All music produced and arranged by Philippe Delettrez and Sirima

Mixed by: James Farber, Claude Grillis and Claude Ermelin

Engineer: Claude Grillis and Claude Ermelin

Additional engineering: Philippe Valdès and Petros Drossos

Engineering assistants: Petros Drossos, Philippe Valdès and Philippe Bouasse

Recorded and mixed at Studio Davout in February, March, April, July 1989

(special thanks to Olivier and Ricardo)

 "A part of me" recorded live at Studio Davout on the third of September 1989

Mastered by Christian Orsini (Translab)

Drums: Manu Katché

Electric bass: Pino Palladino and Serge Sallibur

Double Bass: Jean-Paul Celea

Percussions: Yves Sana and Marc Chantereau

Piano: Jean-Yves d'Angelo, Maurice Vander, Raoul Duflot-Verrez, Véronique Fiszman

Additional piano: Sirima and Philippe Delettrez

Keyboards: Jean-Yves d'Angelo

Guitar: Sirima

Additional guitar: Kahatra Sasorith

EWI: Bruno Ribera

Vibraphone: Gilles Perrin

Harmonica: Jean-Jacques Milteau

Flute: Bruno Ribera

Saxophone solos: Michel Gaucher

Drum programming: Jean-François Delettrez

Brass section:

Trumpets: Antoine Russo and Kako Bessot

Saxophones: Michel Gaucher and Pierre Holassian

Trombones: Jacques Bolognesi and Alex Perdigon

Brass orchestration: Ivan Jullien

String arrangement concept by Sirima and Philippe Delettrez - arranged by Ivan Jullien

Performed by L'Orchestre Symphonique d'Europe

(special thanks to Eric Walter and Laurent Kupferman)

Conducted by Olivier Holt:

Violins:

Paul Amphoux, Kate Browning, Venzeslava Choikova, Evelyne Corbin, Carlos Cuesta-Lop, Laurence Desmeau, Christina Georgivia, Pewka Korfalevia, Isabelle Martin, Helena Mondesir, Emmanuelle Moreau, Muriel Raynaud, Elsa Szabo, Maluko Tanabe, Tvetelina Tomova, Plamev Valkof, Katia Vassilieva, Sylvie Raude

Alto :

Laurence Labesse, Philippe Laugier, Sylvia Penova, Metodi Poumpalov, Petia Somerdjieva, Caroline Simonot, Emmanuel Kirklar, Barbara Meier

Cello:

Aude Brasseur, Marielle Laport, Philippe Nativelle, Anne Toscer, Irène Clément, Philippe Guille

Double Bass:

Karl Bauer, Marie-Sophie Laurens, David Jeanchoulès

Flutes:

Pierre-Simon Chevry, Jean-Philippe Grometto

French Horns:

Eric Deschamps, Laurent Pincemin

Oboe:

Frédérique Boivin

Musical Supervision:

Sirima and Philippe Delettrez

All vocal arrangements by Sirima

Backing vocals on "Ticket to the moon", "No reason no rhyme", "His way of loving me": Yvonne Jones, Slim Batteux and Bobby Helms

The crowd on "His way of loving me" included: Surani Barnfather, Alain Karadjian, Kahatra Sasorith, and Philippe Delettrez

Special thanks to Jean-Jacques Goldman for the male voice on "I need to know"

Children voice on "Kym": Morgan Jones, Constance Ambrosini, Amandine Chauveau

Male voice on "Kym": Philippe!! All other vocals by Sirima Demonstration tape: Patrick Defays (thanks for your time and effort) Photographs: Claude Gassian Cover design: Sirima - Artistic work: Christine Lyrics reprinted by permission - all rights reserved Edition: Tchito Music (C) (P) 1989 CBS Disques S.A. CD 465 804-2