R.E.M.
Michael Stipe - lead vocals
Peter Buck - guitars
Mike Mills - bass, backing vocals
Bill Berry - drums, backing vocals

with session players:
Lonnie Ottzen, Denise Berginson-Smith, Jody Taylor, Sou-Chun Su,
Sandy Salzinger, Patti Gouvas - violins
Paul Murphy (leader), Reid Harris, Heidi Nitchie - violas
Elizabeth Proctor Murphy, Kathleen Kee, Daniel Laufer - cellos
Deborah Workman - oboe
George Hanson - conductor

and additional musicians:
Knox Chandler - cello on "Monty Got A Raw Deal" and "Sweetness Follows"
Scott Litt - harmonica and clavinet on "Ignoreland"
John Paul Jones - orchestral arrangements for "Drive", "Everybody Hurts",
"The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite", and "Nightswimming"