Released June 10, 1985 Length 38:38 | Genre Pop, new wave | |
Recorded October 1984 – March 1985 Studio Sigma Sound Studios in Manhattan Label Warner Bros./Sire (US/Canada)EMI (UK/Europe) |
Little Creatures is the sixth studio album by American new wave band Talking Heads, released in June 1985. The album examines themes of Americana and incorporates elements of country music, with many of the songs featuring steel guitar. It was voted as the best album of the year in The Village Voice Pazz & Jop critics poll and is the band's biggest-selling studio album, with over two million copies sold in the US.
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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 remastered and re-released 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.
Track listing
All songs written and composed by David Byrne, except where noted.
- "And She Was" – 3:36
- "Give Me Back My Name" (music: Byrne, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison, Tina Weymouth) – 3:20
- "Creatures of Love" – 4:12
- "The Lady Don't Mind" (music: Byrne, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth) – 4:03
- "Perfect World" (lyrics: Byrne, Frantz) – 4:26
- "Stay Up Late" – 3:51
- "Walk It Down" – 4:42
- "Television Man" – 6:10
- "Road to Nowhere" – 4:19
Bonus tracks
- "Road to Nowhere" (Early version) [Re-release bonus track] – 4:37
- "And She Was" (Early version) [Re-release bonus track] – 3:36
- "Television Man" (Extended mix) [Re-release bonus track] – 7:52
Talking Heads
Additional musicians
Recording personnel
Charts
Album
Year-end charts
Singles