Ice pickin'

• Artist: Albert Collins
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• Release Date: 1978
• Total Time: 38:04
• Genre: Blues

Review

Ice Pickin' is the album that brought Albert Collins directly back into the limelight, and for good reason, too. The record captures the wild, unrestrained side of his playing that had never quite been documented before. Though his singing doesn't quite have the fire or power of his playing, the album doesn't suffer at all because of that -- he simply burns throughout the album. Ice Pickin' was his first release for Alligator Records and it set the pace for all the albums that followed. No matter how much he tried, Collins never completely regained the pure energy that made Ice Pickin' such a revelation. ~ Thom Owens, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Honey Hush (Lyrics)	Lowell Fulson	Albert Collins	(4:28)
When the Welfare Turns Its Back on You		Albert Collins	(5:26)
Ice Pick	Albert Collins	Albert Collins	(3:08)
Cold, Cold Feeling	Jessie Mae Robinson	Albert Collins	(5:19)
Too Tired (Lyrics)	Maxwell Davis, Johnny "Guitar" Watson, Saul Bihari	Albert Collins	(3:01)
Master Charge (Lyrics)	Gwen Collins	Albert Collins	(5:11)
Conversation with Collins	Albert Collins	Albert Collins	(8:51)
Avalanche		Albert Collins	(2:39)

Credits

Casey Jones (Drums), A.C. Reed (Sax (Tenor)), Albert Collins (Guitar), Albert Collins (Vocals), Albert Collins (Main Performer), Allen Batts (Keyboards), Fred Breitberg (Engineer), Aron Burton (Bass), Larry Burton (Guitar), Bruce Iglauer (Producer), Richard McLeese (Producer), Dick Shurman (Producer), Chuck Smith (Sax (Baritone)), Jim Matusik (Photography), Eddie B. Flick (Assistant Engineer)

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