Little Love Affairs

Little Love Affairs is Nanci Griffith's sixth 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.

Little Love Affairs
Studio album by
Nanci Griffith
Released1988
RecordedAugust 1987, Soundstage Studio, Nashville, Tennessee
GenreCountry
Length36:15
LabelMCA Records
ProducerTony Brown and 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]

LP track listing

Side one
  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
  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

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

References
  1. AllMusic review
  2. Chicago Tribune review
  3. Robert Christgau Consumer Guide
  4. Rolling Stone review
  5. "Nanci Griffith Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. April 15, 1988. Retrieved March 6, 2020.



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