Cochise (album)

Cochise is the debut album from the British rock band Cochise.

Track list

1. "Velvet Mountain" (Mick Grabham) – 3:26
2. "China" (Grabham)–3:55
3. "Trafalgar Day" (B. J. Cole) – 5:08
4. "Moment and the End" (Cole) – 5:58
5. "Watch This Space" (Stewart Brown) – 3:56
6. "59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)" (Paul Simon) – 3:39
7. "Past Loves" (Brown) – 3:38
8. "Painted Lady" (Grabham) – 7:03
9. "Black Is the Colour" (Traditional) 0:56 (this track is not on the UK version)

Personnel

• Stewart Brown – guitar, vocals
• B.J. Cole – dobro, guitar, pedal steel, cello, steel guitar
• Mick Grabham – organ, guitar, piano, keyboards, vocals
• Rick Wills – bass, vocals
• John "Sly" Wilson – percussion, drums, vocals

• Hipgnosis – photography, cover design
• John Stewart – engineer
• Hugh Fielder – liner notes

Reception

Richie Unterberger of Allmusic wrote that Cochise "treads an uneasy line between eclectic diversity and a lack of direction" and is "distinguished just slightly by a more country-ish flavor than the norm [early 1970s British rock], courtesy of Cole's pedal steel". He goes on to call the sound "a wistful rural feel to parts of the material that suggests some promise" but refers to "Painted Lady" and "Moment and the End" as "tense, meandering hard rock tunes" and the cover version of Simon & Garfunkel's "59th Street Bridge Song" "an unnecessary, pedestrian heavy rock cover".^[1]

Cover art

The cover art, a nude female breast, was designed by Hipgnosis.^[1]

Release history

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