Deaf, the debut album

Album

An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

 from J. G. Thirlwell's

J. G. Thirlwell

James George Thirlwell , aka Clint Ruin, aka Frank Want, aka Foetus, is an Australian vocalist, composer and record producer...

 You've Got Foetus on Your Breath

Foetus (band)

Foetus is the primary musical outlet of industrial music pioneer J. G. Thirlwell. Until 1995 the band underwent various name changes, all including the word foetus. Monikers adopted at different times include Foetus Under Glass, You've Got Foetus On Your Breath and Scraping Foetus Off The Wheel...

 was released in 1981 on Thirlwell's own Self Immolation Records

Self Immolation

Self Immolation is a record label and publishing company run by J. G. Thirlwell. Originally an actual label for Thirlwell's self-released early Foetus EPs and albums, Self Immolation became more akin to a vanity label for Thirlwell's releases on Some Bizzare Records and Wax Trax! Records...

 label. Thirsty Ear

Thirsty Ear

Thirsty Ear Recordings is an American independent record label. It was founded in the late 70s as a marketing company and expanded to issue its own records in 1990....

 reissued the album as a CD

Compact Disc

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 in 1997 in the US

United States

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. Both releases were limited editions

Special edition

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: 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

J. G. Thirlwell

James George Thirlwell , aka Clint Ruin, aka Frank Want, aka Foetus, is an Australian vocalist, composer and record producer...

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

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
  J. G. Thirlwell
  James George Thirlwell , aka Clint Ruin, aka Frank Want, aka Foetus, is an Australian vocalist, composer and record producer...
  
  (as You've Got Foetus On Your Breath) - Performance and production
• Harlan Cockburn - Engineering