Octopuss

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{{Infobox album

| name = Octopuss

| type = studio

| artist = Cozy Powell

| cover = cozypowelloctopuss.jpg

| alt =

| released = June 1983{{cite book |last=Shenton |first=Laura |title=Dance with the Devil |year=2020 |page=162 |publisher=Wymer |isbn=978-1-912782-33-8}}

| recorded = September – October 1982

| venue =

| studio = Britannia Row Studios, London

| genre = Hard rock, instrumental rock

| length = 33:32

| label = Polydor

| producer = Bruce Payne, John Makepeace

| prev_title = Tilt

| prev_year = 1981

| next_title = The Drums Are Back

| next_year = 1992

}}

{{album ratings|noprose=yes

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r46931|first=|last=|access-date=January 27, 2012}}

}}

Octopuss is the third solo album by English drummer Cozy Powell, released in 1983.

Track listing

=Side one=

  1. "Up on the Downs" (Mel Galley, Cozy Powell) – 3:55
  2. "633 Squadron" (Ron Goodwin) – 4:13
  3. "Octopuss" (Powell, Colin Hodgkinson) – 5:35
  4. "The Big Country" (Jerome Moross, Morty Neff, Jack Lewis) – 2:56

=Side two=

  1. "Formula One" (Galley, Powell) – 3:21
  2. "Princetown" (Galley, Powell) – 4:37
  3. "Dartmoore" (Gary Moore) – 5:41
  4. "The Rattler" (David Coverdale, Powell) – 2:57

Personnel

;Technical

  • Bruce Payne and John Makepeace – production
  • Mike Johnson and Nick Griffiths – engineering, mixing

References

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