Don't Lose Your Cool is a studio album by the American musician Albert Collins, released in 1983 by Alligator Records.[3][4]
| Don't Lose Your Cool | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1983 | |||
| Studio | Red Label, Winnetka, Illinois | |||
| Genre | Blues | |||
| Length | 40:09 | |||
| Label | Alligator | |||
| Producer | Bruce Iglauer, Dick Shurman, Albert Collins | |||
| Albert Collins chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings |  [2] |
Track listing
edit- "Get to Gettin'" (Big Walter Price) – 3:12
- "My Mind Is Trying to Leave Me" (Percy Mayfield) – 7:42
- "Broke" (Chuck Higgins) – 4:12
- "Don't Lose Your Cool" (Collins) – 4:39
- "When a Guitar Plays the Blues" (Harvard Hables, Roy Lee Johnson) – 5:12
- "But I Was Cool" (Oscar Brown, Jr.[5]) – 3:09
- "Meltdown" (Collins) – 4:03
- "Ego Trip" (Collins) – 4:32
- "Quicksand" (Guitar Slim) – 3:28[6]
Personnel
edit- Albert Collins - guitar, vocals
- The Ice Breakers
- Johnny Gayden - bass
- Casey Jones - drums, vocals
- Larry Burton - guitar
- Chris Foreman - keyboards
- A.C. Reed - tenor saxophone
- Abb Locke, Dino Spells - alto and tenor saxophone
- Technical
- Fred Breitberg - engineer, mixing
- Michael Weinstein - photography
References
edit- ↑ "Don't Lose Your Cool - Albert Collins | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
- ↑ Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. Penguin. p. 130. ISBN 978-0-140-51384-4.
- ↑ "Albert Collins and the Ice Breakers/Don't Lose Your Cool". The Washington Informer. Vol. 19, no. 24. April 6, 1983. p. 21.
- ↑ Takiff, Jonathan (July 19, 1985). "Blues great Albert Collins was toiling away...". Features. The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 62.
- ↑ Albert Collins - Deluxe Edition (CD). Albert Collins. Chicago: Alligator Records. 1997. ALCD5601.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ↑ Don't Lose Your Cool (CD). Albert Collins. Chicago: Alligator Records. 1983. ALCD4730.
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