"Adventures In Paradise" was Minnie's third solo album and the second to hit the charts.  This time Minnie and Richard teamed up with Joe Sample and Leon Ware to make one incredible album.  "Adventures In Paradise" was hitting both R&B and Pop charts equally strong, and I recall Minnie being featured on "In Concert" that year singing the title track.

All of the songs featured on this album are classic Minnie, with the exception of one, "Minnie's Lament".  Even back in '75 I found this tune to be incredibly sad and totally out of character for Minnie.  Don't misunderstand, "Rainy Day In Centerville" and "Brewster Bay" (featured on this album) are sweetly sad tunes which Minnie does very well, but "Minnie's Lament" borders on the deep deep sadness expressed by "Sundown Lady's Artist of the Month".  By all accounts that's pretty darn sad, but I digress.  Minnie sings this song beautifully, but it just seems so out of place.  I'm sure there are those who would speculate that "Minnie's Lament" had something to do  with the fact Minnie was diagnosed with breast cancer during the recording of this album.  Although, this would be the logical thought pattern to follow, the song was written in 1971... so who knows?

• Baby, This Love I Have
• Feelin' That Your Feelin's Right
• When It Comes Down To It
• Minnie's Lament
• Love and Its Glory
• Adventures In Paradise
• Inside My Love
• Alone In Brewster Bay
• Simple Things
• Don't Let Anyone Bring You Down

Needless to say, it's a GREAT album.  Of course, everything Minnie did was great in my opinion.  There are no liner notes for this album (I checked both vinyl releases), but the lyrics reproduced here are from the original CBS release.  Featured artists on this album are Leon Ware, Joe Sample, Larry Carlton, Ed Brown, Jim Gordon, Tom Scott, Jim horn, Sid Sharp, Dean Parks, and Dorothy Ashby on harp". 

Release information can be found here