- Ipso Facto
Infobox Album | Name = Ipso Facto
Type =Album
Artist =Rik Emmett
Released = Start date|1992|10|10
Recorded = Phase One Studios, 1992
Genre = Rock
Length = 60:34
Label = MCA
Producer =Rik Emmett
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusicguide.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0bfqxqlgldje Read]
Last album = "Absolutely"
(1990)
This album = "Ipso Facto"
(1992)
Next album = "The Spiral Notebook "
(1995)"Ipso Facto" is a
studio album by the Canadian rock guitaristRik Emmett , released in 1992. It was Emmett's second solostudio album .The album was certified gold in the US by the
RIAA , with sales of over 500,000 copies, on April 24, 1993 and Platinum, with sales of over one million copies, on July 27, 1999."Ipso Facto" was the last
Rik Emmett album to truly feature a band as writers, following albums would focus entirely on Rik himself, beginning with "The Spiral Notebook " three years later, in 1992.Track listing
# "Straight Up" "(Rik Emmett)" – 5:14
# "Bang On" "(Rik Emmett)" – 3:51
# "Let Love Conquer All" "(Rik Emmett)" – 4:09
# "Heaven in Your Heart" "(Rik Emmett)" – 4:54
# "Dig a Little Deeper" "(Rik Emmett)" – 5:11
# "Lickity Bit" "(Rik Emmett)" – 2:22
# "Rainbow Man" "(Rik Emmett)" – 6:13
# "Out of the Blue" "(Rik Emmett)" – 5:42
# "Meet You There" "(Rik Emmett)" – 4:50
# "Cant Lie to Myself" "(Rik Emmett)" – 4:26
# "Do Me Good" "(Rik Emmett)" – 4:36
# "Calling St. Cecilia" "(Rik Emmett)" – 3:58
# "Transition" "(Rik Emmett)" – 2:06
# "Woke Up This Morninng (Blues In My Fingers)" "(Rik Emmett)" – 3:01Personnel
*
Rik Emmett – guitars, synthesizers, vocals
*Colleen Allen – sax (soprano), vocals (background)
* Peter Cardinali – bass
* Tom Lewis – bass
*Randy Cooke – percussion
* Greg Critchley – drums
* Brian Leonard – percussion, shaker, tambourine
* Debbie Fleming – background vocals
* Rebecca Jenkins – background vocals
* Dick Armin – cello
* Ross Munro – tambourine, sequencersProduction
*
Rik Emmett – producer
* Ed Stone – engineer
* Hugh Cooper – mixing
* Noel Golden – assistant engineer
* George Marino – mastering
* Chris Chapman – photography
*Dean Motter – art direction, illustration, designSingles
*"Out of the Blue/Meet You There" - Polystar PSDW 3004; released November 12,
1992 (Japan)
*"Straight Up/Open-ended Interview Rik Emmett" - Duke DSRDS-9232; released October 8,1992 (Canada)
*"Bang On/Open-ended Interview Rik Emmett" - Duke DSRDS-8121; released October 15,1992 (Canada)
*"Out of the Blue (Radio Edit)" - Duke Street DSRDS-9265; released January 18,1993 (Canada)
*"Out of the Blue (Radio Edit)" - Alert Music Inc. DPRO 234; released January 18,1993 (Canada)
*"Let Love Conquer All" - Alert Music Inc. DPRO 229; released January 11,1993 (Canada)Charts
Album
ingles
External links
* [http://www.rikemmett.com/music.php Ipso Facto Entry at the Official Rik Emmett Homepage]
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