6 Brian Wright – violin on tracks 1, 6, 11 Nick Barr – viola on tracks 4, 7, 10 Sophia Sirota – viola on tracks 1, 11 Clare Smith – viola on tracks 4, 7, 10 Nick Cooper – cello on tracks 4, 7, 10 Sophie Harris – cello on tracks 4, 7, 10 Matt Sibley – saxophone on tracks 5, 7, 11 Gary Alesbrook – trumpet on tracks 5, 7, 11 Tony Robinson – trumpet, flugel horn and trombone on tracks 5, 7, 11 Beti Rhys – harp on tracks 10, 11 John Telfer – flute on track 10 John Cale – additional piano on track 11 Osian Gwynedd – additional piano on track 1 Kris Jenkins – percussion on tracks 9, 10, 11 Anna Smith – backing vocals on track 1 Paul McCartney – carrot and celery on track 5 Music video directors (DVD) 4k – track 11 Spencer Bewley – track 17 Co-Lab – track 2 Concerko – track 2 D.O.N.A. – track 10 Pete Fowler – track 5 Armand Geddyn – track 12 Barbie Geddyn – track 12 Peter Gray – track 7 Johnny Hardstaff – track 14 Sean Hillen – track 3 Jake & Jim – track 16 Mark James – track 15 Dylan Jones – tracks 4, 8 Mike "Spike" Jonez – track 20 Lazy Eye – track 17 Martin McCartney – track 13 Neil McFarland – track 6 Simon Pike – tracks 2, 5 John Shahnazarian – track 9 Darren Watkins – track 1 Remixers (DVD) Atmos – track 32 Bench – track 21 bravecaptain – track 31 Force Unknown – tracks 23, 24, 36 Goem – track 26 The High Llamas – track 29 Kid606 – track 27 Lesser – track 35 Llwybr Llaethog – track 22 Massimo – track 30 Pieweighter – track 34 Phat Eric – track 34 Super Furry Animals – track 28 Wauvenfold – track 25 Recording personnel Super Furry Animals – production, string arrangements on tracks 1, 4, 7, 10, 11 Sean O'Hagan – string arrangements on tracks 1, 11 Marcus Holdaway – string arrangements on track 1, 11 Sonia Slany – string arrangements on tracks 4, 7, 10 Chris Shaw – production and engineering Eric Tew – engineering Damian Shannon – engineering assistant (Bearsville Studios) Richard Wilkinson – engineering assistant (Metropolis) Stuart Hawkes – mastering Julian Lowe – mastering DVD production Mike Gillespie – production Super