Famous Blue Raincoat: The Songs of Leonard Cohen

Personnel

• Jennifer Warnes – vocals, harmony vocals
• Leonard Cohen – vocals (on "Joan of Arc"), sketches
• Roscoe Beck – bass, fretless bass, synthesizer, guitar
• Larry Brown – tambourine, shakers
• William D. "Smitty" Smith – synthesizer, Hammond organ
• Jorge Calderón – bass
• Lenny Castro – percussion
• Gary Chang – synthesizer, programming, synthesizer arrangements
• Vinnie Colaiuta – drums
• Larry Corbett – cello
• Russell Ferrante – piano, synthesizer
• Richard Feves – bass
• Robben Ford – guitar
• Van Dyke Parks – synthesizer, accordion, arranger
• Michael Landau – guitar
• David Lindley – lap steel guitar
• Fred Tackett – guitar
• Stevie Ray Vaughan – guitar
• Steve Forman – percussion
• Bill Ginn – synthesizer, piano, percussion, arranger, conductor
• Kal David – background vocals
• George Ball – background vocals
• Terry Evans – background vocals
• Willie Green, Jr. – background vocals
• William "Bill" Greene – background vocals
• Bobby King – background vocals
• Arnold McCuller – background vocals
• Joseph Powell – background vocals
• David Lasley – background vocals
• Tim Stone – background vocals
• Greg Prestopino – background vocals
• Sharon Robinson – background vocals
• Reverend Dave Boruff – saxophone
• Paul Ostermayer – tenor saxophone
• Novi Novog – viola
• Suzie Katayama – cello
• Sid Page – violin
• Barbara Porter – violin

Additional personnel

• Engineers – Csaba Petocz, Tim Boyle, Steven Strassman, Paul Brown, Larry Brown, Frank Wolf
• Assistant engineers – Jeff Park, Nyya Lark, Terry Dunavan, Ken Fowler, Dan Reed, Sharon Rice, Garth Richardson, Duane Seykora, Russ Bracher, Joel Stoner
• Mixing – George Massenburg, Larry Brown, Frank Wolf, Billy Youdelman
• Programming – Chuck Barth, Todd Yyega
• Art Direction – Jennifer Warnes, Leslie Wintner
• Reissue design – Patricia Bukur