Rehearsals for Retirement

Rehearsals For Retirement was Phil Ochs' sixth album, released in 1969 on A&M Records. Recorded in the aftermath of Ochs' presence at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago (where his exploits included selecting and purchasing a pig for Abbie Hoffman and the Yippies to nominate for President), it is the darkest of Ochs' albums, a fact exemplified by its cover, a tombstone proclaiming that Ochs had died in Chicago.

Track Listing

• Pretty Smart on My Part (P. Ochs, 3:18)
• The Doll House (P. Ochs, 4:39)
• I Kill Therefore I Am (P. Ochs, 2:55)
• William Butler Yeats Visits Lincoln Park and Escapes Unscathed / Where Were You in Chicago? (P. Ochs, 3:29)
• My Life (P. Ochs, 3:12)
• The Scorpion Departs But Never Returns (P. Ochs, 4:15)
• The World Began in Eden and Ended in Los Angeles (P. Ochs, 3:06)
• Doesn't Lenny Live Here Anymore? (P. Ochs, 6:11)
• Another Age (P. Ochs, 3:42)
• Rehearsals For Retirement (P. Ochs, 4:09)