Personnel
According to the album's liner notes:
- Musicians
- Elton John – vocals, piano (1–6, 8–17), electric piano (5, 6), organ (3, 7), Farfisa organ (5, 13), mellotron (5, 6, 11), Leslie piano (11)
- Dee Murray – bass guitar
- Davey Johnstone – acoustic, electric, Leslie, slide and steel guitars, banjo
- Nigel Olsson – drums
- Ray Cooper – tambourine, congas
- Additional Musicians
- Dee Murray, Davey Johnstone, Nigel Olsson – backing vocals (1, 2, 4, 10, 13, 17)
- Del Newman – orchestral arrangement (4, 8–10, 15, 17)
- Leroy Gomez – saxophone solo on "Social Disease"
- David Hentschel – ARP synthesiser (1, 12)
- Kiki Dee – backing vocals on "All the Girls Love Alice"
- Production
- Producer: Gus Dudgeon
- Engineer: David Hentschel
- Assistant engineers: Peter Kelsey, Andy Scott
- Tape operator: Barry Sage
- Orchestra contractor: David Katz
- Arranger: Del Newman
- Art direction: David Larkham, Michael Ross
- Artwork: David Larkham, Michael Ross, Ian Beck
- Liner notes: Gus Dudgeon, John Tobler
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