Ripe (album)

Ripe

Studio album by Ben Lee

Released

18 September 2007

Ben Lee chronology

Awake Is the New Sleep
(2005)

Ripe
(2007)

The Rebirth of Venus
(2009)

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.^[1]

It entered the ARIA Albums Chart at No. 11 on 24 September.^[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	62/100^[3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[4]
Time Off	^[5]

Track listing

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

Singles

"Love Me Like the World is Ending" (2007)
"Numb" (2007)
"American Television" (2008)

Charts

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

References

↑ Eleven magazine Archived 28 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
↑ Hung, Steffen. "Discography Ben Lee". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung). Retrieved 2 November 2015.
↑ http://www.metacritic.com/music/ripe/ben-lee
↑ Thomas, Stephen (2007-09-04). "Allmusic review". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2012-06-02.
↑ Time Off review

Ben Lee

Studio albums	Grandpaw Would (1995) Something to Remember Me By (1997) Breathing Tornados (1998) hey you. yes you. (2002) Awake Is the New Sleep (2005) Ripe (2007) The Rebirth of Venus (2009) Deeper into Dream (2011) Ayahuasca: Welcome to the Work (2013) Love Is the Great Rebellion (2015)

EPs	The Dirty Little Secret (2002) Into the Dark (2005)

Singles	"Cigarettes Will Kill You" "Ship My Body Home" "Nothing Much Happens" "Tornados" "Freediving" "Dead or Anything" "Something Borrowed, Something Blue" "Running with Scissors" "Gamble Everything for Love" "Catch My Disease" "We're All in This Together" "In My Life" "Love Me Like the World Is Ending" "Numb" "American Television" (radio promo) "I Love Pop Music" "Song for the Divine Mother of the Universe"

Other songs	"What's So Bad (About Feeling Good)?"

Related	Odd Man Out Tour

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