Cold Snap (Albert Collins album)
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| Cold Snap | ||||
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| Released | 1986 | |||
| Studio | Streeterville, Chicago, Illinois | |||
| Genre | Blues | |||
| Label | Alligator | |||
| Producer | Albert Collins, Bruce Iglauer, Dick Shurman | |||
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Cold Snap is an album by the American blues musician Albert Collins, released in 1986.[1][2] The album was nominated for a Grammy Award in the "Best Traditional Blues Recording" category.[3] Collins supported the album with a North American tour.[4]
The album was produced by Albert Collins, Bruce Iglauer, and Dick Shurman.[5] Mel Brown, Jimmy McGriff, and the Uptown Horns played on Cold Snap.[6]
Critical reception
Robert Christgau called the album an obvious attempt by Alligator to win for Collins a Grammy.[8] The St. Petersburg Times deemed it "a hefty dose of Texas-style blues, augmented by the sounds of Chicago's south side."[14] The Globe and Mail wrote that "Jimmy McGriff and the Uptown Horns contribute more smooth edges to music that has the usual Collins power but not the usual Collins urgency."[15]
The Chicago Tribune wrote: "The skeptical should head directly to 'Too Many Dirty Dishes', where Collins' riffs seem to be literally scrubbing the pots and pans."[16] The Providence Journal-Bulletin declared that "what really strikes the listener this time is the masterful, ice-blue singing—tasty as a snow cone and brutal as frostbite—and the wry, semi-detached lyrics."[6]
AllMusic opined that Collins is "at his best when he's just playing the blues, not when he's trying to sing."[7]