Working With Fire & Steel [Import]

China Crisis | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 13, 2008)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Virgin Japan
• ASIN: B00016ZR3I
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,278,526 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Working With Fire and Steel

2. When the Piper Calls

3. Hanna Hanna

4. Animals in Jungles

5. Here Come a Raincloud

6. Wishful Thinking

7. Tragedy and Mystery

8. Papua

9. The Gates of Door to Door

10. The Soul Awakening

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Euro-Pop/New Wave Perfection !, October 23, 2003

By 

Armando M. Mesa (Chandler, AZ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Working With Fire & Steel (Audio CD)

Highly and richly melodic, hook laden, catchy synth riffs and drums and guitar is only a sample of ways to describe this 1983 release from China Crisis. Crisis never received much air play statewise on regular top 40; it reached more of a main staple or cult new wave group status for college stations or pre-alternative album stations. Make no mistake, vocals are very Euro sounding though lead singer sang in English. There are slight resemblances to early Depeche Mode, Heaven 17, Oingo Boingo, Wang Chung yet China Crisis still had their own distinct sound or quality (more warmth than pizzaz).More dance oriented material for the early club goers of the 80's(but certainly no disco music). Track like When the Piper Calls is reminiscent Depeche Mode while the song Hanna Hanna has a Wang Chung feel before Wang Chung made it big ! There are a few tracks such as Here Comes A Raincloud with it's slow tempo and melancholy drum programmed-synth sound that can still convey a haunting-somber atmosphere with a violin sounding backdrop.Another treasure of a track is the smooth flowing Wishful Thinking with it's mid-tempo feel, calming vocals and wailing background sax work and acoustic/electric guitar ! This is a must have for any music collecting afficionados with an eclectic taste and a streak of nostalgia in them !...After 20 years one of the very few and best pop albums that has aged well...

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An 80's Dream, December 17, 1999

By 

Sean Ee (Illinois, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Working With Fire & Steel (Audio CD)

"Winters here in a snow white haze, fires burning brightly in the night" ooooooh the hair at the nape of my neck stands-the album is awesome and creates an ambience like no other. Original-and unlike today's music the songs here are subtle with the power to move.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars China Crisis is like no other band!, September 25, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Working With Fire & Steel (Audio CD)

First time I heard this album was one summer and I was at the rooftop back home in the tropics. Believe me some places get more exposed to music because we get Europe and America's best. Anyway, a friend of mine brought over his boom box and started playing wishful thinking....

Ahhh.... Good old days.