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The Talking Animals

The Talking Animals is an album by T Bone Burnett, released in 1988.

The guest musicians include Peter Case, Bono, and Tonio K, among others.

Reception

Brett Hartenbach of AllMusic thought that "even with a few less than stellar songs, The Talking Animals is a strong, inspired record." Trouser Press called the album "all in all, worth hearing, though one wishes this talented jerk weren’t so impressed with himself." Robert Christgau wrote: "I hate to let the cat out of the bag, but this guy is pretentious."

Track listing

All songs by T Bone Burnett unless otherwise noted.

Side one

  1. "The Wild Truth" – 3:38
  2. "Monkey Dance" – 4:43
  3. "Image" – 4:02
  4. "Dance, Dance, Dance" – 2:45
  5. "The Killer Moon" (Burnett, M. Burnett, Peter Case) – 5:00

Side two

  1. "Relentless" – 3:24
  2. "Euromad" – 4:21
  3. "Purple Heart" (Bono, Burnett) – 4:36
  4. "You Could Look It Up" – 2:41
  5. "The Strange Case of Frank Cash and the Morning Paper" (Burnett, Tonio K) – 5:25

Personnel

Musicians

Production

References