Swing Shift (album)

Infobox Album | Name = Swing Shift
Type = Album
Artist = Rik Emmett


Released = Start date|1997|12|11
Recorded = 1997
Genre = Jazz, smooth jazz, swing, folk, country
Length = 45:13
Label = Open House Collection
Producer = Rik Emmett
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusicguide.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3cfwxqejldfe Read]
Last album = "Ten Invitations From The Mistress Of Mr. E"
(1997)
This album = "Swing Shift"
(1997)
Next album = "Raw Quartet"
(1999)

"Swing Shift" is the fifth studio album by the Canadian guitarist Rik Emmett, released in 1997. It is the second instalment in the guitar trilogy, released merely six months after Ten Invitations From The Mistress Of Mr. E, which was the beginning of the trilogy that is meant to cover the basis of Rik Emmett's guitar teaching.

Track listing

All songs written by Rik Emmett

# "Taste of Steel" – 2:19
#*"contains lead vocals"
# "Way Cool" – 3:49
# "Swing Shift" – 3:42
# "Three Clouds Across the Moon" – 5:45
# "Santa Fe Horizon" – 5:47
# "Swizzle Stick" – 4:19
# "Gladhands" – 1:28
# "One Look" – 4:30
#*"contains lead vocals"
# "Key Chain" – 3:37
# "Veronica's Blue Waltz"
# "Mr. Bebop" – 1:54
# "A Theory of Relativity"
#*"contains lead vocals"

Personnel

* Rik Emmett – guitars, synthesizers, vocals
* Steve Skingley – bass
* Denton Young – drums
* Randy Cooke – percussion
* Marty Anderson – keyboards

Production

* Rik Emmett – producer
* Ed Stone – engineer
* Hugh Cooper – mixing
* Noel Golden – assistant engineer
* George Marino – mastering
* Chris Chapman – photography

External links

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