- Peter Gabriel ( lead vocal, keyboards, percussions )
- Jerry Marotta ( drums, Surdo drum, percussion )
- Tony Levin ( bass, stick, Fretless bass )
- Larry Fast - Moog, Prophet, Moog brass, electric percussion (1-5, 7-8)
- Ekome Dance Company - Ghanaian drums section (1)
- David Rhodes - backing vocals (1,2,3,8), guitar (2, 4-8)
- John Ellis - background vocals (1,3,6,8), additional guitar (2,4,6)
- Jill Gabriel - background vocals
- Roberto Laneri - treated saxophone (5)
- Stephen Paine - CMI (Including scraped exhaust pipe, Saxy, Swanee)(4)
- Peter Hammill - background vocals (4-6)
- ???: traditional Ethiopian pipes (4)
- Morris Pert - timbales (6), percussion (8)
- David Lord - synths, keyboards, piano and effects (6-8)