Cactus is the debut studio album by American rock band Cactus, released on July 1, 1970, by Atco Records. The eight tracks consist of six original songs written by the band, plus covers of Mose Allison's version of blues standard "Parchman Farm", and Willie Dixon's "You Can't Judge a Book by the Cover". The introduction to the track "Let Me Swim" loosely inspired the first few seconds of the 1978 instrumental "Eruption" by Van Halen.
Track listing All titles written and arranged by Appice, Bogert, Day and McCarty, except where noted. "Parchman Farm" (Mose Allison) – 3:06 "My Lady from South of Detroit" – 4:26 "Bro. Bill" – 5:10 "You Can't Judge a Book by the Cover" (Willie Dixon) – 6:30 "Let Me Swim" – 3:50 "No Need to Worry" – 6:14 "Oleo" – 4:51 "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
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