Little Love Affairs

Little Love Affairs
Little Love Affairs
	File:NanciGriffithLittleLoveAffairs.jpg
Studio album by Nanci Griffith
Released	1988
Recorded	August 1987
Studio	Soundstage Studio, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre	Country
Length	36:15
Label	MCA
Producer	Tony Brown, Nanci Griffith
Nanci Griffith chronology

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Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Chicago Tribune	(positive)^[2]
Robert Christgau	B+^[3]
Rolling Stone	^[4]

Little Love Affairs was Nanci Griffith's sixth studio album, and it had similar success to the preceding album, Lone Star State of Mind, on the Billboard charts. The album peaked at #27 on the Country Albums chart and one of its tracks entered into the Top 40 of the Hot Country Singles chart: "I Knew Love" rose to #37. Two more tracks also charted: "Never Mind" at #58, and "Anyone Can Be Somebody's Fool" at #64.

LP track listing

Side one

"Anyone Can Be Somebody's Fool" (Nanci Griffith) – 2:39
"I Knew Love" (Roger Brown) – 3:17
"Never Mind" (Harlan Howard) – 3:42
"Love Wore a Halo (Back Before the War)" (Griffith) – 3:23
"So Long Ago" (Griffith) – 4:10
"Gulf Coast Highway" duet with Mac McAnally (James Hooker, Griffith, Danny Flowers) – 3:06

Side two

"Little Love Affairs" (Griffith, Hooker) – 3:08
"I Wish It Would Rain" (Griffith) – 2:38
"Outbound Plane" (Griffith, Tom Russell) – 2:39
"I Would Change My Life" (Robert Earl Keen, Jr) – 3:08
"Sweet Dreams Will Come" duet with John Stewart (John Stewart) – 4:25

Personnel

Nanci Griffith - acoustic guitar, lead vocals, backing vocals
Charlie Bundy- backing vocals
Sam Bush - mandolin
John Catchings - cello
Béla Fleck - banjo
Dan Flowers - slide guitar, backing vocals
Pat Flynn - acoustic guitar
Jon Goin - classical guitar, electric guitar. hi-string guitar
Lloyd Green - dobro, piano
James Hooker - piano, synthesizer
David Hungate - bass guitar
Roy Huskey Jr. - upright bass
Lucy Kaplansky - backing vocals
Mac McAnally - gut-string guitar and duet vocals on "Gulf Coast Highway"
Rick Marotta - drums
Mark O'Connor - mandolin, viola, violin
John Stewart - electric guitar and duet vocals on "Sweet Dreams Will Come"
Billy Joe Walker Jr. - acoustic guitar

Chart performance

Chart (1988)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums^[5]	27

References

^ AllMusic review
^ Chicago Tribune review
^ Robert Christgau Consumer Guide
^ Rolling Stone review^{[dead link]}
^ "Nanci Griffith Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. April 15, 1988. Retrieved March 6, 2020.

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[1] AllMusic review

[2] Chicago Tribune review

[3] Robert Christgau Consumer Guide

[4] Rolling Stone review^{[dead link]}

[5] "Nanci Griffith Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. April 15, 1988. Retrieved March 6, 2020.

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v t e Nanci Griffith
Studio albums	There's a Light Beyond These Woods (1978) Poet in My Window (1982) Once in a Very Blue Moon (1984) The Last of the True Believers (1986) Lone Star State of Mind (1987) Little Love Affairs (1988) Storms (1989) Late Night Grande Hotel (1991) Other Voices, Other Rooms (1993) Flyer (1994) Blue Roses from the Moons (1997) Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful) (1998) The Dust Bowl Symphony (1999) Clock Without Hands (2001) Hearts in Mind (2004) Ruby's Torch (2006) The Loving Kind (2009) Intersection (2012)
Compilation albums	The MCA Years: A Retrospective (1993) The Best of Nanci Griffith (1993) Country Gold (1997) From a Distance: The Very Best of Nanci Griffith (2002) The Complete MCA Studio Recordings (2003)
Live albums	One Fair Summer Evening (1988) Winter Marquee (2002)