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List Price: $9.98 | | Label: Giant Records / Wea
Salesrank: 53563
Released: June 22, 1993 |
| Our Price: $7.23 |
| Used Price: $0.24 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Little Love Letters Track Listing:
1. Little Love Letter, No. 1
2. Every Little Thing
3. Wastin' Time With You
4. Unbreakable Heart
5. Sweet Meant to Be
6. Nowhere Train
7. Long Hard Fall
8. Little Love Letter, No. 2
9. I Love You 'Cause I Want To
10. World of Miracles
11. First Kiss
12. Hallelujah in My Heart
13. Rain
14. Heart Is Right
Editorial Review:
Backed by a band flush with aces--from the country side, Buddy Emmons, Albert Lee, and Roy Huskey Jr.; from rock, Howie Epstein, Benmont Tench, and David Lindley--Carter plays her strongest suit with her 1993 release. There's a commitment to her own material--fine songs like "Long Hard Fall" and the hit "Every Little Thing"--that pushes her vocals in intense, emotional directions. This is Carter's first record to adequately express her rock sensibilities in a cohesive country setting, and for that, it remains her best. --Roy Francis Kasten
Little Love Letters Reviews:
Carlene Carter 
2008-05-12 - It is a very good country music cd. I have enjoyed listening to it several times now and will continue to enjoy it.
Carlene Carter - Little Love Letters 
2007-07-20 - I bought this album because it contained "Every Little Thing" and that is the only track I had ever heard from Carlene Carter and I thought it was fabulous. I had been looking everywhere for one of her albums but was unsuccessful here in the UK. Thank god for Amazon. That track along with the rest of the album is also excellent and I am glad I bought it.
Carlene Rocks
2007-06-12 - Little Love Letters is a great country/rock album. It's marked throughout by high energy. There are strong drums throughout the album. Carlene puts a lot into the vocals. There's no fill on this album; it's solid good songs. These are just the really good songs:
Every Little Thing - very high energy, makes listening want to jump around
Wastin Time with You - energetic, with good drums and a kind of 50s-rock-like instrumentation
Unbreakable Heart - good ballad, well sung by Carlene in a gentle voice
Sweet Meant to Be - an awesome song, one of my favs in any genre. Great soprano voice by Carlene. About a love that was "meant to be"
Nowhere Train - kinda has the rhythm of a train going across country. Nice effect
I Love You Cause I Want To - another one with 50s rock style to it. Very assertive, forward vocals about singer going for what she wants
Hallelujah in My Heart - jubilant attitude
Heart is Right - this tune just really moves along, irresistable
Great album by Carlene. It's too bad that she has since run into hard times from what I hear. Well, she made this album and that's a lot more than most of us will ever accomplish musically.
Country Rock rollercoaster that never gets old.
2006-01-25 - This is the best country rock recording I've ever heard.
The first Carlene Carter album I ever owned was Musical Shapes. I thought nothing could be better than that in the world of country rock. I went and bought up most all her other recordings to see if she ever did anything else like that great "country punk" album from the 80's. This was the gold nugget of the lot (although all her stuff is enjoyable to me).
Some recordings sound like projects that the musicians work hard at and are glad when they're over, and some recordings sound like everyone is having fun. This is the latter.
If you are a Carlene Carter fan at all and you don't own this album, you should. If you own this and don't own Musical Shapes, then by all means get that one too. And, if you've heard of Carlene Carter and you're wondering which one of her discs to buy first, this is it!
Absolutely Timeless
2005-05-15 - I had the good fortune of making several personal travel arrangements for Carlene when she was on the Giant lable and I was living in Nashville. You felt like one of her best friends by the end of the call. She even gave me an album credit. I grew up listening to music from sunup to sundown. My mother would play a radio every night as she put me to bed. There are very few music styles that can say I don't like. I was around always Country Music, but was a little more Rock & Roll. I honestly think I would have loved as much then as I do now. It's timeless and I grow to like it the more and more everytime it's played. It's amazing to me how she combined all the music styles and made it what I consider as one of the best albums of any style in the 1990's.
I seriously feel if they were to release it again it would outsell the original release. Out of all the songs that have been mentioned in previous reviews I didn't notice any of them to have included "Hallelujah In My Heart". To me this is the song that is the "secret gem" of the CD. Bluegrass, Country and a just a enough of pop to invite you to gather round, join in and sing along.
I think of her more often lately and wish there were a way I could help her through her recent struggles, but I haven't spoken to her since I moved eight years ago. Carlene, if you should ever read this, I want to say I know you're gonna come through this.
Bruce
Atlanta, GA
