Arranged By – Sade (tracks: B8 to D13, D15, D16)
Bass – Paul S Denman*
Co-producer – Mike Pela (tracks: B8 to D13, D15, D16)
Design – Peter Brawne
Drums – Martin Ditcham (tracks: B8 to C10, D13), Paul Cooke (tracks: A1 to A3)
Drums, Percussion – Dave Early (tracks: A1 to B7)
Engineer – Mike Pela (tracks: A1 to D13, D15, D16)
Engineer [Assistant] – Adrian Moore (3) (tracks: C11 to D13, D15, D16), Alain Lubrano (tracks: B8 to C10), Frank Segarra* (tracks: B8 to C10), Jean Christoph Vareille* (tracks: B8 to C10), Marc Williams (3) (tracks: C11 to D13, D15, D16), Melanie West (tracks: B8 to C10), Olivier de Bosson (tracks: B8 to C10), Pete Brown (3) (tracks: A1 to B7), Phil Legg (tracks: A4 to B7), Sandro Franchin (tracks: C11 to D13, D15, D16), Simon Driscoll (tracks: A1 to B7), Vince McCartney (tracks: B8 to C10)
Engineer, Co-producer – Ben Rogan (tracks: B8 to C10)
Guitar, Saxophone – Stuart Matthewman
Keyboards – Andrew Hale
Management – Roger Davies
Mastered By – Ian Cooper
Orchestra, Leader – Gavin Wright* (tracks: C11 to D13, D15, D16)
Percussion – Martin Ditcham (tracks: A1 to C11, D13)
Photography By [Andrew/Stuart/Paul] – Jo Strettel
Photography By [Sade Adu] – Albert Watson
Producer – Robin Millar (tracks: A1 to B6), Sade (tracks: B7 to D16)
Trombone – Pete Beachill (tracks: A4 to B7)
Trumpet – Gordon Matthewman (tracks: A1 to A3), Terry Bailey (tracks: A1 to B7)
Vocals – Leroy Osbourne (tracks: B7 to D13, D15, D16), Sade Adu