Little by Little...

Infobox Album |
Name = Little by Little...
Type = Album
Artist = Harvey Danger


Recorded = 2004, 2005
Released = September 13, 2005
July 25, 2006 (re-release)
Genre = Alternative rock
Length = 63:16
Label = Phonographic Records
Producer = John Goodmanson, Steve Fisk
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:6s320r1aw489 link]
*"Consequence of Sound" Rating|3.0|5 [http://consequenceofsound.net/2008/07/17/album-review-little-by-little/ link]
*Pitchfork Media 6.9/10 [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/18384-little-by-little link]
Last album = "Sometimes You Have to Work on Christmas (Sometimes)"
(2004)
This album = "Little by Little..."
(2005)
Next album = "Little Round Mirrors"
(2006)

"Little by Little..." is the third full-length album by Harvey Danger. It was released on the band's own Phonographic Records on September 13, 2005, made available for free download via BitTorrent one week later (September 20), and was made available on [http://www.harveydanger.com the band's website] a week after that (September 27). Hard copies of the album feature a second disc of B-sides and outtakes in deluxe packaging. The band released a press statement ( [http://www.harveydanger.com/press/docs/HD_DL_statement.pdf .pdf] , [http://www.harveydanger.com/press/docs/HD_DL_statement.doc .doc] ) in advance of the album, summing up their justification of providing free downloads in addition to hard copies as "an experiment."

On April 19, 2006, the band announced on their MySpace blog that the album had been picked up by Olympia-based label Kill Rock Stars for nation-wide release on July 25, 2006. The re-release's track listing, song order, and album art is different from the Phonographic Records release. The band is doing some limited touring to accompany the release.

Track listing

Phonograph release

Disc one

#"Wine, Women, and Song" – 3:15
#"Cream and Bastards Rise" – 3:17
#"Moral Centralia" – 4:27
#"Little Round Mirrors" – 5:15
#"Happiness Writes White" – 3:09
#"Incommunicado" – 2:16
#"Cool James" – 3:26
#"What You Live By" – 3:04
#"War Buddies" – 4:25
#"Diminishing Returns" – 5:13

Disc two

#"I Missed It" – 4:29
#"Picture, Picture" – 3:32
#"Cream and Bastards Rise" (writing snippet) – 0:57
#"Elvis, I Don't Love You Anymore" – 3:02
#"Cold Snap" – 4:29
#"Little Round Mirrors" (writing snippet) – 1:47
#"Moral Centralia" (demo) – 5:25
#"Cream and Bastards Reprise" – 4:25
#"The Piano Lesson" (hidden track) – 0:32

Kill Rock Stars release

Disc one

#"Wine, Women, and Song" – 3:15
#"Cream and Bastards Rise" – 3:17
#"Moral Centralia" – 4:27
#"Little Round Mirrors" – 5:15
#"Happiness Writes White" – 3:09
#"War Buddies" – 4:25
#"Picture, Picture" – 3:32
#"Cool James" – 3:26
#"What You Live By" – 3:04
#"Diminishing Returns" – 5:13

Disc two

#"I Missed It" – 4:29
#"Elvis, I Don't Love You Anymore" – 3:02
#"Incommunicado" – 2:16
#"Cream and Bastards Rise" (writing snippet) – 0:57
#"Cold Snap" – 4:29
#"Little Round Mirrors" (writing snippet) – 1:47
#"Moral Centralia" (demo) – 5:25
#"Cream and Bastards Reprise" – 4:25
#"The Piano Lesson" (hidden track) – 0:32

Personnel

* Aaron Huffman – Bass guitar, guitar, design
* Jeff J. Lin – Guitar, piano, string and horn arrangements
* Sean Nelson – vocals
* Michael Welke – drums
* Rachel Bowman – Backing vocals
* Jacob Hoffman – Backing vocals, French horn
* John Roderick – Guitar
* Evan Sult – drums
* Greg Powers – Trombone
* Steve Creswell – Viola
* Phil Peterson – Cello
* John Goodmanson – Production, engineering, mixing
* Steve Fisk – Production, engineering, mixing, ARP
* [http://ytje.com YTJE] – Artwork
* Ryan Schierling – Photography
* Justin Armstrong – Assistant engineering
* Scotty Crane – Assistant engineering
* Greg Calbi – Mastering
* Ed Brooks – Mastering

Notes

* Produced by John Goodmanson and Steve Fisk.
* The first Harvey Danger record without original drummer Evan Sult, and the first featuring Michael Welke in that position.
* An electronic version of the album was seeded on BitTorrent on 20 September, and was available to download directly from harveydanger.com on 27 September. The album was available in both MP3 and OGG formats. [http://jeffjlin.typepad.com/rock_and_roll_mcdonalds/2005/08/inching_ever_cl.html]
* The album title is taken from a quote by Melvyn Douglas's character Homer Bannon in the 1963 film "Hud": "Little by little, the look of the country changes because of the men we admire." "Cream and bastards rise" is a quote by Paul Newman's character in "Harper" (1966). The maxim that "happiness writes white" was first put forth by French writer Henry de Montherlant. "The Piano Lesson" features someone attempting in vain to play Beethoven's "Für Elise" before switching to Scott Joplin's "The Entertainer."

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External links

* [http://harveydanger.com/ Harvey Danger's official site]
* [http://harveydanger.com/blog/ Studio diary]