ALBERT COLLINS FROSTBITE
Recorded: 1979
Released: 1980(LP)/1990(CD)
Label: Alligator[ALCD4719]
Format: Mp3 @ 320
Time: 40:49




Another in Albert Collins's series of fine 1970s and '80s releases on Alligator Records, Frostbite gives Collins fans more of what they've come to expect--raw, rootsy blues and unparalleled guitar playing. Collins's approach to the blues guitar is distinctive, and he alternates between high, singing leads and echoey, low-end motifs, manipulating space and drawing his phrases out with unusual rhythmic variation. His tone, too, is unique; it is heavy, dark, and somewhat cool (which gave rise to his "Iceman" moniker). All of these characteristics are on full display here.

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1. If You Love Me Like You Say - 4:07 
2. Blue Monday Hangover - 5:35 
3. I Got A Problem - 4:34 
4. Highway Is Like A Woman - 5:04 
5. Brick - 4:35 
6. Don't Go Reaching Across My Plate - 3:44 
7. Give Me My Blues - 4:13 
8. Snowed In - 9:12
Recorded at Curtom Studios in Chicago, Illinois

Personnel: Albert Collins - Guitar, Vocals
Marvin Jackson - Guitar
Allen Batts - Keyboards
A.C. Reed - Saxophone
Johnny 'B. Goode' Gayden - Bass
Casey Jones - Drums
with  Horns Section