Iceman (Albert Collins album)

Iceman
Studio album by Albert Collins
Released	March 1991
Recorded	Memphis Sound Productions, Memphis, Tennessee, United States and The Manor Studio, Shipton-on-Cherwell, England.
Genre	Blues
Length	43:28
Label	Virgin, Pointblank
Producer	Jim Gaines, Albert Collins
Albert Collins chronology
Jazzvisions: Jump the Blues Away (1989) Iceman (1991) Live '92/'93 (1995)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings	[2]
Q Magazine	[3]

Iceman is the tenth studio album by Albert Collins, released in 1991 by Virgin Records under the sub-label Pointblank. ^[3] It was his last studio album before his death from lung cancer, in 1993.

The album received mixed reviews, with Lloyd Bradley in Q Magazine writing that "the songs are more interesting than what [Collins] does with them (..) as he operates more like a sideman than the star of the show". ^[3]

Track listing

All songs written by Albert Collins. ^[4]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Mr. Collins, Mr. Collins"	5:11
2.	"Iceman"	5:04
3.	"Don't Mistake Kindness for Weakness"	6:12
4.	"Travellin' South"	3:06
5.	"Put the Shoe on the Other Foot"	5:30
6.	"I'm Beginning to Wonder"	4:12
7.	"Head Rag"	3:54
8.	"The Hawk"	2:38
9.	"Blues for Gabe"	3:43
10.	"Mr. Collins, Mr. Collins (Reprise)"	3:54

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Personnel

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Musicians

• Albert Collins - guitar, vocals
• Johnny B. Gayden - bass
• Soko Richardson - drums, percussion
• Eddie Harsch - keyboards
• Charles Hodges - organ
• Debbie Davies, Jack Holder, Mabon "Teenie" Hodges - rhythm guitar
• Debbie Jamison, Vicki Loveland - backing vocals
• The Uptown Horns:
  • Crispin Cioe - alto saxophone, baritone saxophone
  • Arno Hecht - tenor saxophone
  • Bob Funk - trombone
  • Paul "Hollywood" Litteral - trumpet

Technical

• Albert Collins, Jim Gaines - co-producers
• The Uptown Horns - horn arrangement
• Ian Taylor - engineering
• Greg Archilla - engineering, mixing
• Hilton Weinberg - executive producer
• Joel Kerr, Tony Noe - mastering
• Dan Pfeifer - assistant mixing
• Icon - design, art direction
• John Stoddart - photography

References

1. "Iceman - Albert Collins | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic . Retrieved May 13, 2021.
2. Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings . Penguin. p. 130. ISBN   978-0-140-51384-4.
3. Bradley, Lloyd (March 5, 1991). "Iceman review". Q Magazine. 55: 67.
4. Iceman (CD). Albert Collins. Memphis: Virgin Records. 1991. VPBCD-3.
5. Iceman at Discogs