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, C14, C15), 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, C14, C16), 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 (C15), guitar (3, 9, 10, 12, 13), electric guitar (1), acoustic guitar (1, 4, 8), rhythm guitar (8, C15), slide guitar (C15), bass (6), percussion (6), tambourine (9), synth (C15)
Chris Whitten: drums (1, 3, 4, 7-9, 10, C15), 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 (C15)
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 (C14, C15), 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 (C14)
Charlie Morgan: drums (C14)
Neil Jason: bass (C16)
David Brown: guitar (C16)
Liberty DeVitto: drums (C16)
David Lebot: synth (C16)
Chris Hughes: computer programming (12), drum programming (12)
Eddie Klein: additional computer programming (13)

(A14-A22) performed by McCartney/Costello
 

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, C15, A14-A22), 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 (C14, C16)
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 (C14), Emerick/Matt Butler (C15), Steve Rinkoff/Dave O'Donnell (C16)
Assistant engineer: Heff Moraes (2, 11, 13), Butler (4), Lance Phillips (6), Klein (7), Richard Moakes (9, 10)
Recorded by Klein (A14-A22)
Mixed by Dorfsman (4, 8)
Mastered by Bob Ludwig/Dorfsman [The Paul McCartney Collection version], Alex Wharton (A14-A22)
Remastered by Wharton/Sam Okell [Paul McCartney Archive Collection]
Audio restoration by Simon Gibson [Paul McCartney Archive Collection]
Executive producer [Paul McCartney Archive Collection]: McCartney

Tracks:
1. My Brave Face [McCartney/MacManus] (3:16 Collection; 3:20 Archive)
2. Rough Ride [McCartney] (4:43 Collection; 4:45 Archive)
3. You Want Her Too [McCartney/MacManus] (3:13 Collection; 3:14 Archive)
4. Distractions [McCartney] (4:38 Collection; 4:42 Archive)
5. We Got Married [McCartney] (4:55 Collection; 4:58 Archive)
6. Put It There [McCartney] (2:09 Collection; 2:12 Archive)
7. Figure of Eight (Part 1) [McCartney] (3:23 Collection; 3:27 Archive), just called Figure of Eight on the Archive Collection
8. This One [McCartney] (4:10 Collection; 4:12 Archive)
9. Don't be Careless Love [McCartney/MacManus] (3:17 Collection; 3:21 Archive)
10. That Day is Done [McCartney/MacManus] (4:18 Collection; 4:22 Archive)
11. How Many People [McCartney] (4:14 Collection; 4:16 Archive)
12. Motor of Love [McCartney] (6:18 Collection; 6:27 Archive)
13. Ou est le Soleil [McCartney] (4:46)

Bonus tracks [The Paul McCartney Collection version]:
C14. Back on My Feet [McCartney/MacManus] (4:21)
C15. Flying to My Home [McCartney] (4:13)
C16. Loveliest Thing [McCartney] (3:58)

CD2: Original demos [Paul McCartney Archive Collection]:
A14. The Lovers That Never Were [McCartney/MacManus] (3:58)
A15. Tommy's Coming Home [McCartney/MacManus] (4:09)
A16. Twenty Fine Fingers [McCartney/MacManus] (2:27)
A17. So Like Candy [McCartney/MacManus] (3:29)
A18. You Want Her Too [McCartney/MacManus] (2:40)
A19. That Day is Done [McCartney/MacManus] (4:16)
A20. Don't be Careless Love [McCartney/MacManus] (3:43)
A21. My Brave Face [McCartney/MacManus] (2:40)
A22. Playboy to a Man [McCartney/MacManus] (2:58)

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 the later Collection version came with three bonus tracks, although none involve Horn. Above gives details for the 2CD Archive Collection release too, while a 4-disc deluxe edition added a third CD with 1988 demos of the same material on CD2. It also comes with further digital downloads covering b-sides (i.e. the three bonus tracks on the Collection release), remixes, single edits and additional demos. Disc 4 is a DVD with all the music videos from the album (2 versions of "My Brave Face", 2 versions of "This One", "Figure of Eight", "Party Party", "Ou est le Soleil?", "Put It There", "Distractions", "We Got Married"), three new short films with unseen archive material about the making of the album ("Paul and Elvis", "Buds in the Studio", "The Making of 'This One'"), and the 1989 documentary "Put It There" about the making of the album, with footage from McCartney's 1989 tour. It also comes with an extensive book.

(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, 15 Jul 17)