[1] The album was re-released on July 5, 2004, on the New West Records label and included five bonus tracks.

frontman Michael Stipe first spotted Chesnutt and helped him to produce his first album.

Little was recorded in one day: October 6, 1988, and the session was produced by Michael Stipe at John Keane's studio in Athens, Georgia.

Pitchfork Media gave Little an 8.6, stating: The most elemental of any of Chesnutt's albums, it features just his warbly voice and precarious acoustic guitar, occasionally accompanied by Stipe's keyboard flourishes.

As its title suggests, Little is about Chesnutt's Pike County childhood, a theme he would return to repeatedly as if thumbing worn and creased snapshots found at the bottom of a drawer.