Working with Fire and Steel – Possible Pop Songs Volume Two

Working with Fire and Steel
Studio album by China Crisis
Released	1983 (1983)
Recorded	Amazon Studios, Liverpool and The Manor Studio, Shipton-on-Cherwell, Oxfordshire
Genre	Synthpop, new wave
Length	40:23
Label	Virgin
Producer	Mike Howlett
China Crisis chronology
Difficult Shapes & Passive Rhythms, Some People Think It's Fun to Entertain (1982) Working with Fire & Steel (Possible Pop Songs Volume Two) (1983) Flaunt the Imperfection (1985)
Singles from Working with Fire and Steel
"Tragedy and Mystery" Released: May 1983 "Working with Fire and Steel" Released: October 1983 "Wishful Thinking" Released: December 1983 "Hanna Hanna" Released: March 1984
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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.

Track listing

All tracks written by Daly/Lundon.

1. "Working with Fire and Steel" – 3:41
2. "When the Piper Calls" – 4:04
3. "Hanna Hanna" – 3:29
4. "Animals in Jungles" – 3:40
5. "Here Comes a Raincloud" – 4:16
6. "Wishful Thinking" – 4:42
7. "Tragedy and Mystery" – 4:03
8. "Papua" – 3:36
9. "The Gates of Door to Door" – 4:16
10. "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)

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