Little Creatures (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Little Creatures
Type = Studio album
Artist = Talking Heads


Released = July 15, 1985
Recorded = October 1984–March 1985 at Sigma Sound, New York
Genre = New Wave/Art punk
Length = 38:38
Label = Sire Records
Producer = Talking Heads
Reviews = * Allmusic rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:9hpsa9cgb23s link]
*Robert Christgau (A) [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=talking+heads link]
*"Rolling Stone" (Not Rated) [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/talkingheads/albums/album/147715/review/5944019/little_creatures link]
Last album = "Stop Making Sense"
(1983)
This album = "Little Creatures"
(1985)
Next album = "True Stories"
(1986)

"Little Creatures" is the sixth album by Talking Heads, released in 1985. 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-Audio 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. The reissue was produced by Andy Zax with Talking Heads.

The track "Stay Up Late" was featured in the 2008 film Baby Mama.

Track listing

All songs by David Byrne, except where noted:
#"And She Was" – 3:36
#"Give Me Back My Name" – 3:20
#"Creatures of Love" – 4:12
#"The Lady Don't Mind" (Byrne, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison, and Tina Weymouth) – 4:03
#"Perfect World" (Byrne and Frantz) – 4:26
#"Stay Up Late" – 3:51
#"Walk It Down" – 4:42
#"Television Man" – 6:10
#"Road to Nowhere" – 4:19

Personnel

Talking Heads

*David Byrne – guitar, vocals
*Chris Frantz – drum kit
*Jerry Harrison – keyboards, guitar, background vocals
*Tina Weymouth – bass, backing vocals

Additional musicians

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

Recording personnel

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

Chart performance

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;Singles