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Going Deaf for a Living | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | May 1980 | |||
Studio | The Manor, Shipton-on-Cherwell, Oxfordshire | |||
Genre | New wave | |||
Length | 35:00 | |||
Label | United Artists | |||
Producer | Mike Howlett | |||
Fischer-Z chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
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.
"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.
All songs written by John Watts [3]
Chart (1980) | Peak position |
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Australian (Kent Music Report) | 52 [4] |
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