''The Best of Minnie Riperton'' is a posthumous greatest hits album by American singer

Minnie Riperton Minnie Julia Riperton Rudolph (November 8, 1947 – July 12, 1979) was an American singer-songwriter best known for her 1975 single "Lovin' You" and her four octave D3 to F7 coloratura soprano range. She is also widely known for her use o ...

, released in 1981 and issued by

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/ref> 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 ''

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''. 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

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's "A Woman of Heart And Mind", a holdover from the ''

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'' sessions, as the "new" track. Nothing from Riperton's ''

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'' album appears here, nor does her early

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releases as Andrea Davis or her material as a member of

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(That would come later in 2001 on the 2-CD set '' Petals: The Minnie Riperton Collection''). This album only covers her catolog with both

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and

Track listing

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

References

External links

The Best of Minnie Riperton (Vinyl, LP)
Discogs {{DEFAULTSORT:Best of Minnie Riperton, The 1981 compilation albums Capitol Records compilation albums Minnie Riperton compilation albums Albums produced by Johnny Pate Albums produced by Stevie Wonder Albums produced by Stewart Levine Albums produced by Henry Lewy Compilation albums published posthumously