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Length
  
44:55

Artist
  
Rik Emmett

Producer
  
Rik Emmett

Genre
  
Rock music

Absolutely (1990)
  
Ipso Facto (1992)

Release date
  
11 April 1990

Label
  
Charisma Records

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Released
  
April 11, 1990 (1990-04-11)

Recorded
  
November 1989 – February 1990 at Phase One Studios. Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Similar
  
Rik Emmett albums, Rock music albums

Rik emmett drive time


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 the 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.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by (Rik Emmett) unless otherwise noted:

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

Personnel

  • Rik Emmett – guitars, synthesizers, lead vocals, background vocals on tracks 1–3, 6, & 8
  • David Tkaczuk – keyboards, piano, arranging, synthesizers
  • Colleen Allen – sax (soprano), background vocals on Tracks 2 & 6
  • Chris Brockway – bass, background vocals on Tracks 1 – 3, 6 & 8
  • Randy Cooke – drums
  • Jeff Stevens – additional percussion, shaker, tambourine
  • Colina Phillips, Joel Wade & Vivienne Williams – background vocals on Tracks 3, 5 and 9
  • Paula Shear – background vocals on Tracks 1, 3, & 8

    • 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)

    • Songs

    1Drive Time4:21
    2Big Lie4:26
    3Saved by Love4:03

    References

    Absolutely (Rik Emmett album) Wikipedia
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