| Come to My Garden | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | September 23, 1970 | |||
| Recorded | November 24–26, 1969 Ter Mar Studios (Chicago, Illinois) | |||
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| Length | 37:01 | |||
| Label | GRT | |||
| Producer | Charles Stepney | |||
| Minnie Riperton chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Billboard | (favorable)[2] |
| Cashbox | (favorable)[3] |
Come to My Garden is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Minnie Riperton which was produced, arranged and orchestrated by Charles Stepney and released in 1970 under GRT Records. It was re-released in 1974 on the Janus label, in the same time frame as Riperton's album Perfect Angel and her hit "Lovin' You."[4]
The album was first released on CD in 1990, and has since been made available in digital form. None of the CD editions have material transferred directly from the original master tapes. All CD editions were mastered in UK, USA and other countries using LP records and different noise reduction methods. It is quite possible that original tapes that belonged to GRT were lost forever.[5]
The album peaked at number 160 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart in 1974.[6] Some versions of the CD release do not include the last track, "Whenever, Wherever." Riperton said she wanted a sound like the great Dionne Warwick / Burt Bacharach collaborations for the album.
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Special Merit Picks. Vol. 82. Billboard Magazine. December 6, 1970. p. 65.
- ^ Cashbox Album Reviews. Vol. 32. Billboard Magazine. November 28, 1970. p. 28.
- ^ "Minnie Riperton – Come to My Garden (1974, Vinyl)". Discogs.
- ^ Rosen, Jody (June 11, 2019). "The Day the Music Burned". New York Times. Retrieved October 26, 2022.
- ^ "Minnie Riperton – Chart history". Billboard. Archived from the original on August 21, 2017. Retrieved August 21, 2017.