China Crisis - Working with Fire and Steel - Possible Pop Songs Volume Two '1984/2017
Artist | China Crisis Related artists |
Album name | Working with Fire and Steel - Possible Pop Songs Volume Two |
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Date | 1984/2017 |
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Play time | 2:30:06 |
Format / Bitrate | Stereo 1420 Kbps
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Media | CD |
Size | 968 mb |
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 Digitally remastered and expanded three CD edition of the Liverpool bands 1983 album. The bonus CDs includes non-album tracks, remixes, radio sessions and more. Working with Fire and Steel - Possible Pop Songs Volume Two is the second studio album by China Crisis. The album spent 16 weeks on the UK Albums Chart, peaking at #20 in February 1984. It includes the song Wishful Thinking, which was a top 10 hit on the singles chart. Also includes the U.S. radio hit Working With Fire & Steel. China Crisis was formed in 1979 in Kirkby, near Liverpool, Merseysidewith a core of vocalist/keyboardist Gary Daly and guitarist Eddie Lundon. They were part of a wave of new Liverpool acts in the late 1970s and early 1980s, led by OMD and also including Echo and the Bunnymen, The Teardrop Explodes, A Flock of Seagulls and Frankie Goes to Hollywood. China Crisis had moderate success in the United Kingdom in the 1980s with five Top 40 singles and three Top 40 albums. The band also achieved a modest level of commercial success in Western Europe and Australia, and some minor chart successes in the Americas. :: TRACKLIST :: CD1: 01. Working With Fire & Steel (3:41) 02. When the Piper Calls (4:04) 03. Hanna Hanna (3:28) 04. Animals in Jungles (3:40) 05. Here Comes a Raincloud (4:14) 06. Wishful Thinking (4:42) 07. Tragedy and Mystery (4:04) 08. Papua (3:37) 09. Gates of Door to Door (4:16) 10. Soul Awakening (4:35) CD2: 01. Jon an Van (Demo) (3:35) 02. Tragedy and Mystery (Demo) (3:43) 03. When The Piper Calls (Demo) (5:25) 04. Working With Fire & Steel (Fire & Steel Mix) (5:03) 05. Dockland (4:11) 06. Forever I and I (3:06) 07. Tragedy and Mystery (Extended Version) (5:32) 08. A Golden Handshake For Every Daughter (4:02) 09. Wishful Thinking (Edit) (4:42) 10. Some People I Know To Lead Fantastic Lives (3:44) 11. This Occupation (Extended Mix) (4:05) 12. Some People I Know To Lead Fantastic Lives (Extended Mix) (6:10) 13. Hanna Hanna (Extended Mix) (5:17) 14. Here Comes A Raincloud (Live) (6:00) 15. African and White (Live) (3:50) CD3: 01. Hanna Hanna (Kid Jensen Session) (2:56) 02. You Never See It (Kid Jensen Session) (3:19) 03. Animals In Jungles (Kid Jensen Session) (3:10) 04. Reflections (Kid Jensen Session) (3:47) 05. A Golden Handshake For Every Daughter (John Peel Session) (3:33) 06. Wishful Thinking (John Peel Session) (4:00) 07. Here Comes A Raincloud (John Peel Session) (4:06) 08. Greenacre Bay (John Peel Session) (3:29) 09. Papua (Kid Jensen Session) (3:21) 10. No Ordinary Lover (Kid Jensen Session) (3:16) 11. When The Piper Calls (Kid Jensen Session) (3:03) 12. The Soul Awakening (Kid Jensen Session) (3:20) Personnel Gary Daly - vocals, synthesiser Eddie Lundon - guitar, vocals Gary Gazza Johnson - bass guitar Kevin Wilkinson - drums, percussion Additional personnel Steve Levy - saxophone (tracks 1-3), oboe (tracks 5-7) Graeme Levy - voice (track 1) Roddy Lorimer - trumpet (tracks 2 & 3) Anthony Thistlethwaite - tenor saxophone (tracks 2 & 3) Jane Lancaster - vocals (tracks 5 & 9) Robert Pollard - synthesiser (track 7) Luke Tunney - flugelhorn (track 7) Gary Barnacle - flute (track 9) The Breck Road String Ensemble - strings (track 5) Tracks 2-14 and 2-15 live recorded at Reading University 31/01/1984. Tracks 3-1 to 3-4 recorded at Kid Jensen Session 25/05/1982 Tracks 3-5 to 3-8 recorded at John Peel Session 27/01/1983 Tracks 3-9 to 3-12 recorded at Kid Jensen Session 25/10/1983
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- 2022 Demos
- 2022 Singles / B-Sides / Versions
- 2017 Difficult Shapes & Passive Rhythms Some People Think It's Fun To Entertain [2]
- 2015 Autumn In The Neighbourhood [2]
- 2014 Wishful Thinking (The Very Best Of)
- 2012 Greatest Hits
- 2006 The Definitive China Crisis Live
- 1997 Wishful Thinking
- 1994 Warped By Success [3]
- 1992 Diary - A Collection
- 1992 Diary-A Collection
- 1990 China Crisis Collection (The Very Best Of China Crisis)
- 1989 Diary Of A Hollow Horse [2]
- 1986 What Price Paradise [3]
- 1985 Flaunt The Imperfection [3]
- 1985 Difficult Shapes & Passive Rhythms, Some People Think It's Fun To Entertain
- 1984/2017 Working with Fire and Steel - Possible Pop Songs Volume Two
- 1984 Working With Fire And Steel: Possible Pop Songs, Vol. 2
- 1983 Working With Fire And Steel [3]
- 1982 Difficult Shapes & Passive Rhythms, Some People Think It's Fun To Entertain [3]
Compilation
- 1997 Wishful Thinking
- 1992 Diary - A Collection
- 1990 China Crisis Collection (The Very Best Of China Crisis)
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