History Music / LittleGames

* SpecialGuest: Ian Stewart of Music/TheRollingStones plays piano on "Drinking Muddy Water". As a session musician [[Music/LedZeppelin John Paul Jones]] plays bass on "Little Games" and "No Excess Baggage".

* CoverVersion: "Drinking Muddy Water" is a cover of the Music/MuddyWaters song "Rollin' And Tumblin'" in all but name and credits. "Smile On Me" is a re-working of Howlin' Wolf's "Shake For Me". "Stealing Stealing" is a blues song originally by Gus Cannon's Jug Stompers. Furthermore, "Little Games" and "No Excess Baggage" were written by outside songwriters.

* DesignStudentsOrgasm: The '''very''' psychedelic album cover.

Upon release, the album was only released in the US, as the self-titled lead single failed to chart in the UK. ''Little Games'' ultimately failed in saving the band's declining commercial fortunes, as did the subsequent non-album singles. To this day, the album receives [[LoveItOrHateIt strong mixed reviews]], with some viewing the album as a psychedelic pop masterpiece, and others viewing it as the band's nadir. To sum it up, ''Little Games'' is The Yardbirds' ''Music/SmileySmile''. Interesting to note is that the band themselves have since expressed [[CreatorBacklash their dislike for this album, particularly Jimmy Page, who described the album as "horrible"]].

'''''Little Games''''' is the fourth studio album by Music/TheYardbirds, released in 1967. It is their only studio album to feature [[Music/LedZeppelin Jimmy Page]], their first album without Paul Samwell-Smith and Music/JeffBeck, and their final studio album to feature Keith Relf. It is also their final studio album released before their break-up the following year, with their next studio album - ''Birdland'' - being released 36 years later. Produced by Mickie Most, ''Little Games'' is seen as an attempt to revitalise the band's popularity, which had been in decline for a while by then. As a result, the majority of the album is not seen as representative of the band's live sound, and Most has been largely blamed as a catalyst for the band's break-up the following year.

* TheShowMustGoWrong: The original LP misspelled Chris Dreja's name as "Ereja". Not the first time to happen to Dreja, as the US version of ''Music/OverUnderSidewaysDown'' misspells his name as "Drega", as well as [=McCarty=]'s name as "[=McCarthy=]".

--> ''Having buys it's fortune, fame''
--> ''Living's just a little game''

* FaceOnTheCover / FloatingHeadSyndrome: The cover art depicts the band members as a series of floating heads.

--> ''Glimpses of clouds in a forest''

--> ''Can overcome...''

'''''Little Games''''' is the fourth studio album by Music/TheYardbirds, released in 1967. It is their only studio album to feature [[Music/LedZeppelin Jimmy Page]], their first album without Paul Samwell-Smith and Jeff Beck, and their final studio album to feature Keith Relf. It is also their final studio album released before their break-up the following year, with their next studio album - ''Birdland'' - being released 36 years later. Produced by Mickie Most, ''Little Games'' is seen as an attempt to revitalise the band's popularity, which had been in decline for a while by then. As a result, the majority of the album is not seen as representative of the band's live sound, and Most has been largely blamed as a catalyst for the band's break-up the following year.

Upon release, the album was only released in the US, as the self-titled lead single failed to chart in the UK. ''Little Games'' ultimately failed in saving the band's declining commercial fortunes, as did the subsequent non-album singles. To this day, the album receives [[LoveItOrHateIt strong mixed reviews]], with some viewing the album as a psychedelic pop masterpiece, and others viewing it as the band's nadir. To sum it up, ''Little Games'' is The Yardbirds' ''Music/SmileySmile''.

* CreatorBacklash: The Yardbirds have since expressed their dislike for this album, particularly Page, who described the album as "horrible".

* TheShowMustGoWrong: The original LP misspelled Chris Dreja's name as "Ereja". Not the first time to happen to Dreja, as the US version of ''[[Music/RogerTheEngineer Over Under Sideways Down]]'' misspells his name as "Drega", as well as [=McCarty=]'s name as "[=McCarthy=]".