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Working with Fire and Steel – Possible Pop Songs Volume Two

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Critical reception
Track listing
Personnel
References

{{Infobox album
| name = Working with Fire and Steel
| type = studio
| artist = China Crisis
| cover = China Crisis - Working with Fire and Steel-LPcover.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|October 1983}}
| recorded = Amazon Studios, Liverpool and The Manor Studio, Shipton-on-Cherwell, Oxfordshire
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Synthpop, new wave
| length = 40:23
| label = Virgin
| producer = Mike Howlett
| prev_title = Difficult Shapes & Passive Rhythms, Some People Think It's Fun to Entertain
| prev_year = 1982
| next_title = Flaunt the Imperfection
| next_year = 1985
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Working with Fire and Steel
| type = studio
| single1 = Tragedy and Mystery
| single1date = May 1983
| single2 = Working with Fire and Steel
| single2date = October 1983
| single3 = Wishful Thinking
| single3date = December 1983
| single4 = Hanna Hanna
| single4date = March 1984
}}{{Extra album cover
| header = Alternative cover
| type = studio
| cover = China Crisis - Working with Fire and Steel.jpg
| border =
| alt =
| caption = CD cover
}}
}}{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}^[1]
| noprose = yes
}}

Working with Fire and Steel – Possible Pop Songs Volume Two is the second studio album by English new wave group China Crisis, released in 1983.

The album spent 16 weeks on the UK Albums Chart, peaking at number 20 in February 1984.^[2] It includes the song Wishful Thinking, which was a top 10 hit on the singles chart.^[3]

Critical reception

In a review in Allmusic the album was described as "chock full of intelligent, well-written pop songs" where "even the softer moments...are full of life and excitement". The reviewer noted that the band moved away from their early synthpop-style to more ambitious ideas with "Producer Mike Howlett added much to the sonic blend, allowing the melodies to shine while toughening up the band's sound... Apart from their own matured sound on this release, there are traces of rock, pop, and jazz floating between the lines."^[4]

Track listing

All tracks written by Daly/Lundon.

"Working with Fire and Steel" – 3:41
"When the Piper Calls" – 4:04
"Hanna Hanna" – 3:29
"Animals in Jungles" – 3:40
"Here Comes a Raincloud" – 4:16
"Wishful Thinking" – 4:42
"Tragedy and Mystery" – 4:03
"Papua" – 3:36
"The Gates of Door to Door" – 4:16
"The Soul Awakening" – 4:36

Personnel

Gary Daly - vocals, synthesiser
Eddie Lundon - guitar, vocals
Gary "Gazza" Johnson - bass guitar
Kevin Wilkinson - drums, percussion

Additional personnel

Steve Levy - saxophone (tracks 1-3), oboe (tracks 5-7)
Graeme Levy - voice (track 1)
Roddy Lorimer - trumpet (tracks 2 & 3)
Anthony Thistlethwaite - tenor saxophone (tracks 2 & 3)
Jane Lancaster - vocals (tracks 5 & 9)
Robert Pollard - synthesiser (track 7)
Luke Tunney - flugelhorn (track 7)
Gary Barnacle - flute (track 9)
The Breck Road String Ensemble - strings (track 5)

References

1. ^{{cite web|author=Steve "Spaz" Schnee |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/working-with-fire-and-steel-possible-pop-songs-vol-2-mw0000463271 |title=Working with Fire and Steel: Possible Pop Songs, Vol. 2 - China Crisis | Songs, Reviews, Credits |publisher=AllMusic |date= |accessdate=2016-04-06}}
2. ^Official Charts
3. ^Official Charts
4. ^Allmusic review

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4 : 1983 albums|China Crisis albums|Albums produced by Mike Howlett|Virgin Records albums

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