Little Creatures is the sixth studio album by U.S. rock band Talking Heads, released June 10, 1985, by Sire Records. The album examines themes of Americana and incorporates elements of country music, with many songs featuring steel guitar. It was voted album of the year in The Village Voice Pazz & Jop critics poll, and is the band's best-selling studio album, with more than two million copies sold in the United States. The cover art was created by outsider artist Howard Finster, and was selected as album cover of the year by Rolling Stone.

Track listing

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

Little Creatures

Recording

Jack Skinner – mastering

Eric Thorngren – engineer, mixing

Melanie West – second engineer

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Decade-end charts

Certifications and sales

References

Bibliography

1985 albums

Albums produced by David Byrne

Albums produced by Chris Frantz

Albums produced by Jerry Harrison

Albums produced by Tina Weymouth

Sire Records albums

Talking Heads albums

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