A Ass Pocket of Whiskey

{{Infobox album

| name = A Ass Pocket of Whiskey

| type = studio

| artist = R. L. Burnside and the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

| cover = Asspocketburnside.jpg

| alt =

| released = June 18, 1996

| recorded = February 6, 1996

| studio = Lunati Farms (Holly Springs, Mississippi)

| genre = Blues

| length = 41:28

| label = Matador

| producer = Matthew Johnson

| chronology = R. L. Burnside

| prev_title = Too Bad Jim

| prev_year = 1994

| next_title = Mr. Wizard

| next_year = 1997

| misc = {{Extra chronology

| artist = Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

| type = studio

| prev_title = Orange

| prev_year = 1994

| title = A Ass Pocket of Whiskey

| year = 1996

| next_title = Now I Got Worry

| next_year = 1996

}}

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/a-ass-pocket-of-whiskey-mw0000189451 |title=R.L. Burnside - A Ass Pocket of Whiskey |last=Owens |first=Thom |website=AllMusic |access-date=2018-11-17}}

| rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

| rev2Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite book|last1=Larkin|first1=Colin|authorlink1=Colin Larkin (writer)|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|date=2011|publisher=Omnibus Press|isbn=9780857125958|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC|language=en}}

|rev3 = The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings

|rev3score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}{{cite book |last1=Russell |first1=Tony |last2=Smith |first2=Chris |title=The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings |year=2006 |edition=|publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-140-51384-4|page=94}}

|rev4 = The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings

|rev4score = {{Rating|1|4}}

| rev5 = Pitchfork

| rev5Score = 7.7/10{{Cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/1029-a-ass-pocket-of-whiskey/ |title=R.L. Burnside: A Ass Pocket of Whiskey Album Review |last=Richardson |first=Mark |date=2005-09-14 |website=Pitchfork |language=en |access-date=2018-11-17}}

| rev6 = Rolling Stone

| rev6Score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/rlburnside/albums/album/166601/review/6067861/a_ass_pocket_of_whiskey |title=R.L. Burnside: A Ass Pocket of Whiskey |last=Kemp |first=Mark |author-link=Mark Kemp |website=Rolling Stone |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080821045256/https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/rlburnside/albums/album/166601/review/6067861/a_ass_pocket_of_whiskey |archive-date=2008-08-21 |url-status=dead |access-date=2018-11-16}}

| rev7 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide

| rev7Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac |url-access=registration |chapter=R.L. Burnside|author=Moon, Tom|author-link=Tom Moon|title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |editor-last1=Brackett |editor-first=Nathan |editor-last2=Hoard |editor-first2=Christian David |date=2004 |publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=9780743201698 |language=en |editor-link1=Nathan Brackett |editor-link2=Christian Hoard}}

}}

A Ass Pocket of Whiskey is the seventh studio album by the American hill country blues musician R. L. Burnside, recorded in conjunction with the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. It was released on June 18, 1996, through Matador Records. Unusually, The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings gave the album two contrasting ratings, indicating divided critical opinion.