Little Love Affairs
Her sixth album, with Outbound Plane and Gulf Coast Highway, and the start of her long partnership with James Hooker.
Nanci Griffith, 1988
- Released
- 1988
- Label
- MCA
It reached 27 on the US country albums chart and topped the UK country chart for six weeks. It was also her first appearance on the main UK albums chart, at 78. Three singles charted on the country list: I Knew Love at 37, Never Mind at 58 and Anyone Can Be Somebody's Fool at 64.
The record began her long association with the keyboardist James Hooker, who appeared on every album until 2006. Outbound Plane later became a hit for Suzy Bogguss, and Gulf Coast Highway was covered by many artists, among them Emmylou Harris and Willie Nelson. Mac McAnally sings the duet on Gulf Coast Highway and John Stewart on Sweet Dreams Will Come.
Steve Pond of Rolling Stone wrote that the fragility in her voice was extraordinarily well suited to the stories she was telling. William Ruhlmann of AllMusic later judged it a failure as a bid for Nashville success but an artistic success.
Track listing
- Anyone Can Be Somebody's Fool2:39
- I Knew Love3:17
- Never Mind3:42
- Love Wore a Halo (Back Before the War)3:23
- So Long Ago4:10
- Gulf Coast Highway3:06
- Little Love Affairs3:08
- I Wish It Would Rain2:38
- Outbound Plane2:39
- I Would Change My Life3:08
- Sweet Dreams Will Come4:25
Personnel
- Nanci Griffith acoustic guitar, lead and backing vocals
- Sam Bush mandolin
- John Catchings cello
- Bela Fleck banjo
- Dan Flowers slide guitar, backing vocals
- 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, duet vocals on Gulf Coast Highway
- Rick Marotta drums
- Mark O'Connor mandolin, viola, violin
- John Stewart electric guitar, duet vocals on Sweet Dreams Will Come
More from Nanci Griffith
Once in a Very Blue Moon (1984), The Last of the True Believers (1986), Lone Star State of Mind (1987), Storms (1989), Late Night Grande Hotel (1991), Other Voices, Other Rooms (1993), Flyer (1994), Blue Roses from the Moons (1997), Clock Without Hands (2001)
Sources
- Little Love Affairs, Wikipedia