''Beethoven Was Deaf'' is a live album by

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, recorded around the time of the tour for '' Your Arsenal''. It was the final release from

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. " You're the One for Me, Fatty", " Certain People I Know", "The National Front Disco", "We'll Let You Know", "He Knows I'd Love to See Him", "You're Gonna Need Someone on Your Side" and "

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" were recorded live at the Astoria in London on 20 December 1992, while " November Spawned a Monster", "Seasick, Yet Still Docked", "The Loop", " Sister I'm a Poet", "Jack the Ripper", "Such a Little Thing Makes Such a Big Difference", "I Know it's Gonna Happen Someday", "

Suedehead "Suedehead" is the debut solo single by English singer Morrissey, released on 15 February 1988. Co-written by Morrissey and former Smiths producer Stephen Street, the song was Morrissey's first solo release after the Smiths break-up. Morrisse ...

" and " We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful" were recorded live at

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on 22 December. The sleeve notes incorrectly state that all songs are from the Paris concert. On 14 December 2010, it was announced that EMI had deleted this album along with '' World of Morrissey'' and '' Suedehead: The Best of Morrissey'' from its catalogue. Despite this, it is still available on streaming platforms. Every song from '' Your Arsenal'' was included with the exception of " Tomorrow".

Track listing

#" You're the One for Me, Fatty" – 3:59 #" Certain People I Know" – 2:57 #"The National Front Disco" – 6:05 #" November Spawned a Monster" – 5:29 #"Seasick, Yet Still Docked" – 5:15 #"The Loop" – 6:00 #" Sister I'm a Poet" – 2:22 #"Jack the Ripper" – 4:13 #"Such a Little Thing Makes Such a Big Difference" – 1:52 #"I Know It's Gonna Happen Someday" – 3:39 #"We'll Let You Know" – 5:12 #"

" – 4:05 #"He Knows I'd Love to See Him" – 3:38 #"You're Gonna Need Someone on Your Side" – 3:35 #"

" – 4:05 #" We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful" – 2:49

Band

– vocals,

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– guitars, backing vocals *

Boz Boorer Martin James "Boz" Boorer (born 19 May 1962 in Edgware, Middlesex, England) is an English guitarist and producer. He founded the new wave rockabilly group the Polecats, and starting in 1991 had a 30-year collaboration with singer Morrissey as c ...

– guitars * Gary Day – bass guitar,

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* Spencer Cobrin – drums

References

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