Ripe (Ben Lee album)

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".

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)

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

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
• Nic Jones - 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

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). Archived from the original on 16 March 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2015. "Ripe by Ben Lee". Retrieved 3 October 2016. Thomas, Stephen (4 September 2007). "Allmusic review". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2 June 2012. Time Off review