Deaf
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 1981
Recorded1981
StudioLavender Sound, London, England
GenreExperimental
Length46:38
LabelSelf Immolation
ProducerJ. G. Thirlwell
J. G. Thirlwell chronology
Deaf
(1981)
Custom Built for Capitalism
(1982)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
Pitchfork Media(6.3/10)[3]

Deaf is the first album by J. G. Thirlwell's You've Got Foetus on Your Breath, released in 1981 on Thirlwell's own Self Immolation Records label.[4][5] Deaf, along with its follow-up Ache, was recorded with an 8-track recorder.[4]

Both releases were limited editions: only 2,000 copies of the LP and 4,000 copies of the CD were produced. The Deaf LP is Self Immolation #WOMB OYBL 1. The CD re-release is Ectopic Ents #ECT ENTS 012.

Thirsty Ear reissued the album as a CD in 1997 in the US.[6]

Track listing

All tracks are written by J. G. Thirlwell

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."New York or Bust"2:00
2."Is That a Line?"7:09
3."Why Can't It Happen to Me?"3:14
4."I Am Surrounded by Incompetence"4:52
5."What Have You Been Doing?"5:32
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Today I Started Slogging Again"5:48
2."Harold MacMillan"3:35
3."Thank Heaven for Push Button Phones"4:26
4."Flashback"3:37
5."Negative Energy"6:08

The final track on the CD seems to approximate a locked groove, with the same few seconds of music repeated for the final 10 minutes.

Personnel

References

  1. Hinds, Andy. "Deaf". Allmusic. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  2. Larkin, Colin (27 May 2011). "The Encyclopedia of Popular Music". Omnibus Press via Google Books.
  3. Schreiber, Ryan. "You've Got Foetus On Your Breath: Deaf". Pitchfork Media. Archived from the original on 23 December 2001. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  4. 1 2 Guides (Firm), Rough (3 August 2003). "The Rough Guide to Rock". Rough Guides via Google Books.
  5. "Foetus". Trouser Press. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  6. MTV News Staff. "New Flash: Foetus Re-releases First Two Albums". MTV News.
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