Sting: Vocals, Bass, VG-8 Guitar Synth, BV's Kipper: Keyboards, Drum Programming Dominic Miller: Guitars Manu Katche: Drums Vinnie Colaiuta: Drums Jason Rebello: Piano, Clavinet Stevie Wonder: Harmonica (Courtesy Motown Record Company) James Taylor: Vocal (Courtesy Columbia Studios) Cheb Mami: Vocal (Courtesy Virgin/France) Branford Marsalis: Clarinet (Courtesy Columbia Records) Mido Cinelu: Percussion Dave Hartley: String Arranger/Conductor (Tomorrow We'll See, Big Lie Small World), Hammond Organ B.J. Cole: Pedal Steel Guitar Katherine Tickell: Northumbrian Pipes and Fiddle Don Blackman: Hammond Organ Chris Botti: Trumpet (Courtesy GRP Records) Ste: Vocal (Courtesy Virgin Records) Gavyn Wright: String Leader (Tomorrow We'll See, Big Lie Small World) Joe Mendez: Backing Vocals Janice Pendarvis: Backing Vocals Althea Rodgers: Backing Vocals Marlon Saunders: Backing Vocals Veneese Thomas: Backing Vocals Darryl Tookes: Backing Vocals Ken Williams: Backing Vocals Tawatha Agee: Backing Vocals Dennis Collins: Backing Vocals Ettamri Mustapha: Backing Vocals Farhat Bouallagui: String Arrangement (Desert Rose) Conductor/Leader Moulay Ahmed: String Player Kouider Berkan: String Player Salem Bnouni: String Player Sameh Catalan: String Player All Songs by Sting Magnetic Publishing Ltd. Administered by EMI Blackwood Music, Inc. (BMI) Except for "A Thousand Years" music by Sting and Kipper, lyrics by Sting Magnetic Publishing Ltd. Administered by EMI Blackwood Music, Inc. (BMI), "Desert Rose" Arabic lyrics by Cheb Mami. Published by Delabel Editions and "Perfect Love...Gone Wrong" French rap lyrics by Ste. Published by Delabel Editions/Pay Back Produced by Sting and Kipper Simon Osborne, Mix & Recording Engineer Neil Dorfsman, Recording Engineer, NY Geoff Foster, Recording Engineer, Strings, UK Chris Blair, Mastering Engineer Assistant Engineers: Nico Dupont, Etienne Colin, Stephane, Levy-B, Andrew Fellus, Brian Garten, Ben Kape, Hopps, Aya Takemura, and Ricky Graham Orchestral Contractor: Isobel Griffiths Vocal Contractor: Janice Pendarvis Thanks to: Hugh Padgham, Miles Copeland, Kathryn Schenker, Danny Quatrochi, Tam Fairgrieve, Billy Francis, Theresa Lowrey, Paolo Rossi, Bina Rossi, Joe Sponzo, Mad Sheer Khan, J.D. & Fender Guitars, Gary Cook-VG-8 Programmer, Eric Persing & Spectrasonics, DR Strings. Recorded at Il Palagio, Italy and Mega Studios, Paris. Overdub sessions at Right Track and Avatar, New York. Strings recorded at Air Studios, Lyndhurst Hall, London. Mixed at Mega Studios, Paris. Mastered at Abbey Road Studios. Photographs by Olaf Heine and Carter Smith Direction: Joe Mama-Nitzberg & Jodi Peckman Package Design by Richard Frankel For Sting information write to: Outlandos Fan Club 1 Water Lane Camden Town London, England NW1 8NZ efi , israel