A Little Good News (album)

A Little Good News is the twentieth studio album by Canadian country pop artist Anne Murray, released in 1983 via Capitol Records. The album peaked at number 9 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and was quickly certified Gold by the RIAA.

The title track topped the Country singles charts in the United States. "That's Not the Way (It's S'posed to Be)" and "Just Another Woman in Love" were released as follow-up singles, with the latter hitting #1.

In 1984, A Little Good News was honored with a CMA Award for 'Album of the Year'.

Personnel

 * Anne Murray – lead vocals, backing vocals (2, 5, 8, 10)
 * Michael Boddicker – synthesizers (1, 9, 10)
 * Jack Lenz – synthesizers (1, 2, 6), electric piano (4, 7, 9, 10)
 * Doug Riley – acoustic piano (2, 4, 5, 7, 8), electric piano (6)
 * Dennis Burnside – electric piano (3, 8), synthesizers (5)
 * Bobby Ogdin – acoustic piano (3)
 * Mike "Pepe" Francis – electric guitar (1, 2, 9, 10), acoustic guitar (2, 6, 7), guitar (4)
 * Bob Mann – electric guitar (1, 7, 9, 10), acoustic guitar (2, 6), guitar (4)
 * Steve Gibson – electric guitar (2, 3, 5, 8)
 * Rafe Van Hoy – acoustic guitar (3, 5, 8)
 * Paul Worley – acoustic guitar (3, 8), electric guitar (3, 5)
 * Tom Szczesniak – bass (2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10)
 * Joe Osborn – bass (3, 5, 8)
 * Barry Keane – drums (1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10)
 * Eddie Bayers – drums (3, 5, 8)
 * Bryan Cumming – saxophone (9)
 * Nick DeCaro – string arrangements and conductor (3)
 * Rick Wilkins – string arrangements and conductor (4)
 * Peter Cardinali – string arrangements and conductor (8)
 * Bill Champlin – backing vocals (1, 9)
 * Tom Kelly – backing vocals (1, 9)
 * Bruce Murray – backing vocals (2, 10)
 * Deborah Schaal Greimann – backing vocals (2, 5, 8, 10)
 * Tom Brannon – backing vocals (3)
 * Philip Forrest – backing vocals (3)
 * Donna Sheridan – backing vocals (3)
 * Lisa Silver – backing vocals (3)
 * Randy Sharp – backing vocals (6)

Production

 * Jim Ed Norman – producer
 * Balmur Ltd. – executive producer
 * Ken Friesen – recording
 * Marshall Morgan – additional recording, mixing
 * Eric Prestidge – additional recording
 * Larry Hines – additional recording, recording assistant
 * Richard McKernon – additional recording, recording assistant
 * Giles Reeves – additional recording, recording assistant
 * Tom Henderson – recording assistant
 * Ken Perry – mastering
 * Paul Cade – art direction, design
 * Bill King – photography

Studios
 * Recorded at Eastern Sound (Toronto, Ontario, Canada); Audio Media Recorders (Nashville, Tennessee, USA); Redwing Studios (Tarzana, California, USA); Sunset Sound (Hollywood, California, USA).
 * Mixed at Emerald Sound Studios (Nashville, Tennessee, USA).
 * Mastered at Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee, USA).