Ipso Facto

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Ipso Facto
Ipso Facto cover
Studio album by Rik Emmett
Released October 10, 1992 (1992-10-10)
Recorded Phase One Studios, 1992
Genre Rock
Length 60:34
Label MCA
Producer Rik Emmett
Professional reviews
Rik Emmett chronology
Absolutely
(1990)		 Ipso Facto
(1992)		 The Spiral Notebook
(1995)
For other uses, see Ipso facto (disambiguation).

Ipso Facto is a studio album by the Canadian rock guitarist Rik Emmett, released in 1992. It was Rik's second solo studio 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.

The title of the album, Ipso Facto, means by the fact itself. In Rik's own words, "It is a collection of fourteen cuts, twelve songs and two guitar pieces, all pretty much centered on the theme of the three abiding graces, faith, hope and love, and trying to find my way to them through the spirit of music, songwriting, and the arts and crafts of guitar playing."[citation needed]

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Straight Up" (Rik Emmett) – 5:14
  2. "Bang On" (Rik Emmett) – 3:51
  3. "Let Love Conquer All" (Rik Emmett) – 4:09
  4. "Heaven in Your Heart" (Rik Emmett) – 4:54
  5. "Dig a Little Deeper" (Rik Emmett) – 5:11
  6. "Lickity Bit" (Rik Emmett) – 2:22
  7. "Rainbow Man" (Rik Emmett) – 6:13
  8. "Out of the Blue" (Rik Emmett) – 5:42
  9. "Meet You There" (Rik Emmett) – 4:50
  10. "Cant Lie to Myself" (Rik Emmett) – 4:26
  11. "Do Me Good" (Rik Emmett) – 4:36
  12. "Calling St. Cecilia" (Rik Emmett) – 3:58
  13. "Transition" (Rik Emmett) – 2:06
  14. "Woke Up This Morninng (Blues In My Fingers)" (Rik Emmett) – 3:01

[edit] Personnel

  • 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, sequencers

[edit] Production

  • Rik Emmett – producer
  • Ed Stone – engineer
  • Hugh Cooper – mixing
  • Noel Golden – assistant engineer
  • George Marino – mastering
  • Chris Chapman – photography
  • Dean Motter – art direction, illustration, design

[edit] Singles

  • "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)

[edit] Charts

[edit] Album

Year Chart Position
October 18, 1992 Canada 33
November 8, 1992 The Billboard 200 88

[edit] Singles

Year Single Chart Position
1992 "Dig a Little Deeper" Pop Singles 66
1992 "Straight Up" Pop Singles
1992 "Out of the Blue" Pop Singles 88
1992 "Heaven in Your Heart" Pop Singles 44
1992 "Bang On" Pop Singles 48

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Rik Emmett
Rik Emmett • Dave Dunlop • Steve Skingley • Marty Anderson • Randy Cooke
Studio albums
Absolutely (1990) • Ipso Facto (1992) • The Spiral Notebook (1995) • Ten Invitations (1997) • Swing Shift (1997) • Raw Quartet (1999) • Handiwork (2002) • Good Faith (2003) • Strung Out Troubadours (2006) • Liberty Manifesto (2007)
Compilations
Best Of Rik Emmett (2002) • The Spirit Of Christmas (2007)
Live albums
Live At Berklee (1999) • Strung Out Troubadours (Live) (2007)
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