Rehearsals for Retirement

Rehearsals for Retirement
Studio album by Phil Ochs
Released	May 16, 1969
Recorded	1968 - 1969
Genre	Folk
Length	38:54
Label	A&M
Producer	Larry Marks
Phil Ochs chronology
Tape from California (1968) Rehearsals for Retirement (1969) Greatest Hits (1970)

Rehearsals for Retirement was Phil Ochs's sixth album, released in 1969 on A&M Records.

History

Recorded in the aftermath of Ochs's presence at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago (where Ochs claimed to have witnessed the symbolic "death of America") it is often considered to be the darkest of Ochs's albums, exemplified not just by the lyrical matter but also by its cover: a tombstone sardonically proclaiming that Ochs had died in Chicago.

It was the poorest-selling of all of Ochs's albums released during his lifetime, having been deleted from the A&M Records catalog before sales of 20,000 units had occurred.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Track listing

All songs by Phil Ochs.

Side One

1. "Pretty Smart on My Part" – 3:18
2. "The Doll House" – 4:39
3. "I Kill Therefore I Am" – 2:55
4. "William Butler Yeats Visits Lincoln Park and Escapes Unscathed - 2:55
5. [Untitled] (commonly called "Where Were You in Chicago?") – 0:29
6. "My Life" – 3:12

Side Two

1. "The Scorpion Departs But Never Returns" – 4:15
2. "The World Began in Eden and Ended in Los Angeles" – 3:06
3. "Doesn't Lenny Live Here Anymore?" – 6:11
4. "Another Age" – 3:42
5. "Rehearsals for Retirement" – 4:09

Personnel

• Phil Ochs - guitar, vocals
• Larry Marks - producer
• Lincoln Mayorga - piano, accordion
• Bob Rafkin - guitar, bass
• Kevin Kelley - drums (rumored)
• Ian Freebairn-Smith - arrangements

References

1. "Rehearsals for Retirement > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved December 15, 2011.