The Best of Minnie Riperton

The Best of Minnie Riperton
Greatest hits album by
Minnie Riperton
Released1981
Recorded1974–1980
Genre
LabelCapitol
Producer
Minnie Riperton chronology
Love Lives Forever
(1980) 		The Best of Minnie Riperton
(1981) 		Gold: The Best of Minnie Riperton
(1993)

The Best of Minnie Riperton is a posthumous greatest hits album by American singer Minnie Riperton, released in 1981 and issued by Capitol Records.[1] The album consists of the hits like "Perfect Angel," "Lovin' You," "Inside My Love" and "Adventures in Paradise". Also included are her last two released singles "Here We Go" and "You Take My Breath Away," both from the album Love Lives Forever.

The hits album features a new remix of "Memory Lane"; unreleased live versions of "Can You Feel What I'm Saying?", "Lover And Friend", and "Young, Willing, and Able"; two brief dialog tracks called "Moments with Minnie..."; and a cover of Joni Mitchell's "A Woman of Heart And Mind", a holdover from the Minnie sessions, as the "new" track.

Nothing from Riperton's Come to My Garden album appears here, nor does her early Chess Records releases as Andrea Davis or her material as a member of Rotary Connection (That would come later in 2001 on the 2-CD set Petals: The Minnie Riperton Collection). This album only covers her catolog with both Epic Records and Capitol Records.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)AlbumLength
1."A Moment with Minnie..." (dialogue)  0:52
2."Perfect Angel" (single mix)Stevie WonderPerfect Angel3:21
3."Memory Lane" (1981 Mix)Minnie Riperton, Richard Rudolph
Keni St. Lewis, Gene Dozier		Minnie3:57
4."Lovin' You" (single mix)Riperton, RudolphPerfect Angel3:42
5."Can You Feel What I'm Saying?" (live version)Riperton, Rudolph, Leon WareStay in Love4:28
6."Here We Go" (featuring Peabo Bryson)Riperton, Rudolph, Arthur PhillipsLove Lives Forever4:03
7."Inside My Love" (single mix)Riperton, RudolphAdventures in Paradise3:58
8."Lover and Friend" (live version)Riperton, Rudolph, Lewis, DozierMinnie4:09
9."Woman of Heart and Mind" (previously unreleased)Joni Mitchell 3:42
10."Young, Willing and Able" (live version)Riperton, Rudolph, Marlo HendersonStay in Love4:18
11."You Take My Breath Away" (radio edit)Riperton, Rudolph, Randy WaldmanLove Lives Forever3:43
12."Another Moment with Minnie..." (dialogue)  0:35
13."Adventures in Paradise"Riperton, Joe Sample, RudolphAdventures in Paradise3:12

Credits

  • Art Direction – Roy Kohara
  • Mixed By – David Cole (4) (tracks: A3)
  • Photography By – George Hurrell
  • Producer – Henry Lewy (tracks: A3, B1, B2), Johnny Pate (tracks: A6, B4), Minnie Riperton (tracks: A2 to A5, A7 to B3, B6)
    Richard Rudolph (tracks: A2 to B4, B6), Stewart Levine (tracks: A5, A7, B6)

Charts

Chart (1982) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Black Albums[2] 59
U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under The Top LPs[3] 203

References

  1. ^ Minnie Riperton: Discography|Allmusic
  2. ^ Minnie Riperton, Billboard Albums Chart History.Allmusic
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2010). Top Pop Albums. Record Research. p. 657. ISBN 978-0-89820-183-3.