The Best of The Rippingtons explained

The Best of The Rippingtons
Type:compilation
Artist:The Rippingtons
Cover:The_Best_ofthe_Rippingtons_1997_album.png
Released:November 11, 1997
Recorded:1986–1995
Genre:Smooth jazz
Jazz fusion
Length:52:10
Label:GRP
Producer:Russ Freeman
Prev Title:Black Diamond
Prev Year:1997
Next Title:Topaz
Next Year:1999

The Best of The Rippingtons is a compilation album by the American jazz group The Rippingtons, released in 1997 by the GRP label. The album is a retrospective of their previous GRP albums, and also includes two previously unreleased tracks.

The album reached No. 10 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz chart.[1]

Track listing

All songs written by Russ Freeman

  1. "Garden of Babylon" - 5:40 (previously unreleased)
  2. "Tourist in Paradise" - 5:41 (from Tourist in Paradise)
  3. "Affair in San Miguel" - 5:08 (from Welcome to the St. James' Club)
  4. "Snowbound" - 4:53 (from Curves Ahead)
  5. "Aruba!" - 4:17 (from Tourist in Paradise)
  6. "Sapphire Island" - 4:48 (previously unreleased)
  7. "Principles of Desire" - 4:42 (from Sahara)
  8. "Vienna" - 4:51 (from Weekend in Monaco)
  9. "Kenya" - 5:22 (from Welcome to the St. James' Club)
  10. "She Likes to Watch" - 5:31 (from Moonlighting)
  11. "Urban Wanderer" - 4:43 (from Brave New World)
  12. "Kilimanjaro" - 4:48 (from Kilimanjaro)

Personnel

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-best-of-the-rippingtons-mw0000596335/awards The Best of The Rippingtons charting info
  2. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=the-rippingtons-mw0000647116/awards|pure_url=yes}} The Rippingtons US albums chart history ]. allmusic.com. 2013-03-09.