Musicians:
Paul McCartney: lead vocal (all), harmony vocals (1, 3-12), backing vocals (14), bass (1, 3-5, 7-12), synth (2), guitars (2, 4, 11, 13-15), acoustic guitar (1, 6-9), electric guitar (3, 7, 12), 12 string guitar (3), Mexican guitar (5), rhythm guitar (8), sitar (8), tambourine (1, 3, 7-9, 11), percussion (2, 4-6), tom (5), bongo (13), hand claps (7), finger snaps (9), additional drums (2, 13), celeste (7), keyboards (8), harmonium (8), Mellotron (11), piano (11, 12, 14, 16), violin keyboard (13), wine glasses (8), flugel horn (11), woodsaw (13)
Hamish Stuart: second vocal (8, 11), harmony vocals (1, 3-5, 8-10, 12), backing vocal (15), guitar (3, 9, 10, 12, 13), electric guitar (1), acoustic guitar (1, 4, 8), rhythm guitar (8, 15), slide guitar (15), bass (6), percussion (6), tambourine (9), synth (15)
Chris Whitten: drums (1, 3, 4, 7-9, 10, 15), hi-hat (6), synth drums (11), cymbals (11), tom-toms (13), percussion (3, 4, 6, 8), additional percussion (5), tambourine (10), hand claps (7), harmony vocals (9, 11), backing vocal (15)
Robbie McIntosh: guitar (3), acoustic guitar (1, 5, 8), electric guitar (1, 8, 10)
Mitchell Froom: keyboards (1, 3, 9, 10)
Elvis Costello (a.k.a. Declan MacManus): second vocal (3), harmony vocals (9, 10), keyboards (3, 9)
Steve Lipson: bass (2, 13), guitar (2, 7, 11), keyboards (13), computer programming (2, 7, 11, 13), drum programming (2, 11, 13)
Trevor Horn: keyboards (2, 7, 11), additional keyboards (13), hand claps (7), harmony vocals (11), computer drums (13)
Linda McCartney: harmony vocals (2, 4, 8, 11), backing vocals (14, 15), Mini Moog (7), hand claps (7)
David Rhodes: Ebow guitar (1)
Chris Davis: saxophone (1)
Chris White: saxophone (1)
Dave Bishop: saxophone (1)
Dave Gilmour: guitar (5)
David Foster: keyboards (5)
Dave Mattacks: drums (5)
Guy Barker: trumpet (5)
Peter Henderson: computer programming (6)
Judd Lander: harmonica (8)
Nicky Hopkins: piano (10)
John Taylor: cornet (10)
Tony Goddard: cornet (10)
Ian Peters: euphonium (10)
Ian Harper: tenor horn (10)
Jab Bunny: tongue styley (11)
Greg Hawkes: keyboards (12)
Tim Renwick: guitar (14)
Nick Glennie-Smith: keyboards (14)
Charlie Morgan: drums (14)
Neil Jason: bass (16)
David Brown: guitar (16)
Liberty DeVitto: drums (16)
David Lebot: synth (16)
Chris Hughes: computer programming (12), drum programming (12)
Eddie Klein: additional computer programming (13)
 

Produced by P. McCartney/Froom/Neil Dorfsman (1), Horn/P. McCartney/Lipson (2, 7, 13), P. McCartney/Dorfsman/Froom/Costello (3), P. McCartney (4, 6, 8, 15), P. McCartney/Foster (5), P. McCartney/Costello/Froom (9), P. McCartney/Costello/Dorfsman/Froom (10), P. McCartney/Horn/Lipson (11), Hughes/P. McCartney/Ross Cullum (12), Phil Ramone (14, 16)
Additional production: Dorfsman (5, 6, 9, 11)
Project engineer: Klein
Engineered by Dorfsman (1, 3), Lipson (2, 7, 11, 13), Geoff Emerick/Anne Frager (4), Jon Kelly/Jon Jacobs (5), Henderson/Emerick (6), Emerick (8), Henderson/Tchad Blake (9), Henderson/Dorfsman (10), Cullum (12), Jacobs/Steve Lyon (14), Emerick/Matt Butler (15), Steve Rinkoff/Dave O'Donnell (16)
Assistant engineer: Heff Moraes (2, 11, 13), Butler (4), Lance Phillips (6), Klein (7), Richard Moakes (9, 10)
Mixed by Dorfsman (4, 8)
Mastered by Bob Ludwig/Dorfsman
 

Tracks:
1. My Brave Face [McCartney/MacManus] (3:16)
2. Rough Ride [McCartney] (4:43)
3. You Want Her Too [McCartney/MacManus] (3:13)
4. Distractions [McCartney] (4:38)
5. We Got Married [McCartney] (4:55)
6. Put It There [McCartney] (2:09)
7. Figure of Eight (Part 1) [McCartney] (3:23)
8. This One [McCartney] (4:10)
9. Don't be Careless Love [McCartney/MacManus] (3:17)
10. That Day is Done [McCartney/MacManus] (4:18)
11. How Many People [McCartney] (4:14)
12. Motor of Love [McCartney] (6:18)
13. Ou est le Soleil [McCartney] (4:46)

Bonus tracks:
14. Back on My Feet [McCartney/MacManus] (4:21)
15. Flying to My Home [McCartney] (4:13)
16. Loveliest Thing [McCartney] (3:58)

orchestration: Clare Fischer (4), George Martin/P. McCartney (6); end orchestration: Richard Niles (3)
 

Notes: One of McCartney's better solo albums, Flowers in the Dirt was first re-released in 1989, but this later version came with three bonus tracks, although none involve Horn.

(11) is dedicated to Brazilian rain forest campaigner Chico Mendes. (14) was the Nov 1987 b-side to "Once Upon a Long Ago". (15) was the b-side to (1). (16) was the b-side to (7), but was recorded in 1986. (HP, 6 Apr 03)