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Track listing

Personnel

*Jeff Beck – guitar, arrangement, producer *

– guitar,

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*Mark John – guitar (track 10) *

– keyboard (except track 9), sound effects, arrangement, production * Jan Hammer – keyboard (track 9), drums (track 9) *Simon Wallace – synthesizer (track 10) * Steve Alexander – drums (except tracks 2, 9, 10) *

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– drums (track 2), percussion (track 2) *Randy Hope-Taylor – bass (except track 2) *

Pino Palladino Giuseppe Henry "Pino" Palladino (born 17 October 1957) is a Welsh musician, songwriter, and record producer. A prolific session bassist, he has played bass for acts such as The Who, the John Mayer Trio, Nine Inch Nails, Gary Numan, Jeff Beck ...

– bass (track 2) *Bob Loveday – violin (track 10) *Clive Bell – flute (track 10) Technical *

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(track 1), production assistance (track 10) *

Chris Sheldon Chris Sheldon (born 25 September 1962) is an English record producer, particularly of rock music based in London, England. He has produced or mixed records for the Foo Fighters, Garbage, Big Country, Feeder, Therapy?, Biffy Clyro, Oceansize, Pix ...

– mixing * Bob Ludwig – mastering *Danny Clinch – cover photography

Chart performance

References

External links

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