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1985 studio album by Talking Heads
Little Creatures is the sixth studio album by American rock band Talking Heads , released on 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 as the best album of the year in The Village Voice Pazz & Jop critics poll, and is the band's best-selling studio album, with over 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 [ ]
All tracks are written by David Byrne , except where noted.
6. "Stay Up Late" 3:51 7. "Walk It Down" 4:42 8. "Television Man" 6:10 9. "Road to Nowhere " 4:19
10. "The Lady Don't Mind" (Extended Mix) 6:51
10. "Road to Nowhere" (Early version) 4:37 11. "And She Was" (Early version) 3:36 12. "Television Man" (Extended mix) 7:52
Personnel [ ]
Talking Heads [ ]
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 [ ]
Jack Skinner – mastering
Eric Thorngren – engineer , mixing
Melanie West – second engineer
Charts [ ]
Weekly charts [ ]
Year-end charts [ ]
Australian Albums Chart[19]
7
New Zealand Albums Chart[20]
5
Australian Albums Chart[21]
17
Decade-end charts [ ]
Certifications and sales [ ]
References [ ]
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^ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press . ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8 .
^ Stokes, Dermot (July 5, 1985). "Little Creatures" . Hot Press . Archived from the original on February 21, 2002. Retrieved February 4, 2016 .
^ Bloom, Madison (April 23, 2020). "Talking Heads: Little Creatures" . Pitchfork . Retrieved April 23, 2020 .
^ Sheffield, Rob (2004). "Talking Heads". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster . pp. 802–03 . ISBN 0-7432-0169-8 .
^ Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig, eds. (1995). "Talking Heads". Spin Alternative Record Guide . Vintage Books . p. 394. ISBN 0-679-75574-8 .
^ Christgau, Robert (July 30, 1985). "Christgau's Consumer Guide" . The Village Voice . Retrieved February 4, 2016 .
^ Jump up to: a b Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 . St Ives, NSW : Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6 .
^ "Talking Heads – Little Creatures " . austriancharts.at. Retrieved 15 April 2017 .
^ "RPM Canadian Charts" . Retrieved 15 April 2017 .
^ "Talking Heads – Little Creatures " . charts.de. Retrieved 15 April 2017 .
^ "Talking Heads – Little Creatures " . charts.nz. Retrieved 15 April 2017 .
^ "Talking Heads – Little Creatures' " . norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 15 April 2017 .
^ "Talking Heads – Little Creatures' " . swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 15 April 2017 .
^ "Talking Heads – Little Creatures' " . swisscharts.com. Retrieved 15 April 2017 .
^ "Talking Heads – Little Creatures' " . The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 15 April 2017 .
^ "Talking Heads Chart History: Billboard 200" . Billboard.com . 2019. Archived from the original on April 4, 2019.
^ "Forum – ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts – 1985" . Australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 April 2017 .
^ "The Official New Zealand Music Charts: End of Year Charts – 1985" . Retrieved 15 April 2017 .
^ "Forum – ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts – 1986" . Australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 April 2017 .
^ Barker, Glenn A. (9 November 1985). "Majors (Australia Spotlight)" . Billboard. p. A-26. Retrieved 10 March 2019 .
^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Talking Heads; 'Little Creatures')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie .
^ "New Zealand album certifications – Talking Heads – Little Creatures" . Recorded Music NZ . Retrieved 10 June 2019 .
^ "British album certifications – Talking Heads – Little Creatures" . British Phonographic Industry .Select albums in the Format field. Select Gold in the Certification field. Type Little Creatures in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
^ "American album certifications – Talking Heads – Little Creatures" . Recording Industry Association of America .
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