Working With Fire and Steel: Possible Pop Songs Volume Two

by China Crisis

Working With Fire and Steel: Possible Pop Songs Volume Two cover art

Moving beyond their austere post-punk roots, the Liverpool duo enlisted producer Mike Howlett to craft a warmer, highly sophisticated synth-pop sound. The recording heavily integrates oboe, fretless bass, and intricate pop melodies, spawning the UK Top 10 hit 'Wishful Thinking'. It established the group as masters of intelligent, gracefully arranged mid-80s pop.

Genres

  • Synthpop
  • New Wave
  • Sophisti-Pop

Tracklist

  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