Track listing

The Verve Pipe

• Brian Vander Ark – lead vocals, acoustic guitar
  Acoustic guitar
  An acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only an acoustic sound board. The air in this cavity resonates with the vibrational modes of the string and at low frequencies, which depend on the size of the box, the chamber acts like a Helmholtz resonator, increasing or decreasing the volume of the sound...
  
   on tracks 3-6, 8 and 9; classical guitar
  Classical guitar
  The classical guitar is a 6-stringed plucked string instrument from the family of instruments called chordophones...
  
   on "Go to Sleep Now"
• Donny Brown – drums
  Drum kit
  A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
  
  , background vocals, percussion, synthesizer
  Synthesizer
  A synthesizer is an electronic instrument capable of producing sounds by generating electrical signals of different frequencies. These electrical signals are played through a loudspeaker or set of headphones...
  
  ; keyboards on "When One Became Two" and "Only One of You"
• John Connors – bass
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  
• Lou Musa – electric guitar
  Electric guitar
  An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
  
   on "Wake Up", "Cereal", "Only One of You" and "Suppertime!"; background vocals on "Wake Up"
• Craig Griffith – harmonica
  Harmonica
  The harmonica, also called harp, French harp, blues harp, and mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used primarily in blues and American folk music, jazz, country, and rock and roll. It is played by blowing air into it or drawing air out by placing lips over individual holes or multiple holes...
  
   on "Be Part of the Band" and "Suppertime!"; background vocals on "Suppertime!"

Additional Musicians

• Keith Axtell – rhythm guitar
  Rhythm guitar
  Rhythm guitar is a technique and rôle that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with singers or other instruments; and to provide all or part of the harmony, ie. the chords, where a chord is a group of notes played together...
  
   and licks
  Lick (music)
  In popular music genres such as rock or jazz music, a lick is "a stock pattern or phrase" consisting of a short series of notes that is used in solos and melodic lines...
  
   on "Only One of You"
• Mark Byerly – trumpet
  Trumpet
  The trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...
  
   and background vocals on "We Had to Go Home"
• Gary Clavette – clarinet
  Clarinet
  The clarinet is a musical instrument of woodwind type. The name derives from adding the suffix -et to the Italian word clarino , as the first clarinets had a strident tone similar to that of a trumpet. The instrument has an approximately cylindrical bore, and uses a single reed...
  
   on "We Had to Go Home"; saxophone
  Saxophone
  The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
  
   on "Cereal"
• Ben Keeler – opening electric guitar on "Be Part of the Band"
• Nathanael Koenig – cowbell on "Wake Up"
• Stephanie, Gabrielle & Brooke Krieger, Susan & Elizabeth Rohn – cheerleaders on "Wake Up" and "Be Part of the Band"
• Mark Miller – acoustic guitar on "Wake Up"; electric guitar on "Complimentary Love" and "Worrisome One"
• Motor City Horns (Mark Byerly, trumpet; John Rutherford, trombone; Keith Kaminski, alto
  Alto saxophone
  The alto saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments invented by Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in 1841. It is smaller than the tenor but larger than the soprano, and is the type most used in classical compositions...
  
   and tenor
  Tenor saxophone
  The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor, with the alto, are the two most common types of saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B, and written as a transposing instrument in the treble...
  
   sax) – horns on "Complimentary Love"
• Paul Mundo – trombone
  Trombone
  The trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. Like all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player’s vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate...
  
   on "We Had to Go Home" and "Only One of You"

• Steve Pinckney – electric guitar on "Go to Sleep Now"
• Andy Reed – acoustic and electric guitar on "Be Part of the Band"; ethereal keys and samples
  Sampling (music)
  In music, sampling is the act of taking a portion, or sample, of one sound recording and reusing it as an instrument or a different sound recording of a song or piece. Sampling was originally developed by experimental musicians working with musique concrète and electroacoustic music, who physically...
  
   on "Go to Sleep Now"
• Kay Rinker-O'Neil – flute
  Flute
  The flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening...
  
   on "When One Became Two"; opera
  Opera
  Opera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text and musical score, usually in a theatrical setting. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance...
  
   voice on "Cereal"
• Emily Rust – "Come and Get It!!" on "Suppertime!"
• Randy Sly – keyboards on "Complimentary Love" and "Be Part of the Band"; organ on "When One Became Two", "Cereal" and "Worrisome One"; piano
  Piano
  The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
  
   and electric piano
  Electric piano
  An electric piano is an electric musical instrument.Electric pianos produce sounds mechanically and the sounds are turned into electrical signals by pickups. Unlike a synthesizer, the electric piano is not an electronic instrument, but electro-mechanical. The earliest electric pianos were invented...
  
   on "Only One of You"
• Tracy Sonneborn – french horn on "Go to Sleep Now"
• Scott VanDell – electric guitar on "We Had to Go Home" and "Be Part of the Band"
• Cathy Waldron – bassoon
  Bassoon
  The bassoon is a woodwind instrument in the double reed family that typically plays music written in the bass and tenor registers, and occasionally higher. Appearing in its modern form in the 19th century, the bassoon figures prominently in orchestral, concert band and chamber music literature...
  
   on "When One Became Two"

Additional Production

• Engineered by Geoff Michael, Chris DuRoss and Donny Brown
• Additional Engineering:
  • Mark Miller at Harvest Music and Sound
  • Andy Reed at Reed Recording Co.
  • Mark Byerly at Longview Sound
  • Al McAvoy
• Additional Editing by Ryan Wert and Jon Frazer

• Mixed
  Audio mixing (recorded music)
  In audio recording, audio mixing is the process by which multiple recorded sounds are combined into one or more channels, most commonly two-channel stereo. In the process, the source signals' level, frequency content, dynamics, and panoramic position are manipulated and effects such as reverb may...
  
   by John Holbrook at The Den, Kinderhook, NY
• Mastered
  Audio mastering
  Mastering, a form of audio post-production, is the process of preparing and transferring recorded audio from a source containing the final mix to a data storage device ; the source from which all copies will be produced...
  
   by Glenn Brown at GBP Studios, East Lansing, MI
• Julie Magsig – horn arrangement for "We Had to Go Home" and "Complimentary Love"
• Management: Doug Buttleman at Artist In Mind
• Administration: Mara Wish Buttleman
• Booking: Adam Bauer at Fleming Artists
• Art Direction and Design: Kate Cosgrove www.katecosgrove.com