- I Ain't Marching Anymore · 1965
- There But for Fortune · 1966
- All the News That's Fit to Sing · 1964
- I Ain't Marching Anymore · 1965
- There But for Fortune · 1966
- I Ain't Marching Anymore · 1965
- Pleasures of the Harbor · 1967
- I Ain't Marching Anymore · 1965
- There But for Fortune · 1964
- There But for Fortune · 1966
- All the News That's Fit to Sing · 1964
- I Ain't Marching Anymore · 1965
- All the News That's Fit to Sing · 1964
Essential Albums
- If one wanted to own just one album to represent the political-protest folk-song movement of Greenwich Village in the '60s, Phil Ochs' I Ain't Marching Any More is among the best representations of that time and place. Ochs' first album, 1964's All the News That's Fit to Sing, has moments of beauty, but its topicality may be tied too closely to the events of its era for modern listeners. Marching, on the other hand, is mostly still right on target—unfortunately so, in the case of "That's What I Want to Hear," where machines and outsourcing are taking jobs away. "In the Heat of the Summer" is a brilliant lament of the awful conditions that lead to riots. "That Was the President" eulogizes John F. Kennedy with an angry and heartbroken poignancy. "Iron Lady" sketches an ominous portrait of capital punishment, while a version of Ewan MacColl's "Ballad of a Carpenter" tells the story of Jesus' work among the poor. Yet, though the messages are strong, Ochs never forgets that these are songs; the melodies here are among his most enduring.
Albums
Artist Playlists
- Protest folk's patron saint.
- Torch-carriers of the ‘60s folk singer's protest music.
- The folkie's demos and cuts inspired by pop and rock ‘n' roll.
Singles & EPs
Live Albums
About Phil Ochs
One of the quintessential protest singers of the 1960s Greenwich Village folk scene, Phil Ochs was among the few songwriters who could give Bob Dylan a run for his money in terms of crafting politically oriented material. By the later '60s, though, his style (like Dylan's) began to mature, resulting in expansive art-folk classics like PLEASURES OF THE HARBOR. Sadly, we'll never know what else he might have accomplished, as the notoriously troubled Ochs took his own life in 1976 at the age of 35.
- HOMETOWN
- El Paso, TX, United States
- BORN
- December 19, 1940
- GENRE
- Singer/Songwriter