Truckin' with Albert Collins | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1969 | |||
Recorded | 1962, 1963, 1965 | |||
Studio | Gold Star (Houston, Texas) | |||
Genre | Blues | |||
Label | Blue Thumb | |||
Producer | Bill Hall | |||
Albert Collins chronology | ||||
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Truckin' with Albert Collins is an album by the American musician Albert Collins, released in 1969. [1] [2] It was originally released as The Cool Sounds of Albert Collins, in 1965. [3] It was reissued by MCA Records in 1991. [4]
Produced by Bill Hall, the album was recorded at Gold Star Studios, in Houston, Texas. [5] Nine of the tracks, recorded in 1962 and 1963, had already been released as singles; "Icy Blue", "Kool Aide", and "Shiver 'n Shake" date to April 1965 sessions. [6] [5] The initial Blue Thumb release was channeled for stereo sound. [7] Many of the tracks employ a horn section. [8] Collins used open D-minor and F-minor tunings and played without a pick. [9] [10] He sings on "Dyin' Flu", perhaps his first recorded vocal performance. [6]
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Grove Press Guide to the Blues on CD | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
MusicHound Blues: The Essential Album Guide | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Virgin Encyclopedia of the Blues | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Detroit Free Press opined that "the dynamic levels, moods, metronomic speeds, and rhythms ... are so very similar that it's practically impossible to tell one selection from another." [16] The Province said that Collins has "striven for an instrumental approach that, while acknowledging the profound influence of [T-Bone] Walker and [Albert] King, is an immediately recognizable, wholly personable mode of expression." [17] The Edmonton Journal praised the "hard-drivin, fast-rollin contemporary blues... Easily the best modern interpreter of old-style 'truckin'' blues." [18]
The San Francisco Examiner stated that the 1991 reissue "restores a crucial classic of the literature." [4] AllMusic wrote that "his trademark sound is in place—his leads are stinging, piercing and direct." [11] The Rolling Stone Album Guide noted the "eerie tone clusters." [14]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Frosty" | 2:51 |
2. | "Hot 'n Cold" | 3:00 |
3. | "Frost Bite" | 2:04 |
4. | "Tremble" | 2:28 |
5. | "Thaw-Out" | 2:36 |
6. | "Dyin' Flu" | 3:12 |
7. | "Don't Lose Your Cool" | 2:10 |
8. | "Backstroke" | 2:43 |
9. | "Kool Aide" | 2:41 |
10. | "Shiver 'n Shake" | 2:06 |
11. | "Icy Blue" | 2:47 |
12. | "Sno-Cone II" | 2:35 |