Love Lives Forever

Love Lives Forever
Studio album by Minnie Riperton
Released October 18, 1980
Recorded 1978 (Minnie's Vocals)
1980 (overdubs)
Genre
Length 37:33
Label Capitol
Producer
Minnie Riperton chronology
Minnie
(1979)		 Love Lives Forever
(1980)		 The Best of Minnie Riperton
(1981)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Love Lives Forever is the sixth and final studio album by American soul singer Minnie Riperton. Released posthumously in 1980, it was co-produced by her husband Richard Rudolph and released on her then-label Capitol Records. It consists of unused vocal sessions, put in music and vocally completed by artists she admired or with whom she shared her musical style.[2] Even though most of the selections are set in a midtempo rhythm, they are calm in mood.

Background

This album was the first of its kind, in that all of Minnie's vocals were stripped from their earlier, original music tracks and completely redone.[3] Completed with new musicians, vocalists and arrangements. Producer Quincy Jones described this difficult project best as "keeping the bridge, but moving the water".[4]

The back cover contains a quote about Riperton of each artist who participated, and their signature (being a thumbprint for Stevie Wonder).[5] Wonder's quote inspired the album title. Stevie, being a very close friend of Minnie, wrote these lines for her: "I miss you because I cannot touch you...but then again, I guess that I can because you're touching me...so, Love lives forever".[6]

Commercial reception

The song "Here We Go" was released as a single and hit the top twenty. The single peaked at no. 14 on the Billboard R&B Songs chart. The second release was "Give Me Time," though not as successful as its predecessor, it still has the untarnished texture for which Riperton's vocals were known and features Stevie Wonder on harmonica.

Track listing

Side One
  1. "Here We Go" (Minnie Riperton, Richard Rudolph, Arthur Phillips) – 6:12
  2. "I'm in Love Again" (Riperton, Rudolph) – 4:05
  3. "Strange Affair" (Riperton, Rudolph, Marlo Henderson) – 8:55
  4. "Island in the Sun" (Riperton, Rudolph) – 4:45
    • Tom Scott – tenor sax solo
Side Two
  1. "Give Me Time" (Leonard Caston, Jr., Lila Hurtado) – 4:25
  2. "You Take My Breath Away" (Riperton, Rudolph, Randy Waldman) – 4:35
  3. "The Song of Life (La-La-La)" (Riperton, Rudolph, Caston, Weider) – 4:10

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1980)[7] Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Pop Albums 35
U.S. Billboard Black Albums 11

Singles

Year Title US
R&B[8]
1980 "Here We Go" 14
1981 "Give Me Time" 72

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ Minnie Riperton - Petals: The Minnie Riperton Collection (CD liner notes) The Right Stuff/Capitol Records 7243 5 29343-2
  3. ↑ Minnie Riperton - Petals: The Minnie Riperton Collection (CD liner notes) The Right Stuff/Capitol Records 7243 5 29343-2
  4. ↑ Minnie Riperton - Petals: The Minnie Riperton Collection (CD liner notes) The Right Stuff/Capitol Records 7243 5 29343-2
  5. ↑ Minnie Riperton - Petals: The Minnie Riperton Collection (CD liner notes) The Right Stuff/Capitol Records 7243 5 29343-2
  6. ↑ Minnie Riperton - Petals: The Minnie Riperton Collection (CD liner notes) The Right Stuff/Capitol Records 7243 5 29343-2
  7. ↑ "Love Lives Forever > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-02-13.
  8. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 490.
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