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Minnie Riperton
Released 1970

Les Fleurs
03:18
798 plays

Only When I'm Dreaming
03:24
439 plays

Completeness
03:32
429 plays

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- 1
- Les Fleurs
- 03:18
- 798 plays

- 2
- Completeness
- 03:32
- 429 plays

- 3
- Come To my Garden
- 03:19
- 325 plays

- 4
- Memory Ban
- 04:05
- 316 plays

- 5
- Rainy Day In Centercille
- 05:22
- 303 plays

- 6
- Close Your Eyes
- 03:38
- 271 plays

- 7
- Oh By The Way
- 02:58
- 274 plays

- 8
- Expecting
- 03:51
- 259 plays

- 9
- Only When I'm Dreaming
- 03:24
- 439 plays

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album review

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. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide