Going Deaf for a Living

by Fischer-Z

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  • Type: Album
  • Released: May 1980
  • Label: United Artists
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 35:39
  • Community rating: 3.55/5 from 5 ratings

Artists on this release: Mike Howlett

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Fischer-Z's 'Going Deaf for a Living' sharpened John Watts' socially observant new wave songwriting with angular guitars and occasional reggae inflections. The album helped establish the band as a literate and politically aware presence within British post-punk-adjacent pop.

Genres

Descriptors: guitars, melodic, rhythmic, satirical, vocal

Tracklist

  1. Room Service (03:45)
  2. So Long (05:02)
  3. Crazy Girl (04:27)
  4. No Right (02:39)
  5. Going Deaf For A Living (03:32)
  6. Pick Up Slip Up (02:39)
  7. Crank (03:06)
  8. Haters (04:08)
  9. Four Minutes In Durham (With You) (04:06)
  10. Limbo (02:15)

Credits

  • Fischer-Z - primary artist
  • John Watts - written-by

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