China Crisis

China Crisis - What Price Paradise (Remastered Deluxe Edition) (1986/2022)

China Crisis - What Price Paradise (Remastered Deluxe Edition) (1986/2022)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log, scans) - 1.06 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 404 MB
2:44:06 | Synth-pop | Label: Virgin Music Label & Artist Services

This 3-CD Deluxe Version Was Produced With The Full Co-Operation Of That Band Who Prided New Interviews To Record Collector’s Daryl Easlea For The Booklet. The Set Contains Many Bonus Tracks, Including Unheard Demos From The Band. The Whole Set Has Been Remastered From Original Tapes By Andy Pearce. The Booklet Contains Many Rare Photos And Memorabilia From The Time.
The reissue has been produced in co-operation of that band and indeed the booklet features new interviews by Daryl Easlea.

China Crisis - Collection: The Very Best Of China Crisis (1990)  Music

Posted by Designol at Dec. 26, 2022
China Crisis - Collection: The Very Best Of China Crisis (1990)

China Crisis - Collection: The Very Best Of China Crisis (1990)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 364 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 145 Mb | Scans included
New Wave, Synthpop | Label: Virgin | # CDV2613 | Time: 01:00:25

China Crisis Collection: The Very Best of China Crisis doesn't lie; true to its title, the album gathers China Crisis' brightest moments. While the exclusion of "The Highest High" is an oversight, this is one of the most accurate and thorough summaries of a band's career. Uniting elements of synth pop, jazz, progressive rock, and new wave, China Crisis sound like nobody else.
China Crisis - Collection: The Very Best Of China Crisis (1990) [2CD Edition]

China Crisis - Collection: The Very Best Of China Crisis (1990) [2CD Edition]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 723 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 293 MB | Covers - 25 MB
Genre: Synth-pop, New Wave | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Virgin Records (CDVX2613)

China Crisis Collection: The Very Best of China Crisis doesn't lie; true to its title, the album gathers China Crisis' brightest moments. While the exclusion of "The Highest High" is an oversight, this is one of the most accurate and thorough summaries of a band's career. Uniting elements of synth pop, jazz, progressive rock, and new wave, China Crisis sound like nobody else. The jittery "Working With Fire and Steel" unveils the group's early infatuation with sprightly electronics. "Working With Fire and Steel" is actually one of the few songs on China Crisis Collection that received U.S. airplay; its chipper, naïve keyboards must've wooed radio programmers hooked on early-'80s video games. China Crisis' music became increasingly sophisticated with each LP as the band explored slower tempos and more soulful melodies…
China Crisis - Difficult Shapes & Passive Rhythms (1982) [2CD Deluxe Edition 2017]

China Crisis - Difficult Shapes & Passive Rhythms (1982) [2CD Deluxe Edition 2017]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 582 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 234 MB | Covers - 48 MB
Genre: Synth-pop, New Wave | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Virgin/Caroline (CAROLR065CD)

Digitally remastered and expanded two CD edition of the Liverpool band's 1982 album. The bonus CD includes non-album tracks, radio sessions and more.
Like fellow Liverpudlians O.M.D., China Crisis began life as a synthetic duo who performed brilliantly executed pop songs with quirky edges. And like O.M.D., they seamlessly mixed their love of guitar-based pop with (then) modern musical technology (i.e., synthesizers). Unlike O.M.D., China Crisis' legacy languishes somewhere between there and then with no sign of them ever being considered "hip." Not to say that that is their fault! Gary Daly (the quirky vocalist/keyboardist) and Eddie Lundon (the smooth vocalist/guitarist) made their fascinating debut, Difficult Shapes & Passive Rhythms, Some People Think It's Fun to Entertain, on a low budget, and their magic was already in place…

China Crisis - What Price Paradise (1986) {1989, Japanese Reissue}  Music

Posted by popsakov at April 29, 2023
China Crisis - What Price Paradise (1986) {1989, Japanese Reissue}

China Crisis - What Price Paradise (1986) {1989, Japanese Reissue}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 403 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 220 Mb
Full Scans | 00:50:12 | RAR 5% Recovery
Synth-Pop, New Wave | Virgin Japan Ltd. #VJD-28219

After making a bid to become the '80s version of Steely Dan on the delightful Flaunt the Imperfection, China Crisis offered a fuller and more pop-oriented follow-up the next year. With the duo of Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley (replacing Walter Becker) sharing the producer's chair, the songs on What Price Paradise feature warm, intricate arrangements and prominent brass and strings. But while more than one Langer/Winstanley offering of this era overwhelmed its subject with such treatment – Elvis Costello's ill-fated Goodbye Cruel World is a good example – the sophisticated and melodic songs here prosper from the attention to detail.
China Crisis - Diary Of A Hollow Horse (1989) [2CD Expanded Edition 2013]

China Crisis - Diary Of A Hollow Horse (1989) [2CD Expanded Edition 2013]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 890 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 323 MB | Covers - 71 MB
Genre: Synth-pop, New Wave | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Strike Force Entertainment (SFE 024D)

Reunited with producer Walter Becker, China Crisis made perhaps their most Steely Dan-like album with Diary of a Hollow Horse. Pristinely recorded and brimming with jazzy sophistication, it includes some of the U.K. quintet's best-ever material, including "Sweet Charity in Adoration," a satisfying, complex pop song of the first order that features a lovely flute cameo from sessionman Jim Horn. Yet beyond the FM perfection lurk a few surprises. The group also teamed with producer Mike Thorne (Soft Cell) for a trio of cuts that are among the most simple and direct pop songs in the their catalog. In particular, "St. Saviour Square" and "All My Prayers" have straightforward rhythms and melodies that connect instantly, drawing passionate performances from singer Gary Daly and offering a nice contrast to the more subtle surroundings…
China Crisis - Working With Fire And Steel: Possible Pop Songs Volume Two (1983) [3CD Deluxe Edition 2017]

China Crisis - Working With Fire And Steel: Possible Pop Songs Volume Two (1983) [3CD Deluxe Edition 2017]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 927 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 353 MB | Covers - 65 MB
Genre: Synth-pop, New Wave | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Virgin/Caroline (CAROLR066CD)

Digitally remastered and expanded three CD edition of the Liverpool band's 1983 album. The bonus CDs includes non-album tracks, remixes, radio sessions and more.
China Crisis main men Gary Daly and Eddie Lundon were great songwriters searching for that one song that would make a difference. "Working with Fire and Steel" was that song. Although they had hits before, and they would have hits after, no other song defined China Crisis' essence more. With its percolating beat, Daly's hiccupping vocals, and a smashing chorus, it was the perfect modern pop song. With that said, there was also so much more to China Crisis than that one song. This, their sophomore album, features songs cut from the same cloth as "…Fire and Steel," including "Animals in Jungles" and "Hanna Hanna," but also reveals a band with deeper meaning and ambitious ideas…
China Crisis - Flaunt The Imperfection (1985) [2CD Deluxe Edition 2017]

China Crisis - Flaunt The Imperfection (1985) [2CD Deluxe Edition 2017]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 753 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 286 MB | Covers - 71 MB
Genre: Synth-pop, New Wave | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Virgin/Caroline (CAROLR067CD)

This two-disc deluxe version was produced with the full cooperation of that band. The set contains many bonus tracks, BBC Sessions as well as demos.
China Crisis underwent a complete change in sound for their third album, completely ditching the heavy dub rhythms and challenging arrangements of 1982's Difficult Shapes & Passive Rhythms, Some People Think It's Fun to Entertain and 1983's Working with Fire and Steel (Possible Pop Songs, Vol. 2) with an altogether smoother and less aggressive sound. That doesn't equal a commercial capitulation, however; if anything, the choice of Walter Becker (of the then-unfashionable Steely Dan) as producer was a more commercially daring maneuver than anything the group had previously attempted…

China Crisis - Flaunt The Imperfection (1985) Re-Up  Music

Posted by popsakov at Feb. 1, 2021
China Crisis - Flaunt The Imperfection (1985) Re-Up

China Crisis - Flaunt The Imperfection (1985)
EAC Rip | FLAC (Tracks) + Cue + m3u + Log ~ 254 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 107 Mb
Covers Included | 00:43:01 | RAR 5% Recovery
Art Rock, New Wave, Synth-Pop | Virgin Records #CDV 2342

China Crisis underwent a complete change in sound for their third album, completely ditching the heavy dub rhythms and challenging arrangements of 1982's Difficult Shapes & Passive Rhythms, Some People Think It's Fun to Entertain and 1983's Working with Fire and Steel (Possible Pop Songs, Vol. 2) with an altogether smoother and less aggressive sound. That doesn't equal a commercial capitulation, however; if anything, the choice of Walter Becker (of the then-unfashionable Steely Dan) as producer was a more commercially daring maneuver than anything the group had previously attempted.
China Crisis - Difficult Shapes & Passive Rhythms: Some People Think It's Fun To Entertain (1982) {1985, Reissue}

China Crisis - Difficult Shapes & Passive Rhythms: Some People Think It's Fun To Entertain (1982) {1985, Reissue}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 230 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 99 Mb
Scans Included | 00:39:30 | RAR 5% Recovery
New Wave, Synth-Pop | Virgin #CDV 2243

Difficult Shapes & Passive Rhythms Some People Think It's Fun to Entertain is the debut album by English new wave group China Crisis released in 1982. It spent 17 weeks on the UK Albums Chart and peaked at number 21 in February 1983. China Crisis are an English pop/rock band. They were formed in 1979 in Kirkby, near Liverpool, Merseyside with a core of vocalist/keyboardist Gary Daly and guitarist Eddie Lundon. China Crisis 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.