Little Love Affairs

MCA Records, 1988

Tracks

Anyone Can Be Somebody's Fool (2:39)

I Knew Love (3:17)

Never Mind 3:42)

Love Wore A Halo (Back Before The War) (3:23)

So Long Ago (4:10)

Gulf Coast Highway (3:06)

Little Love Affairs (3:08)

I Wish It Would Rain (2:38)

Outbound Plane (2:39)

I Would Change My Life (3:08)

Sweet Dreams Will Come (4:23)

Running Time: 36:14

Credits and Notes

Producers: Tony Brown and Nanci Griffith

All songs by Nanci Griffith except: "I Knew Love" (Roger Brown), "Never Mind" (Harlan Howard), "I Would Change My Life" (Robert Earl Keen Jr.), "Sweet Dreams Will Come" (John Stewart). Nanci co=wrote "Gulf Coast Highway" with James Hooker and Danny Flowers, and "Outbound Plane" with Tom Russell. Nanci wrote lyrics for "Little Love Affairs." James Hooker wrote the music.

Notable Participants Sam Bush (Mandolin on "Sweet Dreams Will Come"), Bela Fleck (banjo), James Hooker (synthesizer and piano), Lucy Kaplansky (harmony vocals).

Reviews and Comments

Mark E. Ferguson, manager of the Nanci Griffith mailing list

On this record, Nanci moves further into the mainstream towards a slick Nashville-pop sound, but most of the album still retains the traditional country flavor. She treads dangerously close to schmaltz at times, but doesn't quite go over the edge -- there are enough pleasures here to make the album worthwhile, such as "I Wish it Would Rain," "So Long Ago," and "Gulf Coast Highway." The title tune is an Irish-style ballad co-written with James Hooker, Nanci's longtime keyboard accompanist.