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- Original Release Date: 27 Nov 2006
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- Also available in CD Format
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| Play | 1. Reasons | 3:26 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 2. Every Time He Comes Around | 3:52 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 3. Young Willing And Able | 3:46 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 4. Inside My Love | 4:41 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 5. Memory Lane | 4:26 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 6. Love Hurts | 3:39 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 7. Here We Go | 4:04 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 8. You Take My Breath Away | 4:31 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 9. Strange Affair | 7:57 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 10. Take A Little Trip | 4:10 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 11. I'm A Woman | 3:59 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 12. Lovin' You | 3:46 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 13. Les Fleurs | 3:16 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 14. Light My Fire (feat. Jose Feliciano) | 5:10 | £0.89 |
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Minnie Ripeton's voice is one of the most versatile and rich instruments ever heard. Her range, as showcased in 'Lovin You' was incredible, but it's the seductive tones of songs like 'Inside my Love' that really shine. 'Les Fleurs' is a trimphant and joyous psychedelic treat, the single most uplifting piece of music I know. There are a couple of filler tracks on here, but there's too much quality to let that detract. A fantastic woman (she was a crusader for women's and cancer charities before she died) has left a legacy of unique music for us to enjoy. It would be rude not to.
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This is an album you put on when it's cold and dark outside, and just let it warm you up! There are some fantastically funky tracks like 'Black gold of the sun' and the truly uplifting 'Les Fleurs'- which is quite possibly my favourite record of all time. Minnie Riperton has a voice that seems to float higher than anyone else's and then dip down so effortlessly, Whitney and Mariah should take note. Just a great collection, nicely done. No frills, good old fashioned soul with a lovely gospel edge.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
A well-chosen anthology spanning Minnie Ripperton's most creative and musically satisfying decade from the late sixties onwards.
Minnie is best known for LOVIN' YOU - which is rightly included here as, despite a little over-familiarity, it still stands as a deeply affecting performance of a truly great song. But evidently there is much, much more to Minnie than that.
As LOVIN' YOU demonstrates, Minnie was in possession of a breathtaking multi-octave vocal range. However, this collection also testifies to the sheer quality of her songwriting and breadth of musical vision. Minnie's talent clearly included the ability to co-produce her own songs, choose the best producers and musicians to work with and the refusal to waste her vocal talent on throwaway material (a frequent flaw in so many performers in this field). It is true that this is an album of mostly sweet, mid-tempo soul rather than out and out dance floor material but it really does encompass most of the enduring sounds and textures of 1970s Black American music.
The price of the album is justified on its own for the pair of Charles Stepney productions (LES FLEUR and I AM THE BLACK GOLD OF THE SUN), which are two achingly beautiful acoustic-psychedelic soul masterpieces dating from the very late '60s. Both were revived much later on by DJ Gilles Peterson and later covered by 4 Hero and Masters At Work (as Nu Yorican Soul).
You could also say the same for the much-sampled soul-jazz of INSIDE MY LOVE from 1975, which, like so many of Minnie's songs is just incredibly yet understatedly sexy. It was co-written and produced by Minnie and will also be familiar to anybody who has seen Quentin Tarrantino's "Jackie Brown". MEMORY LANE, from 1979, is very much in the same rich vein as Curtis Mayfield's best `70s output and is probably my favourite tune on the whole album (and, as I recall, a big Norman Jay tune from the days of his Original Musiquarium show on KISS FM). Another highlight is YOUNG, WILLING AND ABLE, with its jazzy, Roy Ayers-like feel.
In all, there are 15 tracks - with no fillers as far as I am concerned. As you will learn from Dean Rudland's excellent sleeve notes, in 1979 Minnie died tragically young at the age of just 31. This album is a fantastic tribute to her amazing, enduring talent and is ultimately a great collection of top quality soul music.
Minnie is best known for LOVIN' YOU - which is rightly included here as, despite a little over-familiarity, it still stands as a deeply affecting performance of a truly great song. But evidently there is much, much more to Minnie than that.
As LOVIN' YOU demonstrates, Minnie was in possession of a breathtaking multi-octave vocal range. However, this collection also testifies to the sheer quality of her songwriting and breadth of musical vision. Minnie's talent clearly included the ability to co-produce her own songs, choose the best producers and musicians to work with and the refusal to waste her vocal talent on throwaway material (a frequent flaw in so many performers in this field). It is true that this is an album of mostly sweet, mid-tempo soul rather than out and out dance floor material but it really does encompass most of the enduring sounds and textures of 1970s Black American music.
The price of the album is justified on its own for the pair of Charles Stepney productions (LES FLEUR and I AM THE BLACK GOLD OF THE SUN), which are two achingly beautiful acoustic-psychedelic soul masterpieces dating from the very late '60s. Both were revived much later on by DJ Gilles Peterson and later covered by 4 Hero and Masters At Work (as Nu Yorican Soul).
You could also say the same for the much-sampled soul-jazz of INSIDE MY LOVE from 1975, which, like so many of Minnie's songs is just incredibly yet understatedly sexy. It was co-written and produced by Minnie and will also be familiar to anybody who has seen Quentin Tarrantino's "Jackie Brown". MEMORY LANE, from 1979, is very much in the same rich vein as Curtis Mayfield's best `70s output and is probably my favourite tune on the whole album (and, as I recall, a big Norman Jay tune from the days of his Original Musiquarium show on KISS FM). Another highlight is YOUNG, WILLING AND ABLE, with its jazzy, Roy Ayers-like feel.
In all, there are 15 tracks - with no fillers as far as I am concerned. As you will learn from Dean Rudland's excellent sleeve notes, in 1979 Minnie died tragically young at the age of just 31. This album is a fantastic tribute to her amazing, enduring talent and is ultimately a great collection of top quality soul music.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Poor recording.
Very poor recording. But it was quite cheap, so you
get what you pay for. Would not recommend this to a
friend. Go for a more expensive recording. Read more
get what you pay for. Would not recommend this to a
friend. Go for a more expensive recording. Read more
Published 7 months ago by sunny
minnie..
I think it goes without saying, minnie was one of the greats, she had her own style and her music was very sexual. Read more
Published on 5 Mar 2010 by Simon Victor
One swallow does not make a summer
Before buying this album I only knew one song . "Loving you is easy 'cos your beautiful .............. " . Read more
Published on 25 May 2009 by Ronald L. Pearce
minnie riperton a good collection to start with!!
this is a good collection to start with put theres plenty other albums she has done that are fab!! the petals minnine riperton collction 2cd is a better collection then this!! Read more
Published on 27 Aug 2008 by Mr. S. L. Smith
6di8o
A great voice, certainly, but there's way too many slow, unaffecting tracks to make this a a spellbinding listen. Read more
Published on 11 Feb 2008 by 77
Seminal artist sadly no longer with us
If it wasn't for Nuyorican Soul, The Orb and filmwise Tarantino's Jackie Brown and Road Trip, I think I would have missed out on Minnie. Read more
Published on 29 Jun 2007 by N. Hall
Disappointing
Not knowing much about Minnie Riperton, but absolutely loving Les Fleurs, and Black Gold of the Sun, I was hoping for more of that "Age of Aquarius" ecstatic soul style. Read more
Published on 10 April 2006 by sweavo
A mixture of styles, not what i expected...but a good album
I bought this album immediately after hearing 'lovin you,' as Ive become totally infatuated by the song. Read more
Published on 27 May 2005 by Ms. C. Tan
good, but not great
When I bought this CD I was expecting to hear Jazzed up soul tunes like Black Gold of the Sun, instead what you get on this compilation is a few tunes at the beginning and the end... Read more
Published on 3 July 2003
A wonderful voice, and some lovely songs
This is a really lovely CD, without any weak tracks. However, there aren't that many fantastic tracks either, the whole thing is just solid and uplifting and joyous. Read more
Published on 1 Nov 2001
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