US version

Arranged by Paul Buckmaster

Paul Buckmaster

Paul John Buckmaster is a Grammy Award-winning English artist, arranger and composer.He began learning the cello at the age of 4 and graduated from the Royal College of Music at age 16....

, Paul Jacobs

Tracks 1, 2, 7 Re-mixed by Harvey Goldberg, Paul Jacobs, Bob Kulick

Bob Kulick

Bob Kulick is an American guitarist and Grammy Award-winning record producer, best known for his studio work with Kiss. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, and is the older brother of former Kiss lead guitarist Bruce Kulick, whom he suggested Kiss hire....

, Meat Loaf

Track 4 Re-mixed by Josh Abbey, Paul Jacobs, Bob Kulick, Meat Loaf

Track 5 Re-mixed by Tony Taverner, Paul Jacobs, Bob Kulick, Meat Loaf

Track 6 Re-mixed by Mack

Extra Recordings by Simon Sullivan

Personnel

All track numbers based on UK listing. Adjust according to US release as necessary when referring to said list above.

• Meat Loaf — vocals
• Bob Kulick
  Bob Kulick
  Bob Kulick is an American guitarist and Grammy Award-winning record producer, best known for his studio work with Kiss. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, and is the older brother of former Kiss lead guitarist Bruce Kulick, whom he suggested Kiss hire....
  
   — guitars
• Paul Vincent — guitars (tracks 4, 6)
• John Siegler — bass
• Mo Foster
  Mo Foster
  Mo Foster is a British session musician, playing primarily jazz, jazz-fusion and rock bass guitar. He is also a music producer and songwriter/composer. In over 40 years as a musician Foster has played on and produced countless albums, singles, and film soundtracks...
  
   — bass (track 5)
• Paul Jacobs
  Paul Jacobs (musician)
  Paul Ross Jacobs is an American Emmy award winning composer and musician.-Biography:Jacobs was born in New York City. He attended the Juilliard School and as a child, played at Carnegie Hall, on television and for Radio Free Europe. After watching The Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show, he started...
  
   — piano, keyboards, backing vocals
• Steve Rance — Fairlight programming
• Ronnie Asprey — saxophone (track 7)
• Wells Kelly — drums, percussion, backing vocals
• Curt Cress — drums (track 4)
• Frank Ricotti
  Frank Ricotti
  Frank Ricotti is an English jazz vibraphonist and percussionist.Ricotti played in the National Youth Jazz Orchestra while a teenager, then attended Trinity College of Music...
  
   — percussion (tracks 3, 6)
• Roger Daltrey
  Roger Daltrey
  Roger Harry Daltrey, CBE , is an English singer and actor, best known as the founder and lead singer of English rock band The Who. He has maintained a musical career as a solo artist and has also worked in the film industry, acting in a large number of films, theatre and television roles and also...
  
   — additional lead vocals (track 1)
• Clare Torry
  Clare Torry
  Clare Torry is a British singer who famously performed the wordless vocals on Pink Floyd's "The Great Gig in the Sky" on the 1973 album The Dark Side of the Moon.-Education:...
  
   — additional lead vocals (track 2), backing vocals
• Zee Carling — additional lead vocals (track 6)
• Stephanie de Sykes
  Stephanie de Sykes
  Stephanie de Sykes is a British singer, and was once a girlfriend of Angus Deayton.-Biography:She attended Brays Grove School in Harlow, Essex; she returned to the school for a final reunion in June 2008 as guest of honour. She had a hit in 1974 with the Simon May penned "Born With a Smile on My...
  
   — backing vocals

Singles

"Modern Girl" was taken from this album and was the biggest hit. "Piece of the Action", "Sailor to a Siren" is the b side and "Nowhere Fast" were also released singles with extended mixes and exclusive songs: "Take a Number", "Stand by Me

Stand by Me (song)

"Stand by Me" is the title of a song originally performed by Ben E. King and written by King, Jerry Leiber, and Mike Stoller, based on the spiritual "Lord Stand by Me,", plus two lines rooted in Psalms 46:2-3...

" (a Ben E. King

Ben E. King

Benjamin Earl King , better known as Ben E. King, is an American soul singer. He is perhaps best known as the singer and co-composer of "Stand by Me", a U.S...

 cover) and "Clap Your Hands". The latter two songs were recorded during the sessions for the Rocky Horror Picture Show soundtrack.