Perfect Angel / Adventures in Paradise [Import, Original recording remastered]

Minnie Riperton | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 1, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Original recording remastered
• Label: EMI Europe Generic
• ASIN: B00018ZY84
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #11,825 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #25 in Music > Imports > R&B

Editorial Reviews

Digitally Remastered Two Albums on One Disc of Original Albums Released by the Late Singer/Songwriter. Her Four Octave Range is Legendary and the Hit Single "Lovin' You" was the First Time Many People Had Ever Heard a Woman with the Ability to Hit Those High Notes. This Set Includes that Hit Single Along with Tracks from the Album it Came Out on and It's Follow Up.

Customer Reviews

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect Angel/Adventures in Paradise, January 28, 2005

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Geminigirl (Philadelphia, PA United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Perfect Angel / Adventures in Paradise (Audio CD)

I, like a lot of people was introduced to Minnie Ripperton's music by hearing the classic "Lovin' You" and by hearing another of my fav singers, Teena Marie rhapsodize about Minnie's voice and songwriting talent. It's a shame that younger generations of singers don't appear to know more about this phenomenal vocalist - she sings effortlessly and beautifully - no riffs or runs to prolong vocals, just straight out singing from her heart (singers in this era who remind me of Minnie are Jill Scott, Norah Jones, Lizz Wright, Puff Johnson and Amel Larrieux).

Minnie was a true artist whose interest in music ran the gamut from opera to rock to r&b/pop. Her Chess Years album displays her early rock influence while in a group. As you listen to her songs (all of which she co-wrote with her husband or Stevie Wonder) you hear a woman who took risks with her music and in my opinion, never failed.

These two albums are my personal favorites of Minnie's all too short career - sadly her life was cut short by cancer. There is truly not a bad song in the bunch and for the price of one cd, you're getting 2 amazing albums.

Standout tracks to me: Take a Little Trip, Every Time He Comes Around, Baby-This Love I Have, Minnie's Lament, Alone in Brewster Bay & Don't Let Anyone Bring You Down....of course the better known: Lovin You, Inside Each Other & Perfect Angel anchor albums that deserve 10+ ratings on their own.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The High C Queen, March 13, 2004

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Guilaume Charpentier "Guillaume" (washington, dc United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Perfect Angel / Adventures in Paradise (Audio CD)

I have often wondered why us Americans who made Minnie Riperton a star had to pay triple retail price to get cd reissues of her music from Japan? What is wrong with American companies that they keep turning out s$#@ like most of the crap we hear on the radio and they leave classic material like this on the shelf to become obscure material when it needs to be reintroduced to each new generation. I was a kid when Minnie died and I remember crying when I heard that she died back in 1980? I was 9 back then and it was like losing a very cool aunt or a big sister..... With all that said, I'm thrilled that all of Minnie's Lps have been reissued on cd now.....I loved "Petals" and I have the Japanese imports....Now, I have these reissues and they just remind me how great she is and how poignant effect her musical voice had on me as a child.....Long live Minnie's music....

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Adventures In A Five-Octave Range!, May 4, 2004

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Andre' S Grindle "Funk Meister" (Bangor,ME.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Perfect Angel / Adventures in Paradise (Audio CD)

Minni's one of a kind voice is a treasure that has outlived her like an exotic museum piece and there is no shortage of quality material from either of these albums."Loving You" of course is here but so are Stevie Wonder's awe-inspiring "Perfect
Angel" and "Take A Trip Through Your Mind".And "Adventures In
Paradise" and "When It Comes Down To It" baught Minni into the
frontiers of heavily grooving funk.You know I could go on all day
detailing each of these albums brilliant vocal,instrumental and
songwriting values but I'm simply not allowed that many words.
Suffice it to say Minni Ripperton is from that generation of
musicians who set out to create a work of art that was highly
palatable to public ears rather then crank out faceless fodder.
So from myself,my parents and my friend Nigel wherever you are
now Minni,you are missed.