''Little Bitch'' is the third album by

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, released in

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. It was the band's first album not to feature

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, and showed a major departure from their former style. Instead, they now incorporated the use of

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moog pedals, giving the music a much stronger

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sound. In addition, they recruited the assistance of several

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on most songs, instead of relying on the other band members to back up

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's vocals. This musical element is something the band also featured on their next album, 2002's ''

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'', which featured bassist Io Perry singing

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on almost every song. The rest of the new elements featured on ''Little Bitch'' were mostly abandoned on ''Andalucia'', which returned a sound more similar to that featured on the band's second album,

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's '' Hungry Sally & Other Killer Lullabies''. The album also contained songs written by new songwriters.

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, who had co-written Tito & Tarantula's

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hit song "Back to the House (That Love Built)", co-wrote the music for "Everybody Needs". Larriva's former

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bandmate, Steven Hufsteter, co-wrote "Crime & Shame", "World at My Feet" and "Super Vita Jane"; and ended up joining the band as a second

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. The music for "Dead Person" was co-written by Dominique Davalos, who later became the band's bassist in 2005, and played on the album as a

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, as the band chose not to hire a replacement for Condos to play on the album.

Track listing

Personnel

*Peter Atanasoff –

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–

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* Johnny "Vatos" Hernandez –

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Additional personnel

* Dominique Davalos – bass, moog pedals, backing vocals * Andrea Figueroa –

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, additional guitar, backing vocals * Bucka Allen – B3,

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– bass, moog pedals * Marcus Praed – bass, additional guitar, backing vocals, programming, mixing * Annette Niermann – backing vocals *

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– backing vocals * Bridgette Feltus – backing vocals *Bron Tieman – mini-moog, programming * Sahil Gupta – the king of the "little bitch" colony located on the 13th floor * Rachel Holt – wishes she were cool enough to be a little bitch, yet she has been relegated to serve the king of the 13th floor; aka now considered: "small bitch" * Weston Gaddy – aka song #8 is about him; vocal surgery will however banish him from the band

Production

* André Recke – executive producer, manager * Michael Schwabe – mastering * Mark Howard – co-producer, engineer * Flo Beler – assistant engineer * Guido Preus – assistant engineer {{Authority control 2000 albums Tito & Tarantula albums