The Innocent Age

Track listing

Personnel

• Dan Fogelberg – lead and backing vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, electric and acoustic pianos, Prophet 5, ARP String Ensemble, bass guitar, percussion, coral electric sitar on "Nexus", Moog synthesizer on "In the Passage", bowed psaltery on "Aireshire Lament", hammer dulcimer on "Ghosts", orchestral arrangements
• Don Alias – percussion on "Nexus"
• Michael Brecker – soprano saxophone on "Same Old Lang Syne", tenor saxophone on "The Lion's Share"
• Michael Brewer – harmony vocals on "The Reach"
• David Duke – French horn on "The Reach"
• Jesse Erlich – cello on "The Sand and the Foam"
• Jimmie Fadden – harmonica on "Run for the Roses"
• Mike Finnigan – organ
• Glenn Frey – harmony vocals on "Hard to Say"
• Richie Furay – harmony vocals on "The Innocent Age"
• Mark Gottesman – choir direction on "Ghosts"
• Emmylou Harris – lead vocal on "Only the Heart May Know"
• Heart of Darkness Chorale – chants on "Nexus"
• Don Henley – harmony vocals on "The Lion's Share"
• Jerry Hey – piccolo trumpet on "The Reach"
• Chris Hillman – harmony vocals on "Empty Cages"
• Russ Kunkel – drums, congas and timbales on "Hard to Say", percussion on "In the Passage" and "Empty Cages"
• Joe Lala – congas and timbales on "Empty Cages"
• Gayle Levant – harp on "The Sand and the Foam" and "Aireshire Lament"
• Marty Lewis – percussion on "Stolen Moments" and "Times Like These"
• Joni Mitchell – backing vocals on "Nexus"
• Kenny Passarelli – bass guitar, broken twigs on "The Lion's Share"
• Al Perkins – pedal steel guitar
• Norbert Putnam – bass
• Tom Scott – tenor saxophone on "Hard to Say"
• Glen Spreen – orchestral arrangements, brass quintet arrangement on "Leader of the Band/Washington Post March"
• Sid Sharp – concertmaster
• Michael Utley – acoustic piano on "The Reach" and "Empty Cages", electric piano on "Hard to Say"
• UCLA Band – Marching band on "Leader of the Band/Washington Post March"
• UCLA Choir – choir on "Ghosts"

  Production

• Producers – Dan Fogelberg and Marty Lewis
• Engineer – Marty Lewis
• Recorded at Northstar Studios ; Caribou Ranch ; Rudy Records and Wally Heider Studios ; Sunset Sound ; Record Plant.
• Mixed at Sunset Sound
• Cover Design – Kosh
• Cover Photography – Dan Fogelberg and Andy Katz
• Liner Photography – Andy Katz
• Liner Notes – David Awells
• Text – Thomas Wolfe

  Charts

Album

Singles