Little Love Affairs (studio album)
by Nanci Griffith
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Little Love Affairs is ranked 2nd best out of 23 albums by Nanci Griffith on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Nanci Griffith is The Last Of The True Believers which is ranked number 4636 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 301.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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100/100  | 08/10/2025 04:48 |  Kingturtle | | 71/100 |
40/100 | 03/15/2023 20:39 |  Igtonumama | | 63/100 |
75/100 | 02/18/2023 14:07 | TonySayers61 | | 64/100 |
75/100 | 11/02/2022 15:13 | mids | | 80/100 |
100/100 | 10/07/2021 18:14 | henrygreen0203 | | 75/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 8% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.2/100, a mean average of 77.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.7.
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If love don’t fly on its own free will
It’s gonna catch that outbound plane.
Rip Nanci. My heart is broken.
Little Love Affairs is Nanci Griffith's sixth album and her second on major label MCA. The rollicking folk accompaniment from the Philo records was scrapped on the MCA debut "Lone Star State of Mind" in favor for a more Nashville-friendly sound. Despite their best mainstreaming intentions, that record was strongly a folk album, with light pop and contemporary country touches on the surface. "Little Love Affairs" continues in that dynamic. At its heart, the album is a strong folk album, and even with a few tracks targeted towards contemporary country, the record is Griffith's peak pop-crossover record of substance. Griffith's very best pop songs were the magnificent From a Distance and Trouble in the Fields from the previous album, and most of Little Love Affairs captures that crossover appeal, not as singles, but in album-length form.
MCA's biggest attempt at a commercial hit was the single "Never Mind," written by Nashville songwriter legend Harlan Howard. Griffith performs it so true to its roots that it was probably too country (or folk) for country radio. The follow-up original track Love Found a Halo was also performed in the original style, and just was not glitsy enough to be suitable for country radio.
Perhaps the highlight of the record is Gulf Coast Highway, a very mellow track supported by more mellow tracks like Anybody's Fool and I Knew Love.
Luckily, to save us from getting too sentimental or too traditional, two lovely upbeat "Wish It Would Rain" and "Outbound Plane" save us from inner sentimental turmoil.
Overall, Little Love Affairs has the substance to make it Griffith's finest crossover pop album, rivaling "Late Night Grande Hotel" and maybe "Flyer."
Track Pick: Gulf Coast Highway
Gems: I Knew Love, Outbound Plane, I Wish It Would Rain
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