Product Description
Liverpool has given the pop music world some of its most enduring and often larger-than-life characters. If you think of Eighties music as dynamic with excessive productions, then China Crisis were the sensitive, well-crafted antidote. This 34-track compilation follows the China Crisis story from 1982’s ‘African And White’ – the first release on the local Inevitable label that caught the attention of Virgin Records – throughout their singles chart career.

Disc 1
1. King In A Catholic Style (Wake Up)
2. Working With Fire And Steel
3. Hanna Hanna
4. African And White
5. Tragedy And Mystery
6. Arizona Sky
7. Some People I Know Lead Fantastic Lives
8. When The Piper Calls
9. The Soul Awakening
10. Scream Down At Me
11. Gift Of Freedom
12. Animalistic
13. Back Home
14. June Bride
15. A Golden Handshake For Every Daughter
16. This Occupation
17. Diary Of A Hollow Horse

Disc 2
1. Wishful Thinking
2. Black Man Ray
3. Red Sails
4. Christian
5. Best Kept Secret
6. The Highest High
7. You Did Cut Me
8. Cucumber Garden
9. Strength Of Character
10. In Northern Skies
11. Hampton Beach
12. Here Comes A Raincloud
13. Red Letter Day
14. No More Blue Horizons (Fool Fool Fool)
15. Blue Sea
16. Saint Saviour Square
17. It’s Everything

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Interesting collection. It appears to contain the hits, a few rare b-sides and also some deep cuts.

I probably own at least four other China Crisis compilations, but will most likely get this one too. I really wish that someday we will see a comprehensive b-side collection, along with some of the extended single mixes (like the 5:00 minute "Fire and Steel (Mix)" from the 12" single)

The only thing I know about this band is that Walter Becker (Steely Dan) produced one of their albums.

Flaunt The Imperfection. It's great. King In A Catholic Style, Black Man Ray, The Highest High and You Did Cut Me are the ones on the comp from that album. I'd have put a few more on!