- Lou Reed: Guitar, continuum, vocals, composer (music), lyricist, producer
- Metallica: Composer (music), producer
- James Hetfield: Guitar, vocals
- Lars Ulrich: Drums
- Kirk Hammett: Guitar
- Robert Trujillo: Bass

Additional Musicians:
- Sarth Calhoun: Electronics
- Jenny Scheinman: Violin, viola, string arrangements
- Megan Gould: Violin
- Ron Lawrence: Viola
- Marika Hughes: Cello
- Ulrich Maas: Cello (2.1, 2.2)
- Rob Wasserman: Stand up electric bass (2.4)
- Jessica Troy: Viola (2.4)

- Hal Willner: Producer
- Greg Fidelman: Recording, mixing, producer
- Mike Gillies: Recording
- Jim Monti: Aditional engineering
- Dan Monti: Aditional engineering
- Sara Lyn Killion: Aditional engineering
- Kent Matcke: Aditional engineering
- HQ (San Rafael, CA): Recording studio
- Geoff Neal: Assistant mixing
- Sunset Sound: Mixing studio
- Lindsay Chase: Mix coordination
- Vlado Meller: Mastering
- Masterdisk: Mastering studio

- Anton Corbijn: Photography
- Stan Musilek: Photography

All songs on this album are based on songs originally written by Lou Reed for the play Lulu