Chinese Wall

by Philip Bailey

Chinese Wall cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: October 1984
  • Label: Columbia
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 56:50
  • Community rating: 2.73/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Produced by Phil Collins, 'Chinese Wall' provided the Earth, Wind & Fire vocalist with a massive solo breakthrough that fully integrated him into mainstream eighties pop. The production perfectly balances Bailey's iconic falsetto against punchy horns and synthesized rhythm tracks. It remains widely recognized for its crossover appeal and polished adult-contemporary sensibilities.

Genres

Descriptors: rhythmic

Tracklist

  1. Photogenic Memory (5:26)
  2. I Go Crazy (4:49)
  3. Walking on the Chinese Wall (5:08)
  4. For Every Heart That's Been Broken (4:16)
  5. Go (4:30)
  6. Easy Lover (5:05)
  7. Show You the Way to Love (4:43)
  8. Time Is a Woman (4:32)
  9. Woman (5:05)
  10. Children of the Ghetto (6:49)
  11. Easy Lover - Extended Dance Remix (6:21)

Credits

  • Philip Bailey - primary artist, lead vocals, lead vocals, backing vocals, written-by, percussion
  • Tom Tom 84 - arranged by [horns]
  • Arif Mardin - arranged by [strings]
  • Godfrey Wang - programmed by [synthesizer]
  • Don Myrick - saxophone, soloist, saxophone
  • Louis Satterfield - trombone
  • Michael Harris - trumpet, trumpet, soloist
  • Rahmlee Michael Davis - trumpet

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