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Going Deaf for a Living

Going Deaf for a Living is a 1980 album by Fischer-Z. This was the second album by Fischer-Z featuring the "classic line-up". The guitar on this album was made more prominent, after their rather keyboard prominent debut. This album, as well the following Red Skies Over Paradise, are considered by fans as the best work to be produced by Fischer-Z. The album featured the singles "Room Service", "Crazy Girl", "Limbo" and the most popular "So Long", which hit #72 in the UK singles chart, #15 in Australia[2] and #26 in the Netherlands.

Going Deaf for a Living
Studio album by
Fischer-Z
ReleasedMay 1980
StudioThe Manor, Shipton-on-Cherwell, Oxfordshire
GenreNew wave
Length35:00
LabelUnited Artists
ProducerMike Howlett
Fischer-Z chronology
Word Salad
(1979) 		Going Deaf for a Living
(1980) 		Red Skies over Paradise
(1981)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

"So Long" was the first single by Fischer-Z to have a video made for it, and still garners regular airplay on radio stations in Europe, and Australia.

Track listing

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All songs written by John Watts[3]

  1. "Room Service"
  2. "So Long"
  3. "Crazy Girl"
  4. "No Right"
  5. "Going Deaf For A Living"
  6. "Pick Up/Slip Up"
  7. "Crank"
  8. "Haters"
  9. "Four Minutes in Durham (With You)"
  10. "Limbo"

Charts

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Chart (1980) Peak
position
Australian (Kent Music Report) 52[4]

Personnel

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Fischer-Z
  • John Watts - lead vocals, guitar
  • Steve Skolnik - keyboards
  • David Graham - bass
  • Steve Liddle - drums
Technical
  • Richard Manwaring - engineer
  • John Pasche - sleeve, art direction, design
  • Phil Jude - cover photography

References

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  1. ^ Going Deaf for a Living at AllMusic
  2. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  3. ^ "Credits at allmusic".
  4. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 112. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.


 

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