The Instigator

All songs written by Rhett Miller, unless otherwise noted.

1. "Our Love" – 3:32
2. "This Is What I Do" – 3:10
3. "Come Around" – 3:41
4. "Things That Disappear" (Miller, Jon Brion) – 3:23
5. "World Inside The World" – 3:45
6. "Point Shirley" – 3:09
7. "Four-Eyed Girl" – 2:28
8. "Hover" – 2:50
9. "The El" – 3:09
10. "Your Nervous Heart" – 3:47
11. "I Want To Live" – 3:40
12. "Terrible Vision" – 4:06

Japan-only bonus tracks

13. "Erica the Beautiful"
14. "This Is What I Do (Too)"

Primary Musicians

• Rhett Miller - vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar on "Our Love", "The El"
• Jon Brion - backing vocals, electric guitar, bass, drums, piano, acoustic guitar, dobro on "Point Shirley", upright piano on "Four Eyed Girl", "Hover", B-3 organ on "Four Eyed Girl", vibraphone on "Hover", baritone guitar on "The El", "Your Nervous Heart", "talentmaker" on "World Inside the World"
• Josh Freese - drums
• Lenny Castro - percussion

Additional Musicians

• Robyn Hitchcock - backing vocals, electric guitar on "Point Shirley"
• Jim Keltner - drums on "Point Shirley", "Terrible Vision", percussion on "Terrible Vision"
• David Garza - backing vocals, bass on "Four Eyed Girl", "distorto" guitar on "The El"
• John Doe - backing vocals on "The El"
• Dan McCaroll - drums on "The El"
• Chrissy Guerrero - backing vocals on "Terrible Vision"
• Karen Kilgarriff - backing vocals on "Terrible Vision"