The album's two songs which seem to have retained permanent radio rotation slots — "And She Was" and "Walk It Down" — fall into the "optimistic" groove described above, of course ... so much so that it's easy to lose track of the quiet desperation in their instrumental shadows and in the undertones of Byrne's voice. Listening to the whole album as a piece, especially "Give Me Back My Name" and "Road to Nowhere," brings that desperation out.
Twenty years on, Little Creatures still justifies its own existence in spades as music for now, not just for then. The Rhino reissue in "dualdisc" CD/DVD format includes the videos for "And She Was" and "Road To Nowhere" (which hold up as well), and a Surround Sound version of the album.
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1 - Darren
Nice to see a mention of an album I have always found to be both easily accessible while still brimming with Byrne's trademark paranoia & desperation.
It's my personal favourite in the TH catalogue, along with Stop Making Sense. I remember picking it up solely due to the 4 (or was it 5) star Rolling Stone review, back when they still had credibility; long before they became Tiger Beat with occasional political articles.
2 - Rodney Welch
i like the record, but I rank it further down the scale. Two of my favorite TH songs are on it, "And She Was" and "Lady Don't Mind."
By the way, I think "And She Was" is the greatest video ever made, bar none: a true masterpiece of Byrnian surrealism.
3 - Adem Kupi
Road To Nowhere is my favorite TH song. That and Life In Wartime really sum up the sort of world-weary yet frenetic spirit of the Talking Heads for me.
4 - An
My favourite Heads album is, unsurprisingly, 'Remain in Light,' but I think 'Little Creatures is fantastic. Lots of light and shade, and how can you get past such classics like 'Road to Nowhere,' 'Television Man,' and the utterly weird 'Stay Up Late'? This is an album that makes me think...