Little by Little...

The album was released on the band's own Phonographic Records label on September 13, 2005. The CD version featured a second disc of B-sides and outtakes in deluxe packaging. In an effort to "embrace the indisputable fact of music in the 21st century",{{Cite web |date=2005 |title=Why we're releasing our latest album for free on the Internet |url=http://harveydanger.com/press/why.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051013055122/http://harveydanger.com/press/why.php |archive-date=October 13, 2005 |access-date=January 29, 2023 |website=harveydanger.com}}
PDF version: {{Cite web |date=2005 |title=Little By Little… On the DL |url=http://www.harveydanger.com/press/docs/HD_DL_statement.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051215001704/http://www.harveydanger.com/press/docs/HD_DL_statement.pdf |archive-date=December 15, 2005 |access-date=January 29, 2023 |website=harveydanger.com }} the band made the album available as a free download via BitTorrent and on the band's website. They pointed out that "it’s important that people understand the free download concept isn’t a frivolous act. It’s a key part of our promotional campaign, along with radio and press promotion, live shows, and videos. It’s a bet that the resources of the Internet can make possible a new way for musicians to find their audience – and forge a meaningful artistic career built on support from cooperative, not adversarial, relationships."

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 nationwide release on July 25, 2006.{{Cite web |date=May 3, 2006 |title=May 2006 News Archives |url=http://www.harveydanger.com/news/2006/05/index.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060513133946/http://www.harveydanger.com/news/2006/05/index.php |archive-date=May 13, 2006 |access-date=January 30, 2023 |website=www.harveydanger.com}} The re-release's track listing, song order, and album art is different from the Phonographic Records release. The band did some limited touring to accompany the release.{{Cite web |date=2006 |title=HD one sheet.indd |url=http://www.harveydanger.com/press/docs/HD_radio_one-sheet.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060508101518/http://www.harveydanger.com/press/docs/HD_radio_one-sheet.pdf |archive-date=May 8, 2006 |access-date=January 29, 2023 |website=harveydanger.com |type=Little by Little... radio promo }}

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."

The title of the song "Cream and Bastards Rise" is a quote by Paul Newman's character in Harper (1966). "Happiness Writes White" is a maxim first put forth by French writer Henry de Montherlant.

"The Piano Lesson" features someone attempting to play Beethoven's "Für Elise" before switching to Scott Joplin's "The Entertainer."

"Wine, Women and Song" is the first line of "Villanelle of the Poet's Road" by Ernest Christopher Dowson.

All songs written by Aaron Huffman, Jeff J. Lin and Sean Nelson.[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r801513|pure_url=yes}} Little by Little...] from Allmusic

{{Track listing

| headline = Disc one

| title1 = Wine, Women, and Song

| length1 = 3:15

| title2 = Cream and Bastards Rise

| length2 = 3:17

| title3 = Moral Centralia

| length3 = 4:27

| title4 = Little Round Mirrors

| length4 = 5:15

| title5 = Happiness Writes White

| length5 = 3:09

| title6 = Incommunicado

| length6 = 2:16

| title7 = Cool James

| length7 = 3:26

| title8 = What You Live By

| length8 = 3:04

| title9 = War Buddies

| length9 = 4:25

| title10 = Diminishing Returns

| length10 = 5:13

| total_length = 37:48

}}{{Track listing

| headline = Disc two

| title1 = I Missed It

| length1 = 4:29

| title2 = Picture, Picture

| length2 = 3:32

| title3 = Cream and Bastards Rise

| note3 = writing snippet

| length3 = 0:57

| title4 = Elvis, I Don't Love You Anymore

| length4 = 3:02

| title5 = Cold Snap

| length5 = 4:29

| title6 = Little Round Mirrors

| note6 = writing snippet

| length6 = 1:47

| title7 = Moral Centralia

| note7 = demo

| length7 = 5:25

| title8 = Cream and Bastards Reprise

| length8 = 4:25

| title9 = The Piano Lesson

| note9 = hidden track

| length9 = 0:32

| total_length = 28:38

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Disc one

| title1 = Wine, Women, and Song

| length1 = 3:15

| title2 = Cream and Bastards Rise

| length2 = 3:17

| title3 = Moral Centralia

| length3 = 4:27

| title4 = Little Round Mirrors

| length4 = 5:15

| title5 = Happiness Writes White

| length5 = 3:09

| title6 = War Buddies

| length6 = 4:25

| title7 = Cool James

| length7 = 3:26

| title8 = Picture, Picture

| length8 = 3:32

| title9 = What You Live By

| length9 = 3:04

| title10 = Diminishing Returns

| length10 = 5:13

| total_length = 39:03

}}{{Track listing

| headline = Disc two

| title1 = I Missed It

| length1 = 4:29

| title2 = Elvis, I Don't Love You Anymore

| length2 = 3:02

| title3 = Incommunicado

| length3 = 2:16

| title4 = Cream and Bastards Rise

| note4 = writing snippet

| length4 = 0:57

| title5 = Cold Snap

| length5 = 4:29

| title6 = Little Round Mirrors

| note6 = writing snippet

| length6 = 1:47

| title7 = Moral Centralia

| note7 = demo

| length7 = 5:25

| title8 = Cream and Bastards Reprise

| length8 = 4:25

| title9 = The Piano Lesson

| note9 = hidden track

| length9 = 0:32

| total_length = 27:22

}}

Personnel per liner notes.{{Cite AV media notes |title=Little by Little... |others=Harvey Danger |year=2005 |type=digital release liner notes |publisher=Phonographic Records |id=Phono 02 |location=Seattle}} {{col-begin}}

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Harvey Danger:

• Aaron Huffman – Bass, guitar, design
• Jeff J. Lin – Guitar, piano, string and horn arrangements
• Sean Nelson – vocals
• Michael Welke – drums

Additional musicians:

• Rachel Bowman – Backing vocals
• Jacob Hoffman – Backing vocals, French horn
• John Roderick – Guitar
• Greg Powers – Trombone
• Steve Creswell – Viola
• Phil Peterson – Cello

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• John Goodmanson – Production, engineering, mixing
• Steve Fisk – Production, engineering, mixing, ARP
• Justin Armstrong – Assistant engineering
• Scotty Crane – Assistant engineering
• Greg Calbi – Mastering
• Ed Brooks – Mastering
• YTJE – Artwork
• Ryan Schierling – Photography
• Erik Speckman – Encoding and IT

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• [http://harveydanger.com/ Harvey Danger's official site], including a [http://harveydanger.com/blog/ Studio diary]

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