The Talking Animals
# The Talking Animals

Professional ratings :

| Review scores ||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Robert Christgau | B− |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | |
| MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | |

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

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

### Side two

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

## Personnel

| T Bone Burnett – guitar David Rhodes – guitar Mickey Curry – drums Tony Levin – bass Jerry Scheff – bass Tom "T-Bone" Wolk – bass Mitchell Froom – harmonium, electric piano, clavinet Tom Canning – piano Sexteto Mayor | Singers: T Bone Burnett Cait O'Riordan Ruben Blades Ludmilla Peter Case Bono Tonio K David Rhodes |
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## Production notes

* Produced by David Rhodes and T Bone Burnett
* Recorded by Tchad Blake at Sunset Sound and Sunset Sound Factory with Mike Kloster
* Mastered by Bob Ludwig
