Little Love Affairs Explained

Little Love Affairs
Type:	Album
Artist:	Nanci Griffith
Cover:	NanciGriffithLittleLoveAffairs.jpg
Released:	1988
Recorded:	August 1987
Studio:	Soundstage Studio, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre:	Country
Length:	36:15
Label:	MCA
Producer:	Tony Brown, Nanci Griffith
Prev Title:	Lone Star State of Mind
Prev Year:	1987
Next Title:	One Fair Summer Evening
Next Year:	1988

Little Love Affairs is Nanci 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

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

• 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
UK Albums (OCC)^[1]	78
UK Country Albums (OCC)^[2]	1
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums^[3]	27

Notes and References

1. Top 100 Albums. Music Week. 25. 26 March 1988. 6 September 2023.
2. Top 20 Albums: Country. Music Week. 8. 2 April 1988. 6 September 2023.
3. Web site: Nanci Griffith Chart History (Top Country Albums) . Billboard . April 15, 1988 . March 6, 2020.