China Crisis - Collection (The Very Best Of China Crisis) FLAC

China Crisis Alternative Rock Art Rock Pop Rock Synth-pop 1990 UK

Tracklist Hide Credits

1-1	African And White Bass, Lead Vocals – G DalyDrums – D ReillyGuitar, Keyboards, Vocals – E Lundon*Producer – Jeremy Lewis	3:48
1-2	No More Blue Horizon Bass – A PaskDrums – D ReillyGuitar, Percussion, Vocals – E LundonKeyboards – P WalshProducer – Peter WalshSynthesizer, Lead Vocals – G DalyTrumpet – Mr Walsh	3:48
1-3	Christian Bass [Fretless] – A FaskDrums – D ReillyGuitar, Vocals – E LundonKeyboards – P WalshKeyboards, Lead Vocals – G Daly*Producer – Peter Walsh	5:44
1-4	Tragedy And Mystery Bass [Fretless] – G JohnsonDrums – K WilkinsonFlugelhorn – L TunneyGuitar, Lead Vocals – E LundonOboe – S LevyProducer – Mike HowlettSynthesizer, Lead Vocals – G Daly	4:02
1-5	Working With Fire And Steel Bass – G JohnsonDrums – K WilkinsonGuitar, Vocals – E LundonProducer – Mike HowlettSaxophone – S LevySynthesizer, Lead Vocals – G Daly*	3:41
1-6	Wishful Thinking Bass – G JohnsonDrums – K WilkinsonGuitar, Keyboards, Lead Vocals – E LundonKeyboards – G DalyOboe – S Levy*Producer – Mike HowlettWords By – Eddie Lundon	4:41
1-7	Hanna Hanna Bass – G JohnsonBrass – K HornsDrums – K WilkinsonGuitar, Vocals – E LundonProducer – Mike HowlettSaxophone – S LevyTape, Synthesizer, Lead Vocals – G Daly	3:30
1-8	Black Man Ray Bass, Guitar – G JohnsonDrums – K WilkinsonGuitar – E Lundon, T RenwickKeyboards – N MagnusLead Vocals – G DalyProducer – Walter BeckerSynthesizer – W Becker*	3:36
1-9	King In A Catholic Style Backing Vocals – G CleeBass – G JohnsonDrums – K WilkinsonGuitar – E LundonGuitar [Solos] – T RenwickKeyboards – N MagnusLead Vocals – G Daly*Producer – Walter Becker	4:29
1-10	You Did Cut Me Bass – G JohnsonBrass – K HornsDrums – K WilkinsonGuitar – E LundonGuitar [Solos] – T RenwickKeyboards – N MagnusLead Vocals – G Daly*Producer – Walter Becker	4:16
1-11	Arizona Sky Bass – G JohnsonDrums – K WilkinsonGuitar – S NisbetGuitar, Vocals – E LundonKeyboards – B McNeillLead Vocals – G DalyProducer – Clive Langer & Alan WinstanleySaxophone – G Barnacle*	5:25
1-12	Best Kept Secret Bass – G JohnsonDrums – K WilkinsonGuitar – S NisbetGuitar, Vocals – E LundonKeyboards – B McNeillLead Vocals – G DalyProducer – Clive Langer & Alan Winstanley	4:05
1-13	It's Everything Backing Vocals – Three Jimmy'sDrums – K WilkinsonGuitar, Vocals – E LundonKeyboards, Vocals – B McNeillLead Vocals – G DalyProducer – Clive Langer & Alan WinstanleySaxophone – G Barnacle*	5:06
1-14	St. Saviour Square Bass – G JohnsonDrums – K WilkinsonGuitar, Vocals – E LundonKeyboards, Vocals – B McNeillLead Vocals – G Daly*Producer – Mike Thorne	4:08
2-1	Scream Down At Me Producer – Jeremy Lewis	3:18
2-2	Cucumber Garden Producer – Jeremy Lewis	6:58
2-3	A Golden Handshake For Every Daughter Producer – Lundon, Daly, Norton*	4:00
2-4	Some People I Know Lead Fantastic Lives Producer – Peter Walsh	3:49
2-5	The Instigator (Italian Fuzzbox Version) Producer – China Crisis	3:53
2-6	Little Italy Producer – China Crisis	3:06
2-7	Greenacre Bay Producer – Bascombe, Lundon, Daly, Lewis	4:18
2-8	No Ordinary Lover Producer – Steve Levine	6:23
2-9	Dockland Producer – Lundon, Daly, Norton*	4:10
2-10	Forever I And I Producer – Gary Daly, Gil Norton	3:04
2-11	Performing Seals Producer – China Crisis, Gil Norton	2:48
2-12	This Occupation (Extended Mix) Producer – Jeremy Lewis	4:04
2-13	Watching Over Burning Fields Producer – Lundon, Daly, Norton*	3:04
2-14	Animalistic (A Day At The Zoo Mix)	11:04

Companies, etc.

Phonographic Copyright (p) – Virgin Records Ltd.
Copyright (c) – Virgin Records Ltd.
Published By – Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd.

Credits

Compilation Producer – Bob Williams, Steve Pritchard
Compilation Producer [Assistant] – Grahame Andrew
Design – Icon London*, Icon Los Angeles*
Painting [Photopainting] – Andrew W. Ellis*
Words By – Gary Daly (tracks: 1-1 to 1-5, 1-7 to 1-14)

Notes

All titles Virgin Music Publishers Ltd.
Except 1-8 to 1-10 published by Virgin Music Publishers Ltd / Copyright Control
The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Virgin Records Ltd
℗ 1990 Virgin Records Ltd
© 1990 Virgin Records Ltd
Manufactured In Austria

Disc One:
These tracks originally released on the following albums.
1-1 to 1-3 Difficult Shapes And Passive Rhythms
1-4 to 1-7 Working With Fire And Steel
1-8 to 1-10 Flaunt The Imperfection
1-11 to 1-13 What Price Paradise
1-14 Diary Of A Hollow Horse

Disc Two:
These tracks previously unavailable on CD and originally featured on the following 12" singles.
2-1 & 2-2 Scream Down At Me
2-3 Tragedy And Mystery
2-4 & 2-12 Wishful Thinking
2-5 & 2-6 Best Kept Secret
2-7 & 2-11 Christian
2-8 & 2-13 No More Blue Horizons
2-9 & 2-10 Working With Fire And Steel
2-14 Black Man Ray

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode (Scanned): 5012981261320
Barcode (Printed): 5 012981 261320
Other (Distribution Code (France)): PM 518

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
CDV 2613	China Crisis	Collection (The Very Best Of China Crisis) ‎(CD, Comp)	Virgin	CDV 2613	UK	1990
V2613	China Crisis	Collection (The Very Best Of China Crisis) ‎(LP, Comp)	Virgin	V2613	UK	1990
VJCP-54	China Crisis	Collection (The Very Best Of China Crisis) ‎(CD, Comp)	Virgin Japan	VJCP-54	Japan	1990
TCV 2613	China Crisis	Collection (The Very Best Of China Crisis) ‎(Cass, Comp)	Virgin	TCV 2613	UK	1990
CAROL 1117-2	China Crisis	Collection (The Very Best Of China Crisis) ‎(CD, Comp, RE)	Caroline Records	CAROL 1117-2	US	1997

Tracklist Hide Credits

A1	African And White Producer – Jeremy LewisWritten-By – Eddie Lundon, Gary Daly, Gazza Johnson
A2	No More Blue Horizons Producer – Peter WalshWritten-By – Eddie Lundon, Gary Daly, Gazza Johnson
A3	Christian Producer – Peter WalshWritten-By – Eddie Lundon, Gary Daly, Gazza Johnson
A4	Tragedy And Mystery Written-By – Eddie Lundon, Gary Daly
A5	Working With Fire And Steel Written-By – Eddie Lundon, Gary Daly
A6	Wishful Thinking Written-By – Eddie Lundon, Gary Daly
A7	Hanna Hanna Written-By – Eddie Lundon, Gary Daly
B1	Black Man Ray Written-By – Eddie Lundon, Gary Daly, Gazza Johnson
B2	King In A Catholic Style Written-By – Eddie Lundon, Gary Daly, Gazza Johnson
B3	You Did Cut Me Written-By – Eddie Lundon, Gary Daly, Gazza Johnson
B4	Arizona Sky Written-By – China Crisis
B5	Best Kept Secret Written-By – China Crisis
B6	It's Everything Written-By – China Crisis
B7	St. Saviour Square Producer – Mike ThorneWritten-By – Brian McNeill, Eddie Lundon, Gary Daly, Gazza Johnson, Kevin Wilkinson

Companies, etc.

Record Company – Virgin España, S.A.
Distributed By – Discos CBS, S.A., Madrid
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Virgin Records Ltd.
Pressed By – Eurogram, S.A.
Printed By – Indugraf Madrid, S.A.

Credits

Producer – Clive Langer & Alan Winstanley (tracks: B4 to B6), Mike Howlett (tracks: A4 to A7), Walter Becker (tracks: B1 to B3)

Notes

Fabricado en España por Eurogram, S.A.
Editado en España por Virgin España, S.A.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Rights Society: SGAE
Depósito Legal: M.31561-1990

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
CDV 2613	China Crisis	Collection (The Very Best Of China Crisis) ‎(CD, Comp)	Virgin	CDV 2613	UK	1990
V2613	China Crisis	Collection (The Very Best Of China Crisis) ‎(LP, Comp)	Virgin	V2613	Australasia	1990
VJCP-54	China Crisis	Collection (The Very Best Of China Crisis) ‎(CD, Comp)	Virgin Japan	VJCP-54	Japan	1990
TCV 2613	China Crisis	Collection (The Very Best Of China Crisis) ‎(Cass, Comp)	Virgin	TCV 2613	UK	1990
CDVX 2613, 260 986	China Crisis	Collection (The Very Best Of China Crisis) ‎(2xCD, Comp)	Virgin, Virgin	CDVX 2613, 260 986	UK	1990

uspeh

In terms of "ultimate", look no further than "Collection" - a double CD treat of odds and ends; while disc one's featuring many of the group's ace singles (although many are standard album versions), it is the second disc that should especially grab your attention, offering some insight into CC's experimentally challenging self (although, again, this is not a complete picture - considering their b-sides catalogue is a vast collection in itself)... To start with, the entire "Scream Down At Me" single is available here - a great, powerful dance track with stabbing bassline and pastoral synths melting in the background plus the awesome, mechanically charged, synthetically tribal b-side - "Cucumber Garden". Following tracks continue in predominantly more calm, ambient tone, until "This Occupation" slams like a hammer with its almost "industrial" feel - the extended version that is, which gives the impression nothing in the mix quite connects entirely, but that's the raw beauty of it. From its menacing, rotating synth-bass and rumbling percussion, "This Occupation" should be revisited on the dancefloor - a bit untypical one among CC tracks, that except Gary Daly's trademark vocals, bears little resemblance to CC's trademark sound. Of course there's also the stunning synth-classic, "Watching Over Burning Fields" and the closing, somewhat-confusingly long "A Day At the Zoo Mix" version of "Animalistic", which is clocked just over 11 minutes, although gives the impression there's actually a hidden, unlisted piece of music attached to its tail-end.From their early synthesizer-led hits to pop maturity, this is truly a fine overview of the group's earlier career.

Gralinda

My favourite B-Side has always been Greenacre Bay. Its class.

BlessСhild

Also like to add that the CD1 track selection is great but they really should have used 7" mixes where appropriate.

Beranyle

Great review and one that push the undecided buyer into snapping up the 2CD version. Also essential is the 1990 CD single of African and White. Remixed by Steve Proctor.