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313: 308: 303: 298: 293: 215:(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. 225:, incorporating orchestral accompaniments and electric guitar into his music. According to English studies scholar David Pichaske, songs such as "Pretty Smart on My Part" and "The Scorpion Departs but Never Returns" functioned as " 237:
member who is paranoid of switchblade-toting thieves, foreign operatives, dissident hitchhikers, and dominant, large-breasted women, and acts on this paranoia by killing them and others with a rifle and his friends from the
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said the musical arrangements are "excellent and work for voice". While observing "some predictable bummers", Christgau highlighted two flashes of greatness with "The Scorpion Departs But Never Returns" and "Another Age".
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where "the political gives way to the existential", with a combination of "angry disillusion and impassioned optimism" that is "entirely disarming." William Ruhlmann, in a retrospective review for
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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.
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in their list of "100 Records That Set the World on Fire (While No One Was Listening)", where the staff praised it "the single most eloquent collection of
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finding insecurity to be the source of violence in the United States. The latter song used the 1968 disappearance of
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20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Phil Ochs
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Leaders from the 1960s: A Biographical Sourcebook of American Activism
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Trials and Tragedies: Phil Ochs and His Rehearsals for Retirement
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Pichaske, David (1994). "Phil Ochs". In De Leon, David (ed.).
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This Is Absolutely Real: Visions and Versions of Phil Ochs
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in the English language." They further described it as a
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Recorded in the aftermath of Ochs's presence at the
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Amchitka, The 1970 Concert That Launched Greenpeace
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Index

Rehearsals For Retirement

Studio album
Phil Ochs
A&M Studios
Los Angeles
Genre
Folk rock
Label
A&M
Producer
Phil Ochs
Tape from California
Greatest Hits
Phil Ochs
A&M Records
1968 Democratic National Convention
Chicago
folk rock
art
protest songs
John Birch Society
National Rifle Association of America
psychological analysis
the Scorpion nuclear submarine
Lost Generation
Vietnam War
AllMusic
The Village Voice
The Village Voice

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