Ice Pickin'

by Albert Collins

Overview

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

Product Details

Release Date:	10/25/1990
Label:	Alligator Records
UPC:	0014551471325
Rank:	94308

Tracks

1. Honey Hush
2. When the Welfare Turns Its Back on You
3. Ice Pick
4. Cold, Cold Feeling
5. Too Tired
6. Master Charge
7. Conversation with Collins
8. Avalanche

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Albert Collins   Primary Artist,Lead Vocals,Vocals,Guitar
A.C. Reed   Guest Artist,Sax (Tenor)
Chuck Smith   Sax (Baritone),Sax (Baritone)
Aron Burton   Bass
Casey Jones   Drums
Larry Burton   Guitar
Allen Batts   Keyboards

Technical Credits

Dick Shurman   Producer
Albert Collins   Composer
Lucious Weaver   Composer
Jessie Mae Robinson   Composer
Maxwell Davis   Composer
Nat King Cole   Composer
Saul Bihari   Composer
Bruce Iglauer   Mastering,Producer
Lowell Fulson   Composer
Richard McLeese   Producer
Johnny "Guitar" Watson   Composer
Fred Breitberg   Engineer
Big Joe Turner   Composer
Lou Willie Turner   Composer
Collin Jordan   Mastering
Gwendolyn Collins   Composer
Eddie B. Flick   Assistant Engineer
Jim Matusik   Photography
Sonny Thompson   Composer