China Crisis - Working With Fire And Steel (Possible Pop Songs Volume Two)

China Crisis ‎– Working With Fire And Steel (Possible Pop Songs Volume Two)

Label:
Virgin – CDV 2286, Virgin – 610 138-217
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CD, Album
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Tracklist

1 Working With Fire And Steel 3:40
2 When The Piper Calls 4:03
3 Hanna Hanna 3:29
4 Animals In Jungles 3:39
5 Here Comes A Raincloud 4:16
6 Wishful Thinking 4:41
7 Tragedy And Mystery 4:02
8 Papua 3:36
9 The Gates Of Door To Door 4:16
10 The Soul Awakening 4:35

Credits

  • Acoustic GuitarEddie* (tracks: 1)
  • Arranged ByChina Crisis
  • Arranged By [Strings]Mark Levy (tracks: 5)
  • Artwork By [Graphic Design] – Ken (At A.S.)
  • BassGazza* (tracks: 2 to 4, 7 to 10)
  • Bass [Fretless]Gazza* (tracks: 1, 5, 6)
  • CelloDavid Ellery (tracks: 5)
  • DrumsKevin* (tracks: 1 to 4, 6 to 8, 10)
  • Drums [Hi-hat], Sequenced By [Drum Machine]Kevin* (tracks: 5)
  • Drums [Snare & Tom Tom]Kevin* (tracks: 2)
  • Engineer [Assistant At The Manor]Steve Chase*
  • Engineer [Assistant To Assistant Engineer At The Manor]Paul Cook
  • Engineer [At Amazon]Geoff Higgins (tracks: 10), Gil Norton
  • Engineer [At The Manor]Alan Douglas (2)
  • GuitarEddie*
  • Harmonica [Bass]Gazza* (tracks: 8)
  • Lyrics ByEddie* (tracks: 2, 3, 6), Garry* (tracks: 1, 3 to 5, 7 to 10)
  • OboeSteve* (tracks: 2, 5 to 7, 10)
  • Other [Russian Dialect] – Graeme Levy (tracks: 1)
  • PercussionKevin* (tracks: 3, 4, 6, 10)
  • Percussion [Acoustic And Electric]Kevin* (tracks: 9)
  • Photography [Cover] – Gavin Cochrane
  • Photography [Insert Band Photo] – Sheila Rock
  • Piano [Grand]Garry* (tracks: 2)
  • ProducerMike Howlett
  • SaxophoneSteve* (tracks: 1 to 3)
  • Saxophone [Tenor]Anthony* (tracks: 2, 3)
  • StringsBreck Road String Ensemble, The (tracks: 5)
  • SynthesizerEddie* (tracks: 2), Garry* (tracks: 1, 3 to 5, 7 to 10)
  • TapeGarry* (tracks: 3, 4)
  • TrumpetRoddy* (tracks: 2, 3)
  • ViolaDavid Kennedy (5) (tracks: 5)
  • ViolinBarbara Parham (tracks: 5), Mark Levy (tracks: 5)
  • VocalsEddie* (tracks: 1 to 4, 6 to 8, 10), Garry* (tracks: 1, 3 to 5, 7 to 10), Jane (4) (tracks: 5, 9)
  • Written-ByEddie*, Gary*

Notes

℗1983. 8-page booklet with lyrics and photos. Recorded at Amazon and The Manor. Mixed at The Manor.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode: 5 012981 228629
  • Other (Label Code): LC 3098

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pinkindustries Feb 06, 2012
is this barcode correct? I have the same CD barcode the same, but "0" at the end: 5 012981 228620
Rated 5/5
Review by raydium Jan 30, 2008 (edited 14 days ago)
The 2nd China Crisis album gets my vote as their best simply because if you love oboe in a pop rock setting, this album is packed with pleasure! Add some excellent fretless bass to the traditional China Crisis wimpy, melodic introspection and you're left wanting more when this album ends. The title cut is sprightly electropop with synth bass and "Hanna Hanna" features strong brass mated with an extremely muscular fretless bassline. I also favor the wistful, almost ambient tunes like "Here Come A Raincloud" and "Soul Awakening." One can also group their big hit "Wishful Thinking" with the last two, but it manages the neat trick of sounding passionately effete - again, with excellent oboe contributing to the arrangement. "Gates of Door to Door" counterpoints staccato rhythms with expressive Gary Barnacle flute! More, please! There are so many high points of playing and arrangement here I was let down when they worked with Walter Becker afterward. If you are familiar with that period of the band, this sounds less like Steely Dan, and Garry Daly isn't altering his phrasing to sound more like Donald Fagen, to better effect.

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