Metropolis Studios, London (25 September to 4 November 2000) - session 1

• Producer: Scott Walker
• Co-producer and engineer: Peter Walsh
• Assistant engineer: Matt Lawrence

Songs recorded:

• Bad Cover Version (1)
• Weeds (2)
• Sunrise (3)
• Wickerman (4)

Line-up:

• Jarvis Cocker: vocals, guitars (including Gibson J-45 Acoustic, Ovation 12-String, Jerry Jones Baritone, Vox Marauder, Rosetti III), keyboards (including Roland SH-09, Hohner Clavioline, Omnichord), banjo
• Candida Doyle: keyboards (including Esoniq ASR-10, Korg Delta II, Novatron, Roland SH-09, Minimoog, Roland Vocoder Plus VP-30)
• Steve Mackey: Musicman and Fender basses; Akai samplers and drum machines
• Mark Webber: guitars (inlcuding Gretsch Viking, Gibson ES345, Gibson Les Paul Custom, Gibson Firebird, Yamaha acoustic, Fender Stratocaster), keyboards (including Fender Rhodes 73 electric piano)

with

• Julian Poole: percussion on (1) and (3)
• Beverley Skeet, Sylvia James and Claudia Fontaine: backing vocals on (1)
• Alasdair Malloy: percussion on (2), glass harmonica on (4)
• Richard Hawley: Lap steel on (2) and (3)
• The Swingle Singers: backing vocals on (2) and (4)

Additional engineering on (3) by Clive Goddard

Air Lyndhurst Studios, London (circa 23 October 2000) - string session

• Recorded by: Geoff Foster

• Leader: Gavyn Wright
• Orchestral contractor: Isobel Griffiths

Strings recorded for:

• Weeds (1)
• Wickerman (2)
• Bad Cover Version (3)

Strings on (1) arranged by Brian Gascoigne and Candida Doyle
Strings on (2) and (3) arranged by Scott Walker, Brian Gascoigne and Candida Doyle

Angel Studios (circa October / November 2000) - choir session

• Recorded by: Steve Price
• Arranged by: Brian Gascoigne

Choir recorded for:

• Sunrise

Metropolis Studios, London (circa December 2000 to January 2001) - session 2

• Producer: Scott Walker
• Co-producer and engineer: Peter Walsh
• Assistant engineer: Matt Lawrence

Songs recorded:

• I Love Life (1)
• Bob Lind (2)
• The Birds in Your Garden (3)
• The Night that Minnie Timperley Died (4)

Line-up:

with

• Scott Walker: baritone guitar on (1), arrangement for 10 double basses on (1) and (2)
• Richard Hawley: 12-string guitar on (2)
• Andy Findon: ocarinas and flutes on (3)
• Casper Cronk: musical saw on (3)
• Danny Cummings: percussion on (4)

Virtual birdsong on (3) generated at the Institute of Sound and Vibration Resarch, Southampton University, by Timos Papadopoulos, under the supervision of Professor Phil Nelson

Metropolis Studios, London (February to late March 2001) - session 3

• Producer: Scott Walker
• Co-producer and engineer: Peter Walsh
• Assistant engineer: Matt Lawrence

Songs recorded:

• The Trees (1)
• Weeds II (the origin of the species) (2)
• Roadkill (3)

Line-up:

with

• Scott Walker: additional keyboards and tree effects on (1)
• Howie B: programming on (2)
• Jeremy Shaw: keyboards on (2)
• Louis Jardin: percussion on (2)
• The Swingle Singers: backing vocals on (2)
• Philip Sheppard: five-string electric cello on (3)

(1) contains a sample from Tell Her You Love Her, written by Stanley Myers and Hal Shaper, taken from the soundtrack to the film Otley.