Cochise (album) explained

Cochise
Type:	studio
Artist:	Cochise
Cover:	Cochise (Cochise album).jpg
Released:	1970
Studio:	Kingsway and De Lane Lea Studios, London
Label:	United Artists
Producer:	Dick Taylor
Next Title:	Swallow Tales
Next Year:	1971

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".^[1]

Track listing

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

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

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r33514/review|pure_url=yes}} Review ''Cochise'']. Unterberger. Richie . Allmusic. 28 December 2009.