| Artist |
China Crisis |
| Album Title: |
Flaunt The Imperfection |
| Album Cover: |
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| Primary Genre |
Alternative & Punk: Indie |
| Format |
Vinyl |
| Released |
00/00/1985 |
| Label |
Warner Bros. Records |
| Catalog No |
1-25296 |
| Bar Code No |
0 7599-25296-1 |
| Packaging |
LP Sleeve |
| Tracks |
| A1.
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The Highest High (4:16)
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| A2.
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Strength Of Character (2:50)
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| A3.
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You Did Cut Me (4:18)
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| A4.
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Black Man Ray (3:39)
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| A5.
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Wall Of God (5:32)
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| B1.
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Gift Of Freedom (4:38)
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| B2.
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King In A Catholic Style (4:32)
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| B3.
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Bigger The Punch I'm Feeling (4:21)
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| B4.
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The World Spins, I'm Part Of It (4:12)
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| B5.
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Blue Sea (4:46)
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| Date Acquired |
01/01/1986 |
| Personal Rating |
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| Acquired from |
Down In The Valley |
| Purchase Price |
15.00 |
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Notes |
Notes:
Issued with custom printed Inner-Sleeve with lyrics + credits.
℗ 1985 Virgin Records Ltd.
© 1985 Virgin Records Ltd.
Credits:
Alto Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, Flute – Simon Clarke
Arranged By – China Crisis, Walter Becker
Backing Vocals – Colin Campsie, Ginny Clee
Bass, Sequenced By – Gary 'Gazza' Johnson
Design, Photography By – Icon
Drums, Percussion – Kevin Wilkinson
Engineer – Phill Brown
Flugelhorn [Solo] – Roddy Lorimer (tracks: B3)
Grand Piano, Synthesizer, Programmed By [Keyboards] – Nick Magnus
Guitar, Guitar [Solo] – Tim Renwick
Producer, Synthesizer, Percussion – Walter Becker
Saxophone [Solos] – Steve Gregory
Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Tim Sanders
Synth [Solo] – Nick Magnus (tracks: A5)
Trombone – Pete Thoms
Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Roddy Lorimer
Vocals, Guitar, Backing Vocals – Eddie Lundon
Vocals, Synthesizer, Backing Vocals – Garry Daly
Companies, etc.:
Published By – Nymph Music
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Virgin Records Ltd.
Copyright © – Virgin Records Ltd.
Recorded At – Parkgate Studios
Mixed At – Parkgate Studios
Pressed By – Specialty Records Corporation
Barcode and other Identifiers:
Barcode (Text): 0 7599-25296-1
Barcode (Scanned): 075992529617
Matrix / Runout (A side (Variant1)): 1 25296 A SR2 1-1 SRC
Matrix / Runout (B side (Variant 1)): 1 25296 B SR1 1-1 SRC
Matrix / Runout (A side etched (Variant 2)): 1 25296 A SR1 1-1 SRC
Matrix / Runout (B side etched (Variant 2)): 1 25296 B SR2 1-1 SRC
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| Reviews |
All Music Guide Review:
Review by Stewart Mason
China Crisis underwent a complete change in sound for their third album, completely ditching the heavy dub rhythms and challenging arrangements of 1982's Difficult Shapes & Passive Rhythms, Some People Think It's Fun to Entertain and 1983's Working with Fire and Steel (Possible Pop Songs, Vol. 2) with an altogether smoother and less aggressive sound. That doesn't equal a commercial capitulation, however; if anything, the choice of Walter Becker (of the then-unfashionable Steely Dan) as producer was a more commercially daring maneuver than anything the group had previously attempted. The overall sound is considerably prettier than before -- the placid Eno-like "Black Man Ray? is downright beautiful -- and the arrangements mix synthesizers with traditional instruments in what was for 1985 an unusually graceful way, with neither predominating. Another difference from the earlier albums is that the group's songwriting is much improved, the failed instrumental experiments and tiresome dance workouts that occasionally marred their earlier albums replaced with a newfound melodic sophistication and lyrical acuity. By the time of 1987's What Price Paradise, this sophistication will be unfortunately replaced by callow slickness, but Flaunt the Imperfection is the one album where China Crisis got the balance right.
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