Prior to recording their second album,
Cochise underwent a major change in personnel, with singer
Stewart Brown getting replaced by
John Gilbert. As
Brown had written some of the material on
Cochise's 1970 self-titled debut, that left the songwriting wholly in the hands of guitarist
Mick Grabham and pedal steel player
B.J. Cole. Still, the music remained largely the same -- middle-of-the-pack early-'70s album-oriented British rock, sometimes hard and sometimes with a more reflective, folkier feel, though always with a more country-rock-ish tinge than most (owing largely to
Cole's pedal steel). But as on their first album,
Cochise had neither the stylistic distinction nor the top-shelf songwriting to attract wide notice, their approach encompassing a hard rocking update of
Buddy Holly's "Love's Made a Fool of You"; original material which somewhat recalled
the Guess Who's rootsier side; and lightweight U.S. West Coast folk-country-rock. As far as the latter style goes, "Lost Hearts," with a light early
Love influence, is their best effort, while "Another Day" sounds a little like a cross between
Crosby, Stills & Nash and the early
Bee Gees, as peculiar as that mixture may seem.