Talking Heads – Little Creatures (VG/VG+) – LP, AU 1985

Little Creatures is an LP by Talking Heads from 1985 released on the EMI label.

About this album

Little Creatures is one of Talking Heads’ most accessible and enduring albums, balancing sharp pop craft with the band’s art-rock wit. Released in 1985, it marked a deliberate shift towards cleaner melodies and more American roots-inflected textures, while keeping David Byrne’s sly observations and the group’s rhythmic inventiveness intact. Produced with the band’s polished, radio-ready approach, the album yielded some of their best-known songs, including And She Was and Road to Nowhere. Its commercial success helped extend Talking Heads’ reach beyond cult status, making it a key entry in their catalogue and a defining new wave record of the 1980s.