New Adventures in Hi-Fi - Personnel

Personnel

"How the West Was Won and Where It Got Us"

Recorded at Bad Animals Studio in Seattle, United States

• Bill Berry – drums, percussion, "ennio whistle"
• Peter Buck – guitar, mandolin, bouzouki, bass guitar
• Mike Mills – piano, backing vocals, synthesizer
• Michael Stipe – vocals, synthesizer

"The Wake-Up Bomb"

Recorded live at the North Charleston Coliseum, in Charleston, United States on November 16, 1995

• Bill Berry – drums
• Peter Buck – guitar
• Nathan December – guitar
• Mike Mills – bass guitar, backing vocals, organ
• Michael Stipe – vocals

"New Test Leper"

Recorded at Bad Animals Studio in Seattle, United States

• Bill Berry – drums, percussion
• Peter Buck – guitar
• Mike Mills – bass guitar, backing vocals, organ
• Michael Stipe – vocals

"Undertow"

Recorded live at the Fleet Center in Boston, United States on October 3, 1995

• Bill Berry – drums
• Peter Buck – guitar
• Nathan December – guitar
• Mike Mills – bass guitar, backing vocals
• Michael Stipe – vocals

"E-Bow the Letter"

Recorded at Bad Animals Studio in Seattle, United States

• Bill Berry – drums, percussion
• Peter Buck – e-bow guitar, electric sitar
• Mike Mills – bass guitar, backing vocals, organ, Moog synthesizer, Mellotron
• Patti Smith – vocals
• Michael Stipe – vocals

"Leave"

Recorded at a soundcheck at the Omni Theater in Atlanta, United States on November 18, 19, or 21, 1995

• Bill Berry – drums, acoustic guitar, synthesizer
• Peter Buck – guitar
• Nathan December – guitar
• Scott McCaughey – ARP Odyssey
• Mike Mills – bass guitar, keyboards
• Michael Stipe – vocals

"Departure"

Recorded live at The Palace of Auburn Hills in Auburn Hills, United States on June 6 or 7, 1995

• Bill Berry – drums
• Peter Buck – guitar
• Nathan December – guitar
• Mike Mills – fuzz bass, backing vocals, Farfisa organ
• Michael Stipe – vocals

"Bittersweet Me"

Recorded at a soundcheck at the Pyramid Arena in Memphis, United States on November 7, 1995

• Bill Berry – drums
• Peter Buck – guitar
• Scott McCaughey – piano
• Mike Mills – bass guitar, organ, Mellotron
• Michael Stipe – vocals

"Be Mine"

Recorded at Bad Animals Studio in Seattle, United States

• Bill Berry – drums
• Peter Buck – bass guitar
• Mike Mills – guitar, backing vocals, keyboards
• Michael Stipe – vocals

"Binky the Doormat"

Recorded live at the Desert Sky Pavilion in Phoenix, United States on November 4, 1995

• Bill Berry – drums, backing vocals
• Peter Buck – guitar
• Nathan December – guitar
• Scott McCaughey – Farfisa organ
• Mike Mills – fuzz bass, backing vocals, keyboards
• Michael Stipe – vocals

"Zither"

Recorded in the dressing room of The Spectrum in Philadelphia, United States on October 12, 13, or 14, 1995

• Bill Berry – bass guitar
• Peter Buck – guitar
• Nathan December – tambourine
• Scott McCaughey – autoharp
• Mike Mills – organ
• Michael Stipe – count in

"So Fast, So Numb"

Recorded at a soundcheck at the Orlando Arena in Orlando, United States on November 15, 1995

• Bill Berry – drums
• Peter Buck – guitar
• Scott McCaughey – piano
• Mike Mills – bass guitar, backing vocals, organ
• Michael Stipe – vocals

"Low Desert"

Recorded at a soundcheck at the Omni Theater in Atlanta, United States on November 18, 19, or 21, 1995

• Bill Berry – drums
• Peter Buck – guitar
• Nathan December – slide guitar
• Scott McCaughey – piano
• Mike Mills – bass guitar, organ
• Michael Stipe – vocals

"Electrolite"

Recorded at a soundcheck the Desert Sky Pavillion in Phoenix, United States on November 4, 1995

• Bill Berry – drums
• Peter Buck – banjo
• Andy Carlson – violin
• Nathan December – guiro
• Mike Mills – piano
• Michael Stipe – vocals

Technical crew

• William Field – assistant engineering, Athens
• Sam Hofstedt – assistant engineering, Seattle
• Victor Janacua – assistant engineering, Los Angeles
• Adam Kasper – recording engineering, Seattle
• John Keane – recording and mixing
• Scott Litt – mixing
• Bob Ludwig/Gateway Mastering – mastering
• Pat McCarthy – recording, Los Angeles
• Mark "Microwave" Mytrowitz – technical assistance
• Joe O'Herlihy – tour recording engineer
• Jo Ravitch – tour recording engineer
• Eric Stolz – digital editing
• Jeff Wooding – tour recording engineer