Difficult Shapes & Passive Rhythms, Some People Think It's Fun to Entertain

by China Crisis

Difficult Shapes & Passive Rhythms, Some People Think It's Fun to Entertain cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: November 1982
  • Label: Virgin Records
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 39:41
  • Community rating: 3.7/5 from 4 ratings

Artists on this release: Eddie Lundon, Dave Reilly, Gil Norton, Mike Timoney, Jeremy Lewis, Jean, Gary Daly, Frank Walsh, George McFarlane, Peter Walsh, other

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Liverpool band China Crisis blended synthpop and new wave with sophisticated melodic songwriting on their debut 'Difficult Shapes & Passive Rhythms, Some People Think It's Fun to Entertain'. Gary Daly's vocals lead atmospheric arrangements. The single 'Christian' helped establish the group in the early 1980s British pop scene.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, rhythmic, sophisticated, polished, synth, synthesizers, atmospheric, guitars, sleek

Tracklist

  1. Seven Sports For All (3:19)
  2. No More Blue Horizons (Fool, Fool, Fool) (3:48)
  3. Feel To Be Driven Away (2:52)
  4. Some People I Know To Lead Fantastic Lives (3:47)
  5. Christian (5:46)
  6. African And White (3:45)
  7. Are We A Worker (3:27)
  8. Red Sails (4:50)
  9. You Never See It (2:54)
  10. Temptations Big Blue Eyes (3:22)
  11. Jean Walks In Freshfields (1:51)

Credits

  • BilBo - lacquer cut by
  • Dave Reilly - written-by, percussion, synthesizer
  • Eddie Lundon - written-by, guitar, synthesizer, guitar, percussion, guitar [acoustic, electric], guitar, synthesizer, vocals, guitar, vocals, percussion, guitar, vocals
  • Gary Daly - written-by, synthesizer, vocals, synthesizer, keyboards, vocals, bass, vocals, keyboards, synthesizer, bass, synthesizer, vocals, synthesizer, percussion
  • George McFarlane - bass
  • Frank Walsh - trumpet
  • Andy Pask - bass [fretless]
  • Mike Timoney - synthesizer

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