The Best of Minnie Riperton

The Best of Minnie Riperton
Greatest hits album by Minnie Riperton
Released 1981
Recorded 1974-1980
Genre
Label Capitol
Producer
Minnie Riperton chronology
Love Lives Forever
(1980)
The Best of Minnie Riperton
(1981)

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, her last two released singles "Here We Go" from the album Love Lives Forever 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)Album Length
1. "A Moment with Minnie..." (Dialog)   0:52
2. "Pefect Angel" (Single Mix)Stevie Wonderfrom the album Perfect Angel 3:21
3. "Memory Lane" (1981 Mix)Minnie Riperton, Richard Rudolph
Keni St. Lewis, Gene Dozier
from the album Minnie 3:57
4. "Lovin' You" (Single Mix)Riperton, Rudolphfrom the album Perfect Angel 3:42
5. "Can You Feel What I'm Saying?" (Live Version)Riperton, Rudolph, Leon Wareoriginal studio version from the album Stay in Love 4:28
6. "Here We Go" (featuring Peabo Bryson)Riperton, Rudolph, Arthur Phillipsfrom the album Love Lives Forever 4:03
7. "Inside My Love" (Single Mix)Riperton, Rudolphfrom the album Adventures in Paradise 3:58
8. "Lover and Friend" (Live Version)Riperton, Rudolph, Lewis, Dozierfrom the album Minnie 4:09
9. "Woman of Heart and Mind" (Unreleased)Joni MitchellUnreleased track for the album Minnie 3:42
10. "Young, Willing and Able" (Live Version)Riperton, Rudolph, Marlo Hendersonoriginal studio version from the album Stay in Love 4:18
11. "You Take My Breath Away" (Radio edit)Riperton, Rudolph, Randy Waldmanfrom the album Love Lives Forever 3:43
12. "Another Moment with Minnie..." (Dialog)   0:35
13. "Adventures in Paradise"  Riperton, Joe Sample, Rudolphfrom the album Adventures in Paradise 3:12

Credits

Charts

Chart (1982) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Black Albums[2] 59

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