title: The Talking Animals
text: # The Talking Animals
  
  Professional ratings :
  
  | Review scores ||
  | - | - |
  | 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 |
  | - | - |
  
  ## 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
  