Collection

China Crisis | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 24, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Caroline
• ASIN: B000000HQK
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #290,430 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. African and White

2. No More Blue Horizons

3. Christian

4. Tragedy and Mystery

5. Working With Fire and Steel

6. Wishful Thinking

7. Hanna Hanna

8. Black Man Ray

9. King in a Catholic Style (Wake Up)

10. You Did Cut Me

11. Arizona Sky [Full Length Mix]

12. Best Kept Secret

13. It's Everything

14. St. Saviour Square

15. African and White [Steve Proctor Mix]

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dynamite Collection from Dynamic group!, August 20, 1998

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Todd Bartholomew (Atlanta, GA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Collection (Audio CD)

Early 80s MTV viewers probably remember China Crisis best for the "Working With Fire and Steel" video and others will remember them from alternative radio. China Crisis never really caught on stateside and it's hard to understand why. China Crisis have a great ear for hooks and catchy melodies; not too far off from Crowded House, later Roxy Music and their oft-mentioned mentors Steely Dan. Walter Becker (ex-Steely Dan) produced a number of tracks from this collection along with Mike Thorne. I dare you not to enjoy any of these tracks...there's nary a dud in the lot of them. I was deep into China Crisis in the 80s and they're one of the groups who I bothered to replace vinyl with CDs when that time came. I regularly listen to them still, which is a testament to how good they are 10 to 15 years on.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What an odd name..., October 11, 2006

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Joseph (NSW Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Collection (Audio CD)

...for a superb band. African and White is one of my fave all time songs - mesmerising beat and bass riff. A truly creative duo proving that poms have the edge over the yanks by just that little bit. A compilation is your best starting point, but if you get the itch go right back to Difficult Shapes... album and feast your ears.

I recently got the DVD of a live set and found out they sound just as good. I wish Australia wasn't so far from their next gig...

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars But where is Volume 2?, May 1, 2005

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Leshaun Fossett (Memphis, TN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Collection (Audio CD)

In Europe, three is a volume 2 to this collection with hits like "A Golden Handshake for Every Daughter", "Some People I know To Lead Fansastic Lives" and the classic "The Gates of Door to Door" (this was the theme song to the VH1 show "Sunday Brunch" back in the 80s).

But the 1st disc is awesome. One of the few "best of" collections that actually is the best of their work.