The Man on the Burning Tightrope

All tracks are written by Tod Ashley, except where noted.

Firewater

• Tod Ashley – vocals, bass guitar, Mellotron, bouzouki, production, design
• Oren Kaplan – guitar
• Tamir Muskat – drums, loops, production, mixing
• Paul Wallfisch – organ, piano, celesta

Additional musicians and production

• Dave Ballou – trumpet, flugelhorn on "Too Many Angels"
• Joe Fiedler – trombone on "The Vegas Strip", "Ponzi's Revenge" and "Don't Make It Stop"
• Victoria Hanna – vocals on "Dark Days Indeed" and "Dark Days Revisited"
• Scott Hull – mastering
• Yuri Lemeshev – accordion on "Dark Days Indeed", "Dark Days Revisited" and "Before the Fall"
• Willy Martinez – percussion on "Too Much (Is Never Enough)", "The Truth Hurts" and "Ponzi's Revenge"
• James Moore – cover art
• Morgan St. Boot Boys – stomping on "Dark Days Indeed"
• The Muskat Orchestra – horns on "Anything at All", strings on "Secret", arrangement on "Secret" and "The Vegas Strip"
• Ramallah Orphan Choir – backing vocals on "Dark Days Indeed"
• Asaf Roth – glockenspiel and cymbal on "Fanfare" and "Before the Fall", marimba on "The Vegas Strip"
• Dan Shatsky – mixing
• Itamar Ziegler – bass guitar on "Too Much (Is Never Enough)" and "Secret"

• The Man On The Burning Tightrope at Discogs (list of releases)