Cochise is the debut album from the British rock band Cochise.
Cover art The cover art, a nude female breast, was designed by Hipgnosis.
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".
Track listing "Velvet Mountain" (Mick Grabham) – 3:26 "China" (Grabham) – 3:55 "Trafalgar Day" (B. J. Cole) – 5:08 "Moment and the End" (Cole) – 5:58 "Watch This Space" (Stewart Brown) – 3:56 "59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)" (Paul Simon) – 3:39 "Past Loves" (Brown) – 3:38 "Painted Lady" (Grabham) – 7:03 "Black Is the Colour" (Traditional) 0:56 (this track is not on the UK version)
Personnel Cochise Stewart Brown – lead vocals, acoustic guitar B.J. Cole – pedal steel guitar, dobro, cello Mick Grabham – lead and acoustic guitars, piano, organ, backing vocals Rick Wills – bass, backing vocals John "Sly" Wilson – drums, percussion, backing vocals Technical Hipgnosis – photography, cover design John Stewart – engineer Hugh Fielder – liner notes
Release history Date Label Format Catalog 1970 United Artists LP UAS29117 29 July 2002 Spiral Music Productions CD SCD933
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