Little Creatures (album)

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Little Creatures
Studio album by Talking Heads
Released	July 15, 1985
Recorded	October 1984-March 1985
Genre	New Wave/Art punk
Length	40:25
Label	Sire Records
Producer	Talking Heads Reissue Producer: Andy Zax with Talking Heads
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Robert Christgau (A) link Rolling Stone (Not Rated) link
Talking Heads chronology
Stop Making Sense (1983) Little Creatures (1985) True Stories (1986)

Little Creatures is the sixth album by Talking Heads, released in 1985. It was a departure from their previous music, as the album was much more accessible and poppier than their previous works, though it did not abandon the band's traditional oddities. The album examined themes of Americana and incorporated elements of country music, with many songs featuring the steel guitar. It was voted as the best album of the year in The Village Voice Pazz & Jop critics poll.

The cover art was created by outsider artist Howard Finster, and was selected as album cover of the year by Rolling Stone magazine.

In 2005, it was re-released and remastered by Warner Music Group on their Warner Bros./Sire Records/Rhino Records labels in DualDisc format, with three bonus tracks on the CD side (early versions of "Road To Nowhere" and "And She Was" and an extended mix of "Television Man"). The DVD-A side includes both stereo and 5.1 surround high resolution (96 kHz/24bit) mixes, as well as a Dolby Digital version and the videos of "And She Was" and "Road To Nowhere." In Europe, it was released as a CD+DVDA two disc set rather than a single DualDisc.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 2.1 Talking Heads 2.2 Additional musicians 2.3 Recording personnel 3 Chart performance

[edit] Track listing

All songs by David Byrne, except where noted.

1. "And She Was" – 3:36
2. "Give Me Back My Name" – 3:20
3. "Creatures of Love" – 4:12
4. "The Lady Don't Mind" (David Byrne/Chris Frantz/Jerry Harrison/Tina Weymouth) – 4:03
5. "Perfect World" (David Byrne/Chris Frantz) – 4:26
6. "Stay Up Late" – 3:51
7. "Walk It Down" – 4:42
8. "Television Man" – 6:10
9. "Road to Nowhere" – 4:19

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Talking Heads

• David Byrne – guitar, vocals
• Chris Frantz – drums
• Jerry Harrison – keyboards, guitar, background vocals
• Tina Weymouth – bass, backing vocals

[edit] Additional musicians

• Lenny Pickett – saxophones
• Steve Scales – percussion
• Andrew Cader – washboard on "Road to Nowhere"
• Jimmy Macdonell – accordion on "Road to Nowhere"
• Nana Vasconcelos – percussion on "Perfect World"
• Eric Weissberg – steel guitar on "Little Creatures" and "Walk It Down"
• Gordon Grody – backing vocals
• Lani Groves – backing vocals
• Kurt Yahijian – backing vocals
• Ellen Bernfeld – backing vocals on "Perfect World" and "Walk It Down"
• Erin Dickens – backing vocals on "Television Man" and "Road to Nowhere"
• Diva Gray – backing vocals on "Road to Nowhere"

[edit] Recording personnel

• Eric Thorngren – engineer, mixing
• Melanie West – second engineer
• Jack Skinner – mastering

[edit] Chart performance

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1985	Billboard 200	20
1985	UK Albums	10
1985	German Albums	9
1985	Australian Albums	2

Single

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1985	"Road to Nowhere"	UK singles	6
1986	"And She Was"	UK singles	17

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