Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Banjo, Bouzouki, Mandolin – Chris Funk
Backing Vocals – Kelly Hogan (tracks: A2, A3, B5, C1, C3), Laura Veirs (tracks: B1), Moorea Masa (tracks: B2, B4), Rachel Flotard (tracks: A1 to A4, B3, C2 to C5), Ragen Fykes (tracks: B2, B4)
Booking – Creative Artists Agency, Kevin French (3), Mike Greek, Paradigm Agency
Cello – Anna Fritz
Choir [The Singer Addresses His Audience Choir] – Allison Hall, Bridgit Jacobsen, Carson Ellis, Jeremy Swatzky, Kyleen King, Laura Veirs, Michael Finn (5), Moorea Masa, Ritchie Young, Shelley Short, Steven Watkins (3)
Design – Glen Nakasako, Jeri Heiden
Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals – John Moen
Electric Bass, Double Bass [Upright Bass] – Nate Query
Engineer – Michael Finn (5)
Illustration, Typography [Lettering] – Carson Ellis
Lead Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Bouzouki, Harmonica, Backing Vocals – Colin Meloy
Legal – Carroll, Guido & Groffman, LLP, Gillian Bar
Management – Jason Colton, Red Light Management
Management [Business] – David Weise, DWA*
Mastered By – Stephen Marcussen
Mixed By – Tucker Martine
Photography By – Autumn DeWilde
Piano, Organ [Hammond], Vibraphone, Accordion, Keyboards [Assorted] – Jenny Conlee
Producer – The Decemberists, Tucker Martine
Product Manager – Arjun Pulijal
Recorded By – Tucker Martine
Trumpet – Victor Nash
Viola – Kyleen King
Violin – Patti King
Violin, Fiddle – Rob Moose
Voice [The Anti-Summersong Narrator Support Gang] – Chris Funk, Jason Colton, John Moen, Nate Query, Tucker Martine
Written-By – Colin Meloy