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

Production

 * 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