Little Creatures

Little Creatures
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Studio album by Talking Heads
Released	June 10, 1985
Recorded	October 1984 – March 1985
Studio	Sigma Sound (New York City)
Genre	New wave pop rock
Length	38:38
Label	Sire
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: May 1985 Road to Nowhere Released: June 1985 And She Was Released: August 1985

Little Creatures is the sixth studio album by 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

All tracks are written by David Byrne, except where noted

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"And She Was"		3:36
2.	"Give Me Back My Name"	Byrne, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison, Tina Weymouth	3:20
3.	"Creatures of Love"		4:12
4.	"The Lady Don't Mind"	Byrne, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth	4:03
5.	"Perfect World"	Byrne, Frantz	4:26

Side two

No.	Title	Length
6.	"Stay Up Late"	3:51
7.	"Walk It Down"	4:42
8.	"Television Man"	6:10
9.	"Road to Nowhere"	4:19

1985 UK CD Bonus Track

No.	Title	Length
10.	"The Lady Don't Mind" (Extended Mix)	6:51

2005 reissue bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
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

• 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 Yaghjian|Kurt Yahjian – backing vocals

Recording

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