China Crisis Working With Fire & Steel CD

Digitally remastered and expanded three CD edition of the Liverpool band's 1983 album. The bonus CDs includes non-album tracks, remixes, radio sessions and more. Working with Fire and Steel - Possible Pop Songs Volume Two is the second studio album by China Crisis. The album spent 16 weeks on the UK Albums Chart, peaking at #20 in February 1984. It includes the song "Wishful Thinking", which was a top 10 hit on the singles chart. Also includes the U.S. radio hit "Working With Fire & Steel". China Crisis was formed in 1979 in Kirkby, near Liverpool, Merseysidewith a core of vocalist/keyboardist Gary Daly and guitarist Eddie Lundon. They were part of a wave of new Liverpool acts in the late 1970s and early 1980s, led by OMD and also including Echo and the Bunnymen, The Teardrop Explodes, A Flock of Seagulls and Frankie Goes to Hollywood. China Crisis had moderate success in the United Kingdom in the 1980s with five Top 40 singles and three Top 40 albums. The band also achieved a modest level of commercial success in Western Europe and Australia, and some minor chart successes in the Americas.

1. Working with Fire and Steel 2. When the Piper Calls 3. Hanna Hanna 4. Animals in Jungles 5. Here Comes a Raincloud 6. Wishful Thinking 7. Tragedy and Mystery 8. Papua 9. The Gates of Door to Door 10. The Soul Awakening 11. Jon and Van (Demo) 12. Tragedy and Mystery (Demo) 13. When the Piper Calls (Demo) 14. Working with Fire and Steel (Fire and Steel Mix) 15. Dockland 16. Forever I and I 17. Tragedy and Mystery (Extended Version) 18. A Golden Handshake for Every Daughter 19. Wishful Thinking (Edit) 20. Some People I Know to Lead Fantastic Lives 21. This Occupation (Extended Mix) 22. Some People I Know to Lead Fantastic Lives (Extended Mix) 23. Hanna Hanna (Extended Mix) 24. Here Comes a Raincloud (Live) 25. African and White (Live) 26. Hanna Hanna (BBC Radio Kid Jenson Session, 25/05/1982) 27. You Never See It (BBC Radio Kid Jenson Session, 25/05/1982) 28. Animals in Jungles (BBC Radio Kid Jenson Session, 25/05/1982) 29. Reflections (BBC Radio Kid Jenson Session, 25/05/1982) 30. A Golden Handshake for Every Daughter (BBC Radio John Peel Session, 27/01/1983) 31. Wishful Thinking (BBC Radio John Peel Session, 27/01/1983) 32. Here Comes a Raincloud (BBC Radio John Peel Session, 27/01/1983) 33. Greenacre Day (BBC Radio John Peel Session, 27/01/1983) 34. Papua (BBC Radio Kid Jenson Session, 25/10/1983) 35. No Ordinary Lover (BBC Radio Kid Jenson Session, 25/10/1983) 36. When the Piper Calls (BBC Radio Kid Jenson Session, 25/10/1983) 37. The Soul Awakening (BBC Radio Kid Jenson Session, 25/10/1983)