Little Creatures

This article is about the Talking Heads album. For the Australian brewery, see Little Creatures Brewery.
Little Creatures
Studio album by
Talking Heads
ReleasedJune 10, 1985
RecordedOctober 1984 – March 1985
StudioSigma Sound, New York City
Genre
Length38:38
LabelSire
ProducerTalking Heads
Talking Heads chronology
Stop Making Sense
(1984) 		Little Creatures
(1985) 		True Stories
(1986)
Singles from Little Creatures
  1. "The Lady Don't Mind"
    Released: May 1985
  2. "Road to Nowhere"
    Released: June 1985
  3. "And She Was"
    Released: August 1985[1]
  4. "Stay Up Late"
    Released: 1985 (US)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Chicago Tribune[3]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]
Hot Press11/12[5]
Pitchfork8.0/10[6]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[7]
Spin Alternative Record Guide8/10[8]
Tom Hull – on the WebA[9]
Uncut9/10[10]
The Village VoiceA[11]

Little Creatures is the sixth studio album by American 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.

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  2. ^ Ruhlmann, William. "Little Creatures – Talking Heads". AllMusic. Retrieved February 4, 2016.
  3. ^ Kot, Greg (May 6, 1990). "Talking Heads On The Record". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
  4. ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8.
  5. ^ Stokes, Dermot (July 5, 1985). "Little Creatures". Hot Press. Archived from the original on February 21, 2002. Retrieved February 4, 2016.
  6. ^ Bloom, Madison (April 23, 2020). "Talking Heads: Little Creatures". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig, eds. (1995). "Talking Heads". Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. p. 394. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.
  9. ^ Hull, Tom (November 27, 2023). "Grade List: Talking Heads". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
  10. ^ "Uncut - August 2015 UK". Uncut. August 1, 2015. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
  11. ^ Christgau, Robert (July 30, 1985). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved February 4, 2016.