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Recording under the moniker You've Got Foetus on Your Breath, Jim Thirwell, aka Foetus, released his first album, Deaf, in 1981. Thirwell's eccentric trademark sound -- a confrontational sonic tapestry based on harshly recorded instruments, noises, samples, and voices -- is firmly established on Deaf. The songs are twisted heaps of sound that sometimes resemble Frank Zappa outtakes being pummeled to death by Einstürzende Neubauten -- and Thirwell's scatological, antisocial lyrics only add to the bizarreness. If you've got the stomach for it, Deaf can be rewarding -- but it's also a great way to clear the room at a party. ~ Andy Hinds, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
New York or Bust! J.G. Thirlwell You've Got Foetus on Your Breath (2:00)
Is That a Line J.G. Thirlwell You've Got Foetus on Your Breath (7:09)
Why Can't It Happen to Me J.G. Thirlwell You've Got Foetus on Your Breath (3:14)
I Am Surrounded by Incompetence J.G. Thirlwell You've Got Foetus on Your Breath (4:52)
What Have You Been Doing? J.G. Thirlwell You've Got Foetus on Your Breath (5:32)
Today I Started Slogging Again J.G. Thirlwell You've Got Foetus on Your Breath (5:48)
Harold McMillan J.G. Thirlwell You've Got Foetus on Your Breath (3:35)
Thank Heaven for Push Button Phones J.G. Thirlwell You've Got Foetus on Your Breath (4:26)
Flashback J.G. Thirlwell You've Got Foetus on Your Breath (3:37)
Negative Energy J.G. Thirlwell You've Got Foetus on Your Breath (15:55)

Credits

J.G. Thirlwell (Design), J.G. Thirlwell (Producer), You've Got Foetus on Your Breath (Performer), Harlan Cockburn (Engineer), J.G. Thirlwell (Artwork)
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Deaf
Studio album by You've Got Foetus On Your Breath
Released September 1981
Recorded Lavender Sound, London (1982)
Genre Industrial
Length 56:08
Label Self Immolation
Producer J. G. Thirlwell
Professional reviews
You've Got Foetus On Your Breath chronology
Wash It All Off
(1981)
Deaf
(1981)
Tell Me, What Is the Bane of Your Life
(1982)

Deaf, the debut album from J. G. Thirlwell's You've Got Foetus on Your Breath was released in 1981 on Thirlwell's own Self Immolation Records label. Thirsty Ear reissued the album as a CD in 1997 in the US. 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.

Track listing

All Songs by J. G. Thirlwell

  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
  6. "Today I Started Slogging Again" – 5:48
  7. "Harold MacMillan" – 3:35
  8. "Thank Heavens for Push Button Phones" – 4:26
  9. "Flashback" – 3:37
  10. "Negative Energy" – 15:55 CD ?:?? LP

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 and Production

  • J. G. Thirlwell (as You've Got Foetus On Your Breath) - Performance and production
  • Harlan Cockburn - Engineering

External links

  • Deaf at foetus.org

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