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1 LP track listing  



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1.2  Side two  







2 Personnel  





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Little Love Affairs
Studio album by
Released1988
RecordedAugust 1987
StudioSoundstage Studio, Nashville, Tennessee
GenreCountry
Length36:15
LabelMCA
ProducerTony Brown, Nanci Griffith
Nanci Griffith chronology
Lone Star State of Mind
(1987)
Little Love Affairs
(1988)
One Fair Summer Evening
(1988)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Chicago Tribune(positive)[2]
Robert ChristgauB+[3]
Rolling Stone[4]

Little Love AffairsisNanci Griffith's sixth studio album. It peaked at No. 27 on the Billboard Country Albums chart and topped the UK fortnightly country album chart for six weeks. It was also Griffith's first appearance on the main UK albums chart, where it reached No. 78. It spawned three charting singles on the Hot Country Singles chart, with "I Knew Love", "Never Mind", and "Anyone Can Be Somebody's Fool" reaching No. 37, No. 58, and No. 64 respectively. The album marks the beginning of Griffith's long association with keyboardist James Hooker, who would appear on every album until 2006.

LP track listing[edit]

Side one[edit]

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

Side two[edit]

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

Personnel[edit]

Chart performance[edit]

Chart (1988) Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC)[5] 78
UK Country Albums (OCC)[6] 1
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums[7] 27

References[edit]

  • ^ Robert Christgau Consumer Guide
  • ^ Rolling Stone review[dead link]
  • ^ "Top 100 Albums" (PDF). Music Week. 26 March 1988. p. 25. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  • ^ "Top 20 Albums: Country" (PDF). Music Week. 2 April 1988. p. 8. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  • ^ "Nanci Griffith Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. April 15, 1988. Retrieved March 6, 2020.

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