China Crisis
Artist

China Crisis

Type
Band
Styles
alternative rock, new wave, art rock, synth-pop

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China Crisis is a British band formed in Kirkby in 1979, playing alternative rock, new wave and art rock. The group released its first album, "Difficult Shapes & Passive Rhythms, Some People Think It’s Fun to Entertain", in 1982 on A&M Records.

Next date in Birmingham: 29 October at Hare & Hounds.

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Latest album
Possible Pop Songs Live (2019)
Formed
1979 · Kirkby
Label
A&M Records

About — The artist

China Crisis are an English new wave and synth-pop band formed in Kirkby, near Liverpool, Merseyside, in 1979 with a core of lead vocalist/keyboardist Gary Daly and guitarist/vocalist Eddie Lundon. Initially a politically charged post-punk band influenced by Brian Eno's ambient soundscapes, China Crisis soon crossed over to a more commercial sound and had success in the United Kingdom in the 1980s with ten top-50 singles, including the top-10 hit "Wishful Thinking", and three albums charting in or just outside the top 20, including Working with Fire and Steel and the top-10 entry Flaunt the Imperfection, that both received a gold certification.

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Discography

  • Difficult Shapes & Passive Rhythms, Some People Think It’s Fun to Entertain 1982
  • Working With Fire And Steel (Possible Pop Songs Volume Two) 1983
  • Flaunt the Imperfection 1985
  • What Price Paradise 1986
  • Diary of a Hollow Horse 1989
  • Warped by Success 1994
  • Acoustically Yours 1995
  • Wishful Thinking 1997
  • The Best Songs 2002
  • Scrap Book, Volume 1: Live at the Dominion Theatre 2002
  • Singing the Praises of Finer Things 2007
  • Greatest Hits 2012
  • Autumn in the Neighbourhood 2015
  • Scrapbook Vol. 2: Live At The Pavillion Theatre 2017
  • Possible Pop Songs Live 2019

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