Talking Heads-Little Creatures (1985)

 

Artist: Talking Heads

Title: Little Creatures

Label: Sire

Format: CD

Cat #: 9 25305-2

Year of Release: 1985

Country and Year of Edition Issue: US BMG D-153839 Reissue

Sold Price: $2.99

Listed Condition: VG+/VG+

Sell Date: 9/26/20

Discogs Last Sold: 9/5/20 NM/NM $5.30

Low: $2.25

Median: $3.99

High: $5.30

Current low price: $3.82

Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 7

Have/Want: 204/104

Where Sold: Gaithersburg, MD

Time it took to sell: 6 years

Where and When Bought: BMG Music Club early to mid 90s

Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B

Sad To See It Go?: No

I have to say in terms of the Talking Heads, the only album I really liked was Fear of Music.  I bought most of their catalog over the years, but that and maybe Remain In Light were the ones that I truly liked as much as Byrne/Eno's My Life In The Bush of Ghosts.  I actually listed to More Songs About Buildings and Food a couple months ago unprovoked, save for their version of "Take Me To The River" going through my head for no known external reason, and that was a quality album.  So this means that I have listened to TWO Talking Heads albums start to finish in a calendar year, which I believe is a lifetime first, although I may be mistaken.

Little Creatures has some majors hits on WBCN-Boston which was my main FM rock station aided in Worcester by tin foil and rabbit ears when Little Creatures came out.  The opener, "And She Was" and the closing "Road To Nowhere" are pleasant hits permeated in my brain.  I got this CD from a record club sometime in the 90's based on the 'A' rating in the 80's Christgau book and the credit of the BMG warehouse in the pre-internet era.   I didn't play Little Creatures more than once, and dutifully filed it away.  

The copy that sold was the 80's master edition before the reissue with bonus tracks, so it was going for pennies on the dollar i.e. my $2.99 bottom for anything.  The buyer bought a stack of bargain basement quality titles, just like I would have going through a bin somewhere.   I ripped it and listened off my hard drive after mailout.  It kind of stuck in the background except for one other track, "Stay Up Late" which does a nice job of depicting the gleeful sadism of a young child toward it's newborn sibling.  

If I was a "serious" writer, I might give this another spin or two to learn the album cold, but I think I'm gonna leave it where it is.  The epitome of a B record.