"Black Cow"
Donald Fagen – lead vocals, synthesizer
Paul Humphrey – drums
Chuck Rainey – bass guitar
Victor Feldman – Fender Rhodes
Joe Sample – clavinet
Larry Carlton – guitar
Tom Scott – tenor saxophone
Clydie King, Sherlie Matthews, Venetta Fields, Rebecca Louis – backing vocals

"Aja"
Donald Fagen – lead vocals, synthesizer, police whistle, backing vocals
Steve Gadd – drums
Chuck Rainey – bass guitar
Larry Carlton, Walter Becker, Denny Dias – guitars
Joe Sample – Fender Rhodes
Michael Omartian – piano
Victor Feldman – percussion
Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone
Timothy B. Schmit – backing vocals

"Deacon Blues"
Donald Fagen – lead vocals, synthesizer
Bernard Purdie – drums
Walter Becker – bass guitar
Larry Carlton, Lee Ritenour – guitars
Victor Feldman – Fender Rhodes
Pete Christlieb – tenor saxophone
Clydie King, Sherlie Matthews, Venetta Fields – backing vocals

"Peg"
Donald Fagen – lead vocals
Rick Marotta – drums
Chuck Rainey – bass guitar
Paul Griffin – Fender Rhodes, backing vocals
Don Grolnick – clavinet
Steve Khan – guitar
Jay Graydon – guitar solo
Victor Feldman, Gary Coleman – percussion
Tom Scott – Lyricon
Michael McDonald – backing vocals

"Home At Last"
Donald Fagen – lead vocals, synthesizer, backing vocals
Bernard Purdie – drums
Chuck Rainey – bass guitar
Larry Carlton – guitar
Walter Becker – guitar solo
Victor Feldman – piano, vibraphone
Tim Schmit – backing vocals

"I Got the News"
Donald Fagen – lead vocals, synthesizers
Ed Greene – drums
Chuck Rainey – bass guitar
Victor Feldman – piano, vibraphone, percussion
Dean Parks – guitar
Walter Becker, Larry Carlton – guitar solos
Michael McDonald, Clydie King, Venetta Fields, Sherlie Matthews, Rebecca Louis – backing vocals

"Josie"
Donald Fagen – lead vocals, synthesizers, backing vocals
Jim Keltner – drums, percussion
Chuck Rainey – bass guitar
Victor Feldman – Fender Rhodes
Larry Carlton, Dean Parks – guitars
Walter Becker – guitar solo
Tim Schmit – backing vocals

Stephen Diener [ABC Records] – executive producer
Gary Katz – producer
Roger Nichols, Elliot Scheiner, Al Schmitt, Bill Schnee – engineers
Joe Bellamy, Lenise Bent, Ken Klinger, Ron Pangaliman, Ed Rack, Linda Tyler – assistant engineers
Bernie Grundman – mastering
Barbara Miller – production coordination
Dinky Dawson – sound consultant
Daniel Levitin – consultant
Oz Studios, Vartan Reissue – art direction
Patricia Mitsui, Geoff Westen – design
Hideki Fujii (cover photo), Walter Becker, Dorothy A. White – photography
Walter Becker, Donald Fagen – liner notes