Swing Shift (album)

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Swing Shift
Swing Shift cover
Studio album by Rik Emmett
Released December 11, 1997 (1997-12-11)
Recorded 1997
Genre Jazz, smooth jazz, swing, folk, country
Length 45:13
Label Open House Collection
Producer Rik Emmett
Professional reviews
Rik Emmett chronology
Ten Invitations From The Mistress Of Mr. E
(1997)		 Swing Shift
(1997)		 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.

The album consists of twelve songs, but unlike it's predecessor it is not completely instrumental.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Rik Emmett

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

[edit] Personnel

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

[edit] Production

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

[edit] External links


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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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