Baritone Saxophone – Will Gregory (tracks: 3, 5, 11)
Bass – David Finck (tracks: 1 to 8, 11), Jeffry Carney (tracks: 1 to 8, 11), Jim Barr (tracks: 1 to 11), John Miller (tracks: 1 to 8, 11)
Cello – Carol Paisner (tracks: 1 to 8, 11), Jesse Levy (tracks: 1 to 8, 11), Stephanie Cummins (tracks: 1 to 8, 11), Susie Katayama (tracks: 1 to 8, 11)
Conductor – Nick Ingham (tracks: 1 to 8, 11)
Design – Sarah Sherley-Price
Drums – Clive Deamer (tracks: 2 to 5, 7 to 11), Geoff Barrow (tracks: 6)
Engineer – Ian Huffam (tracks: 1 to 8, 11), John Neilson (tracks: 9), Rik Simpson, Oystein Halvorsen (tracks: 10)
Engineer [Assistant] – Paul Read (tracks: 9, 10)
Engineer [Live Sound] – Keith Grant
Flugelhorn – Andy Hague (tracks: 5), Dave Ford (tracks: 5)
Guitar – Adrian Utley (tracks: 2 to 11)
Keyboards – John Baggott (tracks: 1 to 11)
Leader [Orchestra Manager] – Jesse Levy
Mixed By – Rik Simpson (tracks: 9)
Oboe – Will Gregory (tracks: 1)
Orchestrated By – Adrian Utley, Nick Ingham
Percussion – Clive Deamer (tracks: 6)
Producer – Adrian Utley (tracks: 9, 10), Geoff Barrow (tracks: 9, 10), Portishead (tracks: 1 to 8, 11)
Recorded By – Dave Hewitt, Phil Gitomer, Sean McClintock
Synthesizer [Moog] – Adrian Utley (tracks: 1)
Trombone – John Cornick (tracks: 1, 3, 5, 11)
Trumpet – Andy Hague (tracks: 1, 2, 6, 11), Dave Ford (tracks: 1, 3, 11)
Turntables [Decks] – DJ Andy Smith (tracks: 6), Geoff Barrow (tracks: 1 to 5, 7 to 11)
Viola – Alfred Brown (tracks: 1 to 8, 11), Harold Colette (tracks: 1 to 8, 11), Olivia Koppell (tracks: 1 to 8, 11), Susan Follari (tracks: 1 to 8, 11)
Violin – Andrew Stein (tracks: 1 to 8, 11), Ashley Horne (tracks: 1 to 8, 11), Belinda Whitney-Barratt (tracks: 1 to 8, 11), Byung Kwak (tracks: 1 to 8, 11), Carmel Malin (tracks: 1 to 8, 11), Carol Pool (tracks: 1 to 8, 11), Natalie Cummins (tracks: 1 to 8, 11), Israel Chorberg (tracks: 1 to 8, 11), Joanna Jenner (tracks: 1 to 8, 11), Joel Pitchon (tracks: 1 to 8, 11), Joyce Hammann (tracks: 1 to 8, 11), Katsuko Esaki (tracks: 1 to 8, 11), Lenard Rivlin (tracks: 1 to 8, 11), Pamela Porta (tracks: 1 to 8, 11), Regis Iandiaro (tracks: 1 to 8, 11), Richard Clark (tracks: 1 to 8, 11), Anthony Posk (tracks: 1 to 8, 11)
Vocals – Beth Gibbons (tracks: 1 to 11)
Written-By – Utley (tracks: 1, 3 to 11), Gibbons (tracks: 1 to 11), Stewart (tracks: 5), Barrow (tracks: 1 to 11), Hayes (tracks: 8), Byrd (tracks: 6), Thorne (tracks: 5), Schifrin (tracks: 9), Hardson (tracks: 5), Shorter (tracks: 11)
Bass – Jim Barr
Bass [Orchestra] – David Finck (tracks: A1 to C1, D2), Jeffry Carney (tracks: A1 to C1, D2), John Miller (tracks: A1 to C1, D2)
Cello – Carol Paisner (tracks: A1 to C1, D2), Jesse Levy (tracks: A1 to C1, D2), Stephanie Cummins (tracks: A1 to C1, D2), Susie Katayama (tracks: A1 to C1, D2)
Conductor – Nick Ingman (tracks: A1 to C1, D2)
Design – Sarah Sherley-Price
Drums – Clive Deamer (tracks: A1 to B2, B4 to D2)
Engineer – Ian Huffam (tracks: A1 to C1, D2), Rik Simpson (tracks: A1 to C1, D2)
Engineer [Live Sound] – Keith Grant
Guitar – Adrian Utley (tracks: A2 to D2)
Keyboards – John Baggott
Lacquer Cut By – MILES
Leader [Orchestra Manager] – Jesse Levy
Music Director [Musical Director] – Adrian Utley, Geoff Barrow
Orchestrated By – Adrian Utley, Nick Ingman
Producer – Portishead (tracks: A1 to C1, D2)
Recorded By – Dave Hewitt, Phil Gitomer, Sean McClintock
Turntables [Decks] – Geoff Barrow
Viola – Alfred Brown (tracks: A1 to C1, D2), Harold Colette (tracks: A1 to C1, D2), Olivia Koppell (tracks: A1 to C1, D2), Susan Follari (tracks: A1 to C1, D2)
Violin – Andrew Stein (tracks: A1 to C1, D2), Ashley Horne (tracks: A1 to C1, D2), Belinda Whitney-Barratt (tracks: A1 to C1, D2), Byung Kwak (tracks: A1 to C1, D2), Carmel Malin (tracks: A1 to C1, D2), Carol Pool, Natalie Cummins, Israel Chorberg, Joanna Jenner, Joel Pitchon, Joyce Hammann, Katsuko Esaki, Lenard Rivlin, Pamela Porta, Regis Iandiaro, Richard Clark , Anthony Posk
Vocals – Beth Gibbons
Written-By – Utley (tracks: A1, A3 to D2), Gibbons, Barrow
Notes
UK vinyl repress on heavyweight vinyl. Includes a double fold-out large poster with generic white coloured inner sleeves.
Ⓜ MILES & FSV at runoffs indicates; Metropolis Mastering by Miles Showell and pressed at FSV [all uncredited].
All tracks recorded live at the Roseland Ballroom, New York City 24th July 1997. Except track C2 recorded live at the Warfield, San Francisco 1st April 1998; track D1 recorded live at the Quart Festival, Kristiansand 3rd July 1998.
A1 to B1, B4, D1: Chrysalis Music Ltd. B2, B3: Chrysalis Music Ltd/EMI Music Publishing C1: Chrysalis Music Ltd/Rondor Music Ltd C2: Chrysalis Music Ltd/Warner Chappel Music D2: Chrysalis Music Ltd/MCA Music