Rehearsals for Retirement

Rehearsals for Retirement is a 1969 album by Phil Ochs that moves away from his earlier acoustic protest folk toward a darker, more rock-tinged sound. The songs pair Ochs' direct, topical songwriting with fuller, sometimes electric arrangements and a somber, often bitter tone. The record is widely seen as a response to the political turmoil of 1968 and represents a stylistic and emotional shift in his work.