Little Creatures | ||||
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Studio album by Talking Heads | ||||
Released | June 10, 1985 | |||
Recorded | October 1984 – March 1985 | |||
Studio | Sigma Sound Studios in Manhattan | |||
Genre | Pop,new wave | |||
Length | 38:38 | |||
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Warner Bros./Sire (US/Canada) EMI (UK/Europe) |
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Producer | Talking Heads | |||
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Singles from Little Creatures | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | |
Chicago Tribune | |
Encyclopedia of Popular Music | |
Hot Press | 11/12 |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | |
Spin Alternative Record Guide | 8/10 |
The Village Voice | A |
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.
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.
All tracks written by All songs written and composed by David Byrne, except where noted.