title: Little Acts of Treason
text: # Little Acts of Treason
  
  Professional ratings :
  
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  | Allmusic | |
  | The Austin Chronicle | |
  
  Little Acts of Treason is an album released in 1995 by American country music singer Carlene Carter. Included is "Loose Talk," a duet with Carter's father, veteran country musician Carl Smith. The album's lead-off single "Love Like This" was originally recorded by Blackhawk for their 1994 debut album, Blackhawk, and before that by Kennedy Rose on their 1990 album hai ku.
  
  Carter co-produced with James Stroud on tracks 1–4, 8, 10 and 11 and Howie Epstein on track 12; she produced the rest of the album herself.
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * Carlene Carter - vocals, guitar, autoharp, marxophone, percussion, glockenspiel, bongos, piano, keyboards
  * Johnny Cash - background vocals
  * Carl Smith - vocals
  * Alan Gordon Anderson - lead guitar, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals
  * John Jorgenson - lead guitar, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, slide guitar, mandolin, sitar
  * Matt Rollings - piano
  * Mickey Raphael - harmonica
  * Eddie Bayers - drums
  * Robert Becker - violin
  * Benmont Tench - piano, organ, keyboards, fiddle,
  * Michael Black - background vocals
  * Kenneth Burward-Hoy - viola
  * Larry Byrom - acoustic guitar, slide guitar
  * Darius Campo - viola
  * Howie Epstein - background vocals
  * Sheila "Sheila E." Escovedo - percussion
  * Paul Franklin - guitar, steel guitar, pedal steel guitar
  * John Hobbs - piano, organ
  * Dann Huff - electric guitar
  * Danny Jacob - guitar
  * Scott Joss - fiddle, harmonica
  * Jana King - background vocals
  * Jay Dee Maness - pedal steel guitar
  * Jim Lauderdale - vocals
  * Mark O'Connor - fiddle
  * Sid Page - concertmaster
  * Phil Parlapiano - accordion, harmonium, keyboards, mandolin
  * Mickey Rafael - harmonica
  * Rachel Robinson - flageolet, violin
  * Vince Santoro - drums, percussion, vocals
  * Joe Spivey - mandolin
  * Glenn Worf - bass
  * Curtis Young - background vocals
  * Jim Hanson - bass, vocals
  * Barbara Santoro - background vocals
  * Bruce Dukov, Lily Ho Chen, David Ewart, Michael Markham - violin
  * Tiffany A. Lowe - background vocals
  * Not Quite Ready for the Opry Singers - choir, chorus
  * Steve Richards - cello
  
  ## Chart performance
  
  | Chart (1995) | Peak position |
  | - | - |
  | U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 65 |
  | Canadian RPM Country Albums | 18 |
  