Restrictions (album)

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{{Infobox album

| name = Restrictions

| type = studio

| artist = Cactus

| cover = CactusRestrictions.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{start date|1971|10|18}}

| recorded =

| studio = Electric Lady (New York City){{Cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QA8EAAAAMBAJ&q=Restrictions+%28album%29+cactus&pg=PA13 |title=Talent |magazine=Billboard |date=November 27, 1971|publisher=Nielsen Business Media |via=Google Books}}

| 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

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/restrictions-mw0000452695|title=Restrictions - Cactus | Songs, Reviews, Credits|website=AllMusic}}

}}

Restrictions is the third studio album by American rock band Cactus, released in 1971 by Atco Records.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vBVjDwAAQBAJ&q=Restrictions+%28album%29+cactus+1971&pg=PA2008|title=Goldmine Record Album Price Guide|first=Martin|last=Popoff|date=September 8, 2009|publisher=Penguin|isbn=9781440229169|via=Google Books}} 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.