Little Creatures is the sixth studio album by the 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 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 – vocals, guitars

• Chris Frantz – drums

• Jerry Harrison – keyboards, guitars, vocals

• Tina Weymouth – bass guitar, vocals

Additional musicians

• Ellen Bernfeld – backing vocals (tracks 5, 7)

• Andrew Cader – washboard (track 9)

• Erin Dickens – backing vocals (tracks 8, 9)

• Diva Gray – backing vocals (track 9)

• Gordon Grody – backing vocals

• Lani Groves – backing vocals

• Jimmy Macdonell – accordion (tracks 9)

• Lenny Pickett – saxophones

• Steve Scales – percussion

• Naná Vasconcelos – percussion (track 5)

• Eric Weissberg – steel guitar (tracks 3, 7)

• Kurt Yahjian – backing vocals

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

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