Cactus (album)

Cactus
Studio album by Cactus
Released	July 1, 1970
Recorded	October–December 1969, Ultra-Sonic Recording Studios, Inc., Hempstead, New York
Genre	Hard rock, blues rock, heavy metal
Length	40:16
Label	Atco
Producer	Cactus
Cactus chronology
Cactus (1970) One Way...Or Another (1971)

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Allmusic	[1]

Cactus is the debut album by the American hard rock band Cactus, released in 1970 under the Atco label. It includes original songs as well as cover of Mose Allison's version of a blues standard, "Parchman Farm" and another one, Willie Dixon's "You Can't Judge a Book by the Cover".^[2]

Track listing

All titles written by Appice, Bogert, Day and McCarty, except where noted.

1. "Parchman Farm" (Mose Allison) – 3:06
2. "My Lady from South of Detroit" – 4:26
3. "Bro. Bill" – 5:10
4. "You Can't Judge a Book by the Cover" (Willie Dixon) – 6:30
5. "Let Me Swim" – 3:50
6. "No Need to Worry" – 6:14
7. "Oleo" – 4:51
8. "Feel So Good" – 6:03

Personnel

• Carmine Appice – drums, backing vocals
• Tim Bogert – bass, backing vocals
• Rusty Day – lead and backing vocals, harmonica
• Jim McCarty – guitar

Notes

1. Allmusic review
2. Amazon.com