Bruce Springsteen - Lead Guitar, Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Baritone Guitar, Harmonica
Roy Bittan - Keyboards, Piano, Mellotron, Kurzweil, Pump Organ, Korg M1, Crumar
Clarence Clemons - Saxophone, Background Vocals
Danny Federici - B3 Organ, Vox Continental, Farfisa
Nils Lofgren - Electric Guitar, Dobro, Slide Guitar, Banjo, Background Vocals
Patti Scialfa - Vocals
Garry Tallent - Bass
Steven Van Zandt - Electric Guitar, Background Vocals, Mandolin
Max Weinberg - Drums

Additional Musicians:
Soozie Tyrell - Violin on "Worlds Apart"; Violin, Background vocals on "Lonesome Day," "Into The Fire," "Waitin' On A Sunny Day," "Let's Be Friends (Skin To Skin)," "The Fuse," "Mary's Place," "You're Missing," "The Rising," "My City Of Ruins"
Brendan O'Brien - Hurdy Gurdy, Glockenspiel on "Into The Fire"; Glockenspiel, Orchestra Bells on "Waitin' On A Sunny Day"; Hurdy Gurdy on "Empty Sky"
Larry Lemaster - Cello on "Lonesome Day," "You're Missing"
Jere Flint - Cello on "Lonesome Day," "You're Missing"
Jane Scarpantoni - Cello on "Into The Fire," "Mary's Place," "The Rising," "My City Of Ruins"

Nashville String Machine
Carl Gorodetzky (contractor/concert master)
Pam Sixfin, Lee Larrison, Conni Ellisor, Alan Umstead, Dave Davidson, Mary Kathryn Vanosdale, David Angell - Violins
Kris Wilkinson, Gary Vanosdale, Jim Grosjean, Monisa Angell - Viola
Bob Mason, Carol Rabinowitz, Julie Tanner, Lynn Peithman - Celli

Strings arranged & conducted by Ricky Keller on "Countin' On A Miracle," "You're Missing"

Asif Ali Khan and Group
Asif Ali Khan (Lead singer), Manzoor Hussain Shibli, Sarfraz Hussain, Raza Hussain, Imtiaz Shibli, Shahnawaz Hussain Khan, Bakhat Fayyaz Hussain, Omerdraz Hussain Aftab, Karamat Ali Asad (Harmonium player), Haji Nazir Afridi (Tabla player), Waheed Hussain Mumtaz; Special Vocal Guests on "Worlds Apart"

Alliance Singers
Corinda Carford (also contractor), Tiffeny Andrews, Michelle Moore (choir solo), Antionette Moore, Antonio Lawrence, Jesse Moorer; Choir on "Let's Be Friends (Skin To Skin)," "Mary's Place"

Horn Section on "Mary's Place"
Mark Pender - Trumpet; Mike Spengler - Trumpet; Rich Rosenberg - Trombone; Jerry Vivino - Tenor sax; Ed Manion - Baritone sax

Produced and Mixed by Brendan O'Brien
Recorded by Nick Didia
Second Engineer: Karl Egsieker (except where noted)
Additional Engineering by Billy Bowers

Recorded and Mixed at Southern Tracks Recording, Atlanta, GA

Additional Recording and original track on "Let's Be Friends (Skin To Skin)" by Toby Scott at Thrill Hill Studios, New Jersey
"Worlds Apart" & "My City Of Ruins" Mixed at Silent Sound studios, Atlanta, GA
Strings Recorded for "Countin' On A Miracle" at The Sound Kitchen Recording Studios, Franklin, TN; Second Engineer; Melissa Mattey

Chuck Plotkin Recorded Asif Ali Khan and Group on "Worlds Apart" at Hensen Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA; Engineered by Dave Reed; Second Engineer: Bryan Humphrey

Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering and DVD, Portland, ME; Digital Editing by Laurie Flannery

Art Direction: Chris Austopchuk and Dave Bett
Design: Dave Bett and Michelle Holme
Photography: Danny Clinch