Come to My Garden [Aim] Minnie Riperton

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  • Release Date: 08/09/2005
  • Original Release: 1970
  • Sales Rank: 24,230
  • Label: AIM RECORDS
  • UPC: 752211106025

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Come to My Garden [Aim]

1LISTENLes Fleur 3:20
2LISTENCompleteness 3:36
3LISTENCome to My Garden 3:22
4LISTENMemory Band 4:11
5LISTENRainy Day in Centerville 5:25
6LISTENClose Your Eyes and Remember 3:45
7LISTENOh, By the Way 3:07
8LISTENExpecting 3:58
9LISTENOnly When I'm Dreaming 3:31
10LISTENWhenever, Wherever 3:34

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Minnie Riperton's solo debut is in many respects her finest hour -- devoid of the overly syrupy production that hampers her later work, Come to My Garden instead couches her miraculous voice in the elegant arrangements of the great Charles Stepney, striking a perfect balance between romantic melodrama and sensual nuance. Call Stepney's singular approach "chamber soul" -- the nimble melodies and insistent grooves swell with orchestral flourishes, while the jazz-inspired rhythms (courtesy of Ramsey Lewis' group) at times evoke Van Morrison's masterpiece Astral Weeks. Stepney creates the ideal backdrop for Riperton's soaring vocals, which reveal a subtlety and restraint absent from the glass-shattering bombast of her subsequent performances -- the opening "Les Fleurs" (covered decades later by 4Hero) crystallizes the entire record, embracing both intimacy and majesty to haunting effect. [The Aim reissue, released in 2005, contains the bonus track "Whenever, Wherever," though it is listed as "Wherever We Are." The content of this disc is similar to what can be found on the Varese and Castle reissues from 2002.] Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide

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