Reception

Personnel

• Aviv Geffen
  Aviv Geffen
  Aviv Geffen is an Israeli rock musician, singer, songwriter, producer, keyboardist and guitarist. He is the son of writer and poet Yehonatan Geffen and Nurit Makover, brother of actress Shira Geffen, and an alumnus of Rimon School of Jazz and Contemporary Music.Geffen was and is extremely popular...
  
   - keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
  A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
  
  , additional guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  s, vocals
  Singing
  Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
  
  
• Steven Wilson
  Steven Wilson
  Steven John Wilson is an English musician, best known as the founder, lead guitarist, singer and songwriter of progressive rock band Porcupine Tree...
  
   - guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  s, additional keyboards, vocals
• Daniel Salomon
  Daniel Salomon
  Daniel Salomon is an Israeli pop rock singer and musician. He was born and raised in Haifa. Salomon has been playing the piano since the age of six and began writing music at age 12. He studied composition and orchestral arrangements with Prof...
  
   - 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...
  
  
• Seffy Efrati
  Seffy Efrati
  Seffy Efrati is an Israeli musician known for being the bassist for Israeli rock star Aviv Geffen. Before then, he joined the Israeli-British art rock band Blackfield with Geffen and Porcupine Tree leader Steven Wilson...
  
   - bass guitar
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  
• Tomer Z
  Tomer Z
  Tomer Zidkyahu is the drummer for the band Blackfield. He joined the band in 2004 after departure of the previous drummer Chris Maitland and is currently still an active member. He also plays in the band Ephrat. He is the brother of Nir Zidkyahu.-References:...
  
   - 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 ....
  
  , percussion

• lead vocals: 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8 - Steven Wilson
• lead vocals: 3 - Aviv Geffen
• lead vocals: 6, 9, 10 - Steven Wilson and Aviv Geffen

• Ofer Meiri - additional keyboards and programming on "1,000 People"
• Harel Ben-Ami - electric and acoustic guitars on "1,000 People"
• Itamar Leshem - french horn on "1,000 People"
• Richard Barbieri
  Richard Barbieri
  Richard Barbieri, is an English synthesiser player, keyboardist and composer. He was educated at Catford Boys' School, Catford, South East London...
  
   - 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...
  
   and stylophone on "Christenings"
• Gavin Harrison
  Gavin Harrison
  Gavin Harrison is a British drummer and percussionist. He is best known for playing with the British progressive rock band Porcupine Tree which he joined in 2002. As of 2008, he also plays with the band King Crimson....
  
   - drums on "Christenings"
• Daniela Pick - backing vocals on "Epidemic"
• Eran Mitelman - electric piano on "My Gift of Silence"
• String arrangements by Aviv Geffen, performed by The Downtown Session Orchestra, under the direction of Daniel Salomon.

• Steven Wilson – producer, mixer
• Reuven Schapira – recording engineer
• Carl Glover – artwork, photography and design
• Robin – band photography

Chart positions

• Billboard
  Billboard (magazine)
  Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
  
  Top Heatseekers
  Top Heatseekers
  Top Heatseekers refers to either of two separate "Breaking and Entering" music charts issued weekly by Billboard Magazine: the Heatseekers Albums chart or the Heatseekers Songs chart. They were introduced by Billboard in 1993 with the purpose of highlighting the sales by new and developing musical...
  
   (Middle Atlantic): #9
• Billboard Top Heatseekers (Northeast): #6
• Billboard Top Heatseekers: #31
• Billboard Top Internet Albums: #25