Cactus (Cactus album)

Cactus
Studio album by Cactus
Released	July 1, 1970
Recorded	October–December 1969
Studio	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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Cactus is the eponymous debut studio album by American hard rock band Cactus. Released in 1970 through Atco Records. It includes original songs from the band as well as two covers of Mose Allison's version of a blues standard, "Parchman Farm" and Willie Dixon's "You Can't Judge a Book by the Cover". The album is also notable for the track "Let Me Swim" which later loosely inspired the 1978 guitar solo "Eruption" composed by Eddie Van Halen.

Track listing

All titles written and arranged 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

Cactus

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

Production

• Bill Stahl – recording engineer
• Gene Paul – remix engineer
• Mark L. Rollins, Jr. – art direction, photography

Charts

Chart (1970)	Peak position
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)	43
US Billboard 200	54