Cold Snap

Albert Collins | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Alligator Records
• ASIN: B0000009YL
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #40,941 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #15 in Music > Indie Music > Blues > Texas Blues
  • #18 in Music > Indie Music > Blues > Electric Blues Guitar

Editorial Reviews

From Grove Press Guide to Blues on CD

On the slickest of the Telecaster Master's seven Alligator discs (this one from 1986), Collins covers Clarence Carter's "Snatching It Back" and tries party-style sing-along R&B on Jimmy Liggins's "I Ain't Drunk." Some of the best moments occur on songs closer to the guitarist's customary output: the supercool blues "Lights Are On but Nobody's Home" and the Texas shuffle 'A Good Fool Is Hard to Find" (although Morris Jenning's drums are mixed too loud). (B.D.) -- © Frank John Hadley 1993

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Collins wails, April 26, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Cold Snap (Audio CD)

This is the first album that I have heard by Albert Collins, but I will definitely be getting more. Albert makes his Fender Telecaster scream, cry, and shout, playing it as if it were an extension of his own body. If you like your blues upbeat and ferocious, this album is for you. Also check out Showdown with Collins, Robert Cray and Johnny Copeland.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Albert Collins With A Twist!, May 22, 2002

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deepbluereview "deepbluereview" (SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cold Snap (Audio CD)

Albert Collins' best studio recordings are probably "Frostbite", which has ample doses of the telecaster tone Collins has become famous for, and "Frozen Alive", which features Collins supported by a five piece band with a take no prisoners attitude and the outstanding sax of AC Reed. Close on the heels of those recordings is "Cold Snap". "Cold Snap" is Collins seventh Alligator release and the twelfth of his career. The disc features horns aplenty, a little funk guitar courtesy of Mel Brown and the famed organ of jazzier Jimmy McGriff. While the disc may bring to mind more James Brown than T-Bone Walker or Clarence Brown, there is no mistaking Collins' explosive guitar sound. If there is a downside to this disc it's probably "I Ain't Drunk" which may have sounded good in its day but is hardly worth listening to today. Bright spots include "Hooked On You" and the slow burner "Too Many Dirty Dishes". Overall, Collins' third best studio release.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you love the guitar like you say, November 25, 2002

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M. Moore "newisettaguy" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cold Snap (Audio CD)

Then you need this as well as many more Albert Collins CD's. Master of the Telecaster he certainly was. I challenge anyone to replicate the riffs and tone of this journeyman bluesman. While you may not get it exactly right, one can imitate Muddy Waters and Buddy Guy and Clapton; just try to imitate Albert Collins, and you will be humbled.

If you are not familiar with this great "guitarists' guitarist," theyn you need to be. A great studio album as an into to his live work. A tragic loss too soon, that all Blues lovers must feel.