The Talking Animals

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The Talking Animals
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Studio album by
T Bone Burnett
Released1988
StudioSunset Sound
Sounset Sound Factory
GenreRock and Roll
Length40:31
LabelColumbia[1]
ProducerDavid Rhodes
T Bone Burnett[2]
T Bone Burnett chronology
T-Bone Burnett
(1986) 		The Talking Animals
(1988) 		The Criminal Under My Own Hat
(1992)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarFile:Star empty.svgFile:Star empty.svg[3]
Robert ChristgauB−[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular MusicStarStarStarFile:Star empty.svgFile:Star empty.svg[1]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album GuideStarStarHalf starFile:Star empty.svgFile:Star empty.svg[5]
The Rolling Stone Album GuideStarStarStarStarFile:Star empty.svg[6]

The Talking Animals is an album by T Bone Burnett, released in 1988.[7]

The guest musicians include Peter Case, Bono, and Tonio K, among others.[8]

Reception

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Brett Hartenbach of AllMusic thought that "even with a few less than stellar songs, The Talking Animals is a strong, inspired record."[3] Trouser Press called the album "all in all, worth hearing, though one wishes this talented jerk weren’t so impressed with himself."[9] Robert Christgau wrote: "I hate to let the cat out of the bag, but this guy is pretentious."[4]

Track listing

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All songs by T Bone Burnett unless otherwise noted.

Side one

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  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

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  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

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Musicians

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Singers:

Production

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References

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