Rehearsals for Retirement

by Phil Ochs

Rehearsals for Retirement cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: May 1969
  • Label: A&M
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 38:49
  • Community rating: 3.98/5 from 5 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Written in the immediate aftermath of the violence at the 1968 Democratic National Convention, this stark recording captures the profound disillusionment of the era's preeminent protest singer. Incorporating subtle baroque pop arrangements, the deeply melancholic songs reflect his sinking realization that the political idealism of the 1960s was coming to a brutal end.

Genres

Descriptors: Folk, political, protest, war, male-vocals, storytelling, literary, acoustic, piano

Tracklist

  1. Pretty Smart On My Part (3:16)
  2. The Doll House (4:39)
  3. I Kill Therefore I Am (2:53)
  4. William Butler Yeats Visits Lincoln Park And Escapes Unscathed (3:28)
  5. My Life (3:11)
  6. The Scorpion Departs, But Never Returns (4:14)
  7. The World Began In Eden And Ended In Los Angeles (3:05)
  8. Doesn't Lenny Live Here Anymore (6:09)
  9. Another Age (3:41)
  10. Rehearsals For Retirement (4:09)

Credits

  • Phil Ochs - primary artist, written-by
  • Bob Rafkin - guitar, bass
  • Lincoln Mayorga - piano, accompanied by

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