Ripe (album)

Ripe
Studio album by Ben Lee
Released 18 September 2007
Genre Indie pop
Label Inertia, New West
Producer John Alagia
Ben Lee chronology

Awake Is the New Sleep
(2005)
Ripe
(2007)
The Rebirth of Venus
(2009)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Time Off [2]

Ripe is the sixth album by Australian musician Ben Lee, released on 18 September 2007. The first single from the album was "Love Me Like the World Is Ending".

Produced by John Alagia, the album features guest appearances from Mandy Moore, Benji Madden, Benmont Tench, Rachael Yamagata, Rooney, Sara Watkins and Charlotte Martin.[3]

It entered the ARIA Albums Chart at #11 on 24 September.

Track listing

  1. "Love Me Like the World Is Ending" (featuring Rachael Yamagata) – 3:46
  2. "American Television" (featuring Rooney) – 3:40
  3. "Birds and Bees" (featuring Mandy Moore) – 3:09
  4. "Is This How Love's Supposed to Feel?" (featuring Charlotte Martin) – 4:17
  5. "Blush" – 3:55
  6. "Numb" – 2:57
  7. "What Would Jay-Z Do?" – 2:54
  8. "Sex Without Love" (featuring Benji Madden) – 3:31
  9. "Home" – 2:39
  10. "So Hungry" – 3:34
  11. "Just Say Yes" – 5:24
  12. "Ripe" – 3:05

Singles

Charts

Chart (2004) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Charts 11
Billboard Heatseekers 8
Billboard Independent Albums 35

References

  1. Thomas, Stephen (2007-09-04). "Allmusic review". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2012-06-02.
  2. Time Off review
  3. Eleven magazine Archived 28 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine