Progressive Pickin'

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{{Infobox album

| name = Progressive Pickin'

| type = album

| artist = Chet Atkins

| cover = Progressive_Pickin.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1964

| recorded = 1964 in Nashville, TN

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Country, pop

| length = 30:38

| label = RCA Victor LSP-2908 (Stereo)

| producer = Bob Ferguson

| chronology = Chet Atkins

| prev_title = Guitar Country

| prev_year = 1964

| next_title = The Best of Chet Atkins

| next_year = 1964

}}

Progressive Pickin' is the twenty-fifth studio album by guitarist Chet Atkins.

{{Music ratings

| rev1 =Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}} {{cite web |title= Progressive Pickin' > Review |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id= r91711 |pure_url=yes}} |publisher=Allmusic |access-date=July 2, 2011}}

| rev2 = Record Mirror

| rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite magazine |date=10 October 1964 |title=Chet Atkins: Progressive Pickin{{'}} |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/60s/64/Record-Mirror-1964-10-10-S-OCR.pdf |magazine=Record Mirror |issue=187 |page=12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401225249/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/60s/64/Record-Mirror-1964-10-10-S-OCR.pdf |archive-date=1 April 2022|access-date=16 August 2022}}

|noprose=yes

}}

Track listing

=Side one=

  1. "Gravy Waltz" (Steve Allen, Ray Brown) – 3:04
  2. "Love Letters" (Edward Heyman, Victor Young) – 2:30
  3. "Early Times" (Jerry Reed) – 2:37
  4. "Satan's Doll" (Johnny Smith) – 3:50
  5. "Summertime" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Heyward) – 2:57

=Side two=

  1. "Kicky" (Jerry Reed) – 2:18
  2. "Jordu" (Duke Jordan) – 3:15
  3. "I Remember You" (Johnny Mercer, Victor Schertzinger) – 3:35
  4. "Bluesette" (Toots Thielemans) – 3:15
  5. "So Rare" (Jerry Herst, Jack Sharpe) – 3:02

Personnel

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