Absolutely (Rik Emmett album)

Infobox Album | Name = Absolutely
Type = Album
Artist = Rik Emmett


Released = Start date|1990|04|11
Recorded = Phase One Studios, 1992
Genre = Rock
Length = 44:55
Label = MCA
Producer = Rik Emmett
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusicguide.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:difuxqt5ldde Read]
Last album =
This album = "Absolutely"
(1992)
Next album = "Ipso Facto"
(1995)

"Absolutely" is the debut solo album by the Canadian rock guitarist Rik Emmett, released in 1990, after leaving the heavy metal band Triumph. The album was released in 1990 and went Gold in Canada and US immediately. The album eventually reached platinum in both countries. The third cut on the album, Saved by Love, was used for the closing credits of the movie Problem Child 2. The album includes ten songs and one instrumental track.

Track listing

All songs written by (Rik Emmett) unless otherwise noted

# "Drive Time" – 4:21
# "Big Lie" – 4:26
# "Saved by Love" – 4:04
# "When a Heart Breaks" – 3:43
# "World of Wonder" – 3:58
# "Stand and Deliver" – 5:28
# "I Love That You Love Me" "(Rik Emmett / Bob Halligan Jr.)" – 4:21
# "Middle Ground" – 3:58
# "Heaven Only Knowss – 4:04
# "Smart, Fast, Mean & Lucky" "(Rik Emmett / Graham Shaw)" – 3:58
# "Passage (For Big Nick)" – 2:32

Personnel

* Rik Emmett – guitars, synthesizers, vocals
* Colleen Allen – sax (soprano), vocals (background)
* Chris Brockway – bass
* Randy Cooke – percussion
* Jeff Shaker – percussion, shaker, tambourine
* Colina Phillips – background vocals
* Joel Wade – background vocals
* Vivian William – background vocals

Production

* Rik Emmett – producer
* Ross Munro – executive producer
* Earl Torno – engineer & mixing
* Rick Pacholko – assistant engineer
* George Graves – mastering
* Chris Chapman – photography

Singles

*"Big Lie" - Charisma PRCD 023; released April 11, 1990 (USA)
*"Big Lie" - Duke Street Records DSRD-9047; released April 11, 1990 (Canada)
*"When a Heart Breaks/Open-ended Interview Rik Emmett" - Duke DSRDS-9063; released April 15, 1990 (Canada)
*"Saved By Love" - Duke DSRDS-9086; released April 18, 1990 (Canada)

Charts

Album

ingles

External links

* [http://www.rikemmett.com/music.php Absolutely Entry at the Official Rik Emmett Homepage]