design – Richard Smith, Area.