Busy Being Born

Busy Being Born is an album by Gary Lucas, released in 1998 through Tzadik Records. It is an album of children's songs.

Production
"Fleischerei" is a tribute to the soundtracks to Max Fleischer cartoons.

Personnel

 * Musicians
 * Greg Cohen – bass guitar
 * Jonathan Kane – drums
 * Gary Lucas – vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, steel guitar, production
 * Production and additional personnel
 * Larry Fine – vocals on "Adon Olom", "The Mensch in the Moon" and "A Hundred Pounds of Clay"
 * André Grossmann – photography
 * Kenny Hurwitz – vocals on "Adon Olom", "The Mensch in the Moon" and "A Hundred Pounds of Clay"
 * Tim Kalliches – engineering
 * Misako Kano – piano on "Abie the Fishman"
 * Ikue Mori – design
 * Sascha von Oertzen – engineering
 * Kazunori Sugiyama – production
 * Irene Trudel – engineering
 * Allan Tucker – mastering
 * John Zorn – saxophone on "Adon Olom" and "Sandman"