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Petals: The Minnie Riperton Collection

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Petals: The Minnie Riperton Collection
Compilation album by
ReleasedFebruary 12, 2001
Recorded1969–1979
Genre
Length2:12:57
LabelCapitol
Producer
Minnie Riperton chronology
Les Fleurs
(2000)
Petals: The Minnie Riperton Collection
(2001)
Petals: The Minnie Riperton Collection
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Petals: The Minnie Riperton Collection is a posthumous 2-disc set compilation album by American R&B and soul singer Minnie Riperton, released in 2001 and issued by Capitol Records. The compilation consists of songs from her albums released on Epic Records and Capitol Records. The collection includes her number-one pop hit "Lovin' You", the popular "Perfect Angel", "Inside My Love", "Adventures in Paradise" and "Memory Lane".

Also featured is Riperton's last released single "Here We Go" from the album Love Lives Forever, a live reprise of "Lovin' You" featuring George Benson and a cover of Joni Mitchell's "A Woman of Heart And Mind". The tracks "You Gave Me Soul" and "Lonely Girl" from her Chess Records days, which she recorded under the name Andrea Davis, songs from her Come to My Garden album, as well as her material as a member of Rotary Connection on "I Took a Ride", "Were Going Wrong", and a cover of "Respect" appear here.

Track listing

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Disc 1
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Edge of a Dream"Minnie Riperton, Richard Rudolph4:22
2."You Gave Me Soul" (as Andrea Davis)B.B. Davis, Sugar Pie DeSanto2:40
3."Lonely Girl" (as Andrea Davis)Davis, DeSanto3:01
4."Respect" (featuring Rotary Connection)Otis Redding3:05
5."We're Going Wrong" (featuring Rotary Connection)Jack Bruce3:18
6."I Took a Ride (Caravan)" (featuring Rotary Connection) 6:05
7."Come to My Garden"Rudolph3:14
8."Completeness"Charles Stepney, Rose Johnson3:24
9."Expecting"Stepney, Jon Stocklin3:51
10."Les Fleur"Stepney, Rudolph3:18
11."Studio Dialog" 0:34
12."Seeing You This Way" (Demo session)Riperton, Rudolph2:39
13."Reasons"Riperton, Rudolph3:27
14."Take a Little Trip"Stevie Wonder4:08
15."Lovin' You"Riperton, Rudolph3:43
16."Every Time He Comes Around"Riperton, Rudolph3:52
17."Love and Its Glory"Riperton, Rudolph5:14
18."Simple Things"Riperton, Rudolph3:41
19."Lovin' You (Live reprise)" (featuring George Benson) 4:24
Disc 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Perfect Angel"Stevie Wonder3:24
2."Adventures in Paradise"Riperton, Rudolph, Joe Sample3:14
3."Young, Willing and Able"Riperton, Rudolph, Marlo Henderson3:46
4."Gettin' Ready for Your Love"Riperton, Rudolph3:38
5."Baby, This Love I Have"Riperton, Leon Ware, Rudolph4:11
6."Can You Feel What I'm Saying?"Riperton, Rudolph, Ware4:15
7."Inside My Love"Riperton, Rudolph4:45
8."Light My Fire" (featuring José Feliciano)Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger, John Densmore5:08
9."Could It Be I'm in Love"Riperton, Rudolph4:18
10."Stay in Love"Riperton, Rudolph3:16
11."Here We Go" (featuring Peabo Bryson)Riperton, Rudolph, Arthur Phillips4:04
12."Memory Lane"Riperton, Rudolph, Keni St. Lewis, Gene Dozier4:25
13."Woman of Heart and Mind"Joni Mitchell3:43
14."Return to Forever"Rudolph, Randy Waldman4:09
15."Lover and Friend"Riperton, Rudolph, Lewis, Dozier4:16
16."Give Me Time"Leonard Caston Jr., Lila Hurtado4:27

References

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  1. ^ Elias, Jason. Minnie Riperton – Petals: The Minnie Riperton Collection at AllMusic. Retrieved November 17, 2021.
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