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)Awake Is the New Sleep2005 Ripe (2007) The Rebirth of Venus (2009)The Rebirth of Venus2009

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

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

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

Charts