Ripe (Ben Lee album) explained

Ripe
Type:	studio
Artist:	Ben Lee
Cover:	Ripe (Ben Lee Album) cover art.jpg
Released:	18 September 2007
Genre:	Indie pop
Label:	Inertia, New West
Producer:	John Alagia
Prev Title:	Awake Is the New Sleep
Prev Year:	2005
Next Title:	The Rebirth of Venus
Next Year:	2009

Ripe is the sixth album by Australian musician Ben Lee, released on 18 September 2007. 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]

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

Personnel

• John Alagia – guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, tack piano, organ, shaker, tambourine, background vocals
• Matt Chamberlain – drums, tambourine, percussion
• Mark Goldenberg – electric guitar, slide guitar
• Nick Johns – piano, Fender Rhodes piano, harmonium, Wurlitzer organ, Mellotron, ARP synthesizer, Moog synthesizer, vibraphone
• Charlotte Martin – piano, background vocals
• Mandy Moore – vocals, background vocals
• Todd M. Simon – trumpet
• Sara Watkins – background vocals
• Ben Lee – vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar

Notes and References

1. http://www.elevenmagazine.com.au/content/news/2007/june/21/ben_lee_ripe.html Eleven
2. Web site: Discography Ben Lee . australian-charts.com . 2 November 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160316032334/http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Ben+Lee . 16 March 2016.