Warped by Success
Released: 1994
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Released: 1994
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After the relative failure of the Walter Becker-produced Diary of a Hollow Horse album in 1989, the five piece lineup went their separate ways. Five years later, original duo Eddie Lundon and Gary...
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Working with Fire and Steel EP
Released: 1983
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Released: 1983
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One of the most criminally overlooked singles of the early '80s, China Crisis' "Working With Fire and Steel" displayed exactly what was great, fresh, and exciting about the wonderfully postmodern...
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Flaunt the Imperfection
Released: 1985
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Released: 1985
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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...
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What Price Paradise
Released: 1986
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Released: 1986
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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...
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Difficult Shapes & Passive Rhythms, Some People Think It's Fun to Entertain
Released: 1982
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Released: 1982
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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...
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Diary of a Hollow Horse
Released: 1989
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Released: 1989
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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...
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