Little Creatures (album)

Little Creatures
Studio album by Talking Heads
Released	June 10, 1985
Recorded	October 1984 – March 1985 at Sigma Sound, New York
Genre	New Wave, art punk
Length	38:38
Label	Sire (US/Canada) EMI (UK/Europe)
Producer	Talking Heads
Talking Heads chronology
Stop Making Sense (1984) Little Creatures (1985) True Stories (1986)
Singles from Little Creatures
"The Lady Don't Mind" Released: 1985 "Road to Nowhere" Released: 1985 "And She Was" Released: 1985

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.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Robert Christgau	(A) link
Rolling Stone	(favorable) link

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" (Byrne, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison, Tina Weymouth) – 4:03
5. "Perfect World" (Byrne, 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
10. "Road To Nowhere" (Early version) (2009 Reissue)
11. "And She Was" (Early version) (2009 Reissue)
12. "Television Man" (Extended mix) (2009 Reissue)

Personnel

Talking Heads

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

Additional musicians

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

Recording personnel

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

Chart performance

Album

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

Singles

Year	Song	Peak
		US	UK
1985	"The Lady Don't Mind"	—	81
1985	"Road To Nowhere"	105	6
1985	"And She Was"	54	17