Phil Ochs discography explained

Artist:Phil Ochs
Studio:7
Live:6
Compilation:6
Singles:9
B-Sides:10
Option:1
Option Name:Box sets
1Option:6
1Option Name:Other albums

The discography of Phil Ochs, a U.S. protest singer and songwriter, consists of seven studio albums, six live albums, six compilation albums, one box set, six other albums, and nine singles.

Ochs released eight albums under his own name during his lifetime. Since his suicide in 1976, fifteen additional albums have been released, including six compilations and one box set.

Ochs's albums received critical attention but little commercial success. His best-selling album was Pleasures of the Harbor.[1]

Albums

Studio albums

ReleasedTitleLabelPeak Billboard
chart position
April 1964All the News That's Fit to SingElektra
February 1965I Ain't Marching AnymoreElektra
November 1967Pleasures of the HarborA&M168
May 1968Tape from CaliforniaA&M
April 1969Rehearsals for RetirementA&M167[2]
February 1970Greatest HitsA&M194
June 1986A Toast to Those Who Are GoneRhino

Live albums

ReleasedTitleLabelPeak Billboard
chart position
March 1966Phil Ochs in ConcertElektra150[3]
1974Gunfight at Carnegie HallA&M Canada
January 1991Rhino
1996Live at NewportVanguard
2009Amchitka, The 1970 Concert That Launched GreenpeaceGreenpeace
July 2014Live Again!RockBeat
May 5, 2017Live in Montreal 10/22/66RockBeat

Compilation albums

ReleasedTitleLabelPeak Billboard
chart position
August 1976Chords of FameA&M210
1988A&M
1989There but for FortuneElektra
July 1997American TroubadourA&M
January 2002 A&M
2004A&M

Other albums

ReleasedTitleLabelPeak Billboard
chart position
1962 or 1963The Campers: Camp FavoritesCameo
1976Sings for BroadsideFolkways
1976Interviews with Phil OchsFolkways
1989The Broadside Tapes 1Smithsonian Folkways
June 2000The Early YearsVanguard
June 22, 2010On My WayMicro Werks

Box sets

Singles

YearTitleAlbumLabel
1966"I Ain't Marching Anymore"Non-album versionElektra
1967"Cross My Heart"Pleasures of the HarborA&M
"Outside of a Small Circle of Friends"
1968"The War Is Over"Tape from CaliforniaA&M
1969"My Life"Rehearsals for RetirementA&M
1972"One Way Ticket Home"Greatest HitsA&M
1973"Kansas City Bomber"Non-album singleA&M
"Bwatue"Non-album singleA&M
1974"Power and the Glory"Non-album versionA&M

B-sides

YearA-sideB-sideAlbum
1966"I Ain't Marching Anymore""That Was the President"I Ain't Marching Anymore
1967"Cross My Heart""Flower Lady"Pleasures of the Harbor
"Outside of a Small Circle of Friends""Miranda"
"Outside of a Small Circle of Friends"
1968"The War Is Over""The Harder They Fall"Non-album version
1969"My Life""The World Began in Eden and Ended in Los Angeles"Rehearsals for Retirement
1972"One-Way Ticket Home""My Kingdom for a Car"Greatest Hits
1973"Kansas City Bomber""Gas Station Women"
"Bwatue""Niko Mchumba Ngombe"Non-album single
1974"Power and the Glory""Here's to the State of Richard Nixon"Non-album single

See also

References

Notes and References

  1. Schumacher, p. 166.
  2. Farewells & Fantasies . Farewells & Fantasies . Phil Ochs . 1997 . 91 . CD . . R2 73518 .
  3. Eliot, p. 105.
  4. Cohen, pp. 193–194.
  5. Cohen, pp. 201–202.
  6. Web site: Another Side of Phil Ochs . February 13, 2009 . Cohen . David . 2000 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070622113436/http://pobox.upenn.edu/~lapis/camp.html . June 22, 2007 .
  7. Cohen, pp. 194–195.
  8. Web site: Broadside Ballads, Vol. 11: Interviews With Phil Ochs . February 13, 2009 . Smithsonian Folkways .
  9. Cohen, pp. 196–197.
  10. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r483055|pure_url=yes}} The Early Years ]. February 13, 2009 . Unterberger . Richie . Richie Unterberger . Allmusic .
  11. Cohen, p. 187.
  12. Cohen, p. 188.
  13. Cohen, pp. 187–188.