China Crisis - Red Sails (ORS)

China Crisis performing Red Sails on the Oxford Road Show back in 1982/3.

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Music

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• China
• Crisis
• Red
• Sails
• Gary
• Daly
• Eddie
• Lundon
• Oxford
• Road
• Show
• ORS

[satelitejameson]

What evocative song! I think their first album was their best!

[jezzyby47]

Definately, it is for most bands as they have maybe 20 years to write it and usually 2 years at the most to write the follow up.

[ctspf]

@jezzyby47 Elvis Costello said that, didn't he? Well, for most bands it's true, but though "Difficult Shapes" is excellent, IMHO "Working with fire and steel" is even better.

[jezzyby47]

@ctspf - don't know who said it, although i have heard Martin Fry of ABC say it. WWF&S is a great album too, as is Flaunt the imperfection, the production definately picked up on those 2 albums, but for raw songwriting, Difficult shapes has it for me. It's all personal though, there are some great songs on all of those albums. A VERY underatted band.

[jezzyby47]

One of my favourites too. I think Arizona Sky just tops it but it's a close one. The whole first album is inspired.

[Leisurecruise]

The most underrated band of the 80's

[saturdayson]

seen them in Dublin around 1984 brill

[Next50On]

Much credit should go to the producer of Flaunt the Imperfection, Walter Becker. This album definitely has a Steel Dan stamp on it!

[parachuteclubbed]

@satelitejameson Strangely, of the first five albums, I like WWF&SPPSV2 least. This isn't to say I dislike it. Quite the opposite. But my two tied favourites are DS&PRSPTIFTE (which is how I fell in love with their music, No More Blue Skies being the hook which pulled me in) and Flaunt the Imperfection, without a doubt. Diary of a Hollow Horse comes in a close second (third?), and then What Price Paradise (which, like WWF&S, is great, but less played).

[kezbritten]

love this track

[roadend78]

the old anny road wedge hair cut cool.

[colinfirth4bfast]

OMG. searched for this for so long. I taped this and my mother taped 'Take the High Road', over it. Gutted cannot describe how I felt! So, so, so love this song!

[Longnez]

OMG, I finally found it. This song made my happiness early 80 ',find at the same time as the beginning of free radio stations bands FM. There was also" xtc wonderland, haircut100, The First Picture of You - Lotus Eaters"... We were friends' band to listen to them several times..

[NathLorda]

China Crisis spread entire and full emotions for our ears along the 80's. I began to hear about them with Christian and their fabulous first LP at that time when romantic and softness attitude was present in Brit Pop. Even now their timeless songs make me feel joyful when i listen about them... :) NathLorda International Makeup Artist

[disocpeso]

those are some nice live vocals too - big kisses/little fishes