Restrictions (album) explained

Restrictions
Type:	studio
Artist:	Cactus
Cover:	CactusRestrictions.jpg
Studio:	Electric Lady (New York City)^[1]
Genre:	Hard rock blues rock heavy metal
Length:	35:45
Label:	Atco
Producer:	Geoffrey Haslam
Prev Title:	One Way... or Another
Prev Year:	1971
Next Title:	'Ot 'n' Sweaty
Next Year:	1972

Restrictions is the third studio album by American rock band Cactus, released in 1971 by Atco Records.^[2] The tracks "Token Chokin'", "Evil", "Alaska" and "Sweet 16" were released as singles.

The album features heavy blues-rock originals, plus a cover of the Howlin' Wolf blues standard "Evil". Stoner rock band Monster Magnet used Cactus' arrangement of the song for their own cover, which appeared on their 1993 album Superjudge.

Track listing

1. "Restrictions" (R. Day, C. Appice) – 6:16
2. "Token Chokin'" (R. Day, C. Appice) – 3:08
3. "Guiltless Glider" (R. Day, T. Bogert, C. Appice, J. McCarty) – 8:44
4. "Evil" (Willie Dixon) – 3:15
5. "Alaska" (J. McCarty, T. Bogert, R. Day) – 3:40
6. "Sweet Sixteen" (T. Bogert, R. Day, C. Appice, J. McCarty) – 3:19
7. "Bag Drag" (J. McCarty, R. Day) – 5:12
8. "Mean Night in Cleveland" (R. Day, T. Bogert, C. Appice, J. McCarty) – 2:10

Personnel

Cactus

• Tim Bogert – bass guitar, backing vocals
• Carmine Appice – drums, backing vocals, percussion
• Jim McCarty – lead, rhythm and slide guitars
• Rusty Day – lead and backing vocals, harmonica, percussion

Additional personnel

• Ron Leejack – slide guitar
• Albhy Galuten – piano

Notes and References

1. Talent . Billboard . November 27, 1971. Nielsen Business Media . Google Books.
2. Book: Popoff, Martin. Goldmine Record Album Price Guide. September 8, 2009. Penguin. 9781440229169. Google Books.