Cold Snap (Albert Collins album)

The album was produced by Albert Collins, Bruce Iglauer, and Dick Shurman.[4] Mel Brown, Jimmy McGriff, and the Uptown Horns played on Cold Snap.[5]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[6]
Robert Christgau	B[7]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[8]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings	[9]
The Philadelphia Inquirer	[10]
Record Collector	[11]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[12]

Robert Christgau assigned the album a B, but called it an obvious attempt by Alligator to win for Collins a Grammy.[7] The St. Petersburg Times deemed it "a hefty dose of Texas-style blues, augmented by the sounds of Chicago's south side."[13] 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."[14]

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."[15] 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."[5]

AllMusic opined that Collins is "at his best when he's just playing the blues, not when he's trying to sing."[6]

• Albert Collins – guitar, vocals
• Mel Brown – rhythm guitar
• Johnny Gayden – bass
• Jimmy McGriff – organ
• Allen Batts – keyboards
• Morris Jennings – drums, percussion
• Uptown Horns – horns
• Arno Hecht – tenor saxophone
• Crispin Cioe – alto and baritone saxophone
• Hollywood Paul Litteral – trumpet
• Bob Funk – trombone