Only "Frostbite" can challenge this in Collins' catalog, and without "Snowed In" that next-best Alligator release wouldn't even have a fighting chance. "Ice Pickin'" is simply one of the best modern blues guitar records. Collins wasn't known as a great singer but he steps to the plate surprisingly well here, and he would stay confident at the mic from here on in. And you know that stinging, icy guitar tone is slung all over the place. Slow-burning, moody blues? Got 'em: "Cold, Cold Feeling," "When the Welfare Turns its Back on You." Nice instrumentals? Check: "Ice Pick," "Avalanche." Woman problems? "Honey, Hush." Credit woes? Yup: "Master Charge," its name long out of date but its sentiment understood.