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{{Infobox album
| name         = Little Creatures
| type         = Studio album
| artist       = [[Talking Heads]]
| cover        = thlittlecreates.jpg
| alt          = 
| released     = June 10, 1985
| recorded     = October 1984{{nbsp}}– March 1985
| venue        = 
| studio       = [[Sigma Sound Studios, New York City|Sigma Sound]], New York City
| genre        = * [[New wave music|New wave]]
* [[pop rock]]
* [[roots rock]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Top 10 David Byrne Talking Heads Lyrics |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/david-byrne-talking-heads-lyrics/ |website=Ultimate Classic Rock |access-date=March 15, 2025 |date=May 14, 2013}}</ref>
| length       = 38:38
| label        = [[Sire Records|Sire]]
| producer     = Talking Heads
| prev_title   = [[Stop Making Sense (album)|Stop Making Sense]]
| prev_year    = 1984
| next_title   = [[True Stories (Talking Heads album)|True Stories]]
| next_year    = 1986
| misc         = {{Singles
 | name        = Little Creatures
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = The Lady Don't Mind
 | single1date = May 1985
 | single2     = [[Road to Nowhere]]
 | single2date = June 1985
 | single3     = [[And She Was]]
 | single3date = August 1985<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/greatrockdiscogr00stro/page/808/|title=The Great Rock Discography|year=1995|page=809 |isbn=9780862415419 |last1=Strong |first1=Martin Charles |publisher=Canongate Press }}</ref>
 | single4    = Stay Up Late
 | single4date = 1985 (US)
}}
}}
{{Album reviews
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="Allmusic">{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/little-creatures-mw0000191997 |title=Little Creatures – Talking Heads |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=February 4, 2016 |last=Ruhlmann |first=William}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Chicago Tribune]]''
| rev2score = {{Rating|2.5|4}}<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1990/05/06/talking-heads-on-the-record/ |title=Talking Heads On The Record |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=May 6, 1990 |access-date=November 8, 2015 |last=Kot |first=Greg |author-link=Greg Kot}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
| rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |title-link=Encyclopedia of Popular Music |last=Larkin |first=Colin |author-link=Colin Larkin (writer) |publisher=[[Omnibus Press]] |edition=5th concise |year=2011 |isbn=978-0-85712-595-8}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Hot Press]]''
| rev4score = 11/12<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.hotpress.com/archive/549789.html |title=Little Creatures |journal=[[Hot Press]] |date=July 5, 1985 |access-date=February 4, 2016 |last=Stokes |first=Dermot |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020221141508/http://www.hotpress.com/archive/549789.html |archive-date=February 21, 2002 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
| rev5score = 8.0/10<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/talking-heads-little-creatures/ |title=Talking Heads: Little Creatures |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date=April 23, 2020 |access-date=April 23, 2020 |last=Bloom |first=Madison}}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev6score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>{{cite book |chapter=Talking Heads |last=Sheffield |first=Rob |author-link=Rob Sheffield |title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |title-link=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |editor1-last=Brackett |editor1-first=Nathan |editor2-last=Hoard |editor2-first=Christian |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] |edition=4th |year=2004 |isbn=0-7432-0169-8 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/802 802–03]}}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[[Spin Alternative Record Guide]]''
| rev7score = 8/10<ref>{{cite book |chapter=Talking Heads |title=Spin Alternative Record Guide |title-link=Spin Alternative Record Guide |editor1-last=Weisbard |editor1-first=Eric |editor2-last=Marks |editor2-first=Craig |publisher=[[Vintage Books]] |year=1995 |isbn=0-679-75574-8 |page=394}}</ref>
| rev8 = ''[[Tom Hull – on the Web]]''
| rev8Score = A<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tomhull.com/ocston/nm/get_gl.php?n=talking+heads|title=Grade List: Talking Heads|website=[[Tom Hull – on the Web]]|first=Tom|last=Hull|date=November 27, 2023|access-date=November 27, 2023}}</ref>
| rev9 = ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]''
| rev9Score = 9/10<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/Uncut_August_2015_UK/page/n39/mode/2up|title=Uncut - August 2015 UK|website=[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]|date=August 1, 2015|access-date=November 27, 2023}}</ref>
| rev10 = ''[[The Village Voice]]''
| rev10score = A<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv7-85.php |title=Christgau's Consumer Guide |work=[[The Village Voice]] |date=July 30, 1985 |access-date=February 4, 2016 |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau}}</ref>
}}

'''''Little Creatures''''' is the sixth studio album by American [[Rock music|rock]] band [[Talking Heads]], released June 10, 1985, by [[Sire Records]]. The album examines themes of [[Americana (music)|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 Art|outsider artist]] [[Howard Finster]], and was selected as album cover of the year by ''[[Rolling Stone]]''.