bass Taylor Hawkins – drums, backing vocals on "Erase/Replace", "Cheer Up, Boys (Your Make Up Is Running)", "The Pretender" and "But, Honestly", piano on "Summer's End" Chris Shiflett – lead guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocals on "Cheer Up, Boys (Your Make Up Is Running)" and "Long Road to Ruin" Additional musicians Drew Hester – percussion on "Come Alive", "Let It Die", "Cheer Up, Boys (Your Make Up Is Running)", "Long Road to Ruin" and "Summer's End" Rami Jaffee – keyboards on "Let It Die", "Erase/Replace", "Long Road to Ruin", "Come Alive" and "But, Honestly", accordion on "Statues" Brantley Kearns Jr. – fiddle on "Statues" Kaki King – acoustic guitar on "Ballad of the Beaconsfield Miners" Pat Smear – rhythm guitar on "Let It Die" Strings on "The Pretender", "Statues", "Home" and "Come Alive" by The Section Quartet (arranged and conducted by Audrey Riley) Oliver Allgood – lute on "Long Road to Ruin" Production Gil Norton – production Adrian Bushby – engineering Jake Davies – Pro Tools engineering John Lousteau – engineering assistance Rich Costey – mixing Claudius Mittendorfer – mixing assistance Brian Gardner – mastering Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts Certifications References External links 2007 albums Foo Fighters albums Albums produced by Gil Norton Brit Award for International Album Grammy Award for Best Rock Album RCA Records albums