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China Crisis - Working with Fire and Steel - Possible Pop Songs Volume Two '1984/2017

Working with Fire and Steel - Possible Pop Songs Volume Two
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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 / 44.1 kHz
MP3 320 Kbps
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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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