Working With Fire And Steel - Possible Pop Songs Volume Two
by China Crisis

Working With Fire And Steel - Possible Pop Songs Volume Two by China Crisis
Year: 1983
Overall rank: 10,613th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 42 votes)
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Award Top albums of the 1980s (1,501st)
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China Crisis bestography

Working With Fire And Steel - Possible Pop Songs Volume Two is ranked 2nd best out of 10 albums by China Crisis on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by China Crisis is Flaunt The Imperfection which is ranked number 8714 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 141.

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 10,613th | 1980s rank: 1,501st | 1983 rank: 131st
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2026 videoheadcleanerTop 100 Music Albums of 198326/1004
2026matterhornriderTop 55 Music Albums of 198330/552
2026LittleM1971Greatest Music Albums: 201-30012/100 -
2026 TamthebamTop 100 Music Albums of 198367/1002
2026Exist-en-cielTop 68 Music Albums of 198341/682
2026 imacgillTop 100 Music Albums of 198356/1002
2026LittleM1971Top 87 Music Albums of 19835/875
2025 MadhattanJackTop 100 Music Albums of 198339/1003
2025 LadyGodivaTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s25/10015
2025mostlymorTop 100 Music Albums of 198341/1003
2025LittleM1971Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s55/1009
2025 LadyGodivaTop 50 Music Albums of 198314/504
2025skrapoelTop 53 Music Albums of 198320/533
2025 LadyGodivaRinse and Repeat 2025 edition26/100 -
2025mikepenTop 99 Music Albums of 198352/992
2025mostlymor1983 Album Listening Project Part Two70/90 -
2025tim0505Top 32 Music Albums of 198321/322
2025 IgtonumamaTop 100 Music Albums of 198380/1001
2024JunomoogmelloTop 21 Music Albums of 19835/214
2024Junomoogmello100 Best Music of the Eighties21/100 -
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 39
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 112
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73/100 (from 42 votes)
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03/16/2026 09:11 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  9,48770/100
 
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From 09/23/2018 19:10 | #221530
The best of China Crisis output, closely followed by 'Flaunt the Imperfection'. China Crisis had quite a unique sound which was no doubt a result of mixing trumpets and saxaphones into their electric sound. They also used quite a clean guitar sound which married with the punchy electric drums and carefully chosen synth patches, which seem to lean more towards percussive sounds than strings. 'Wishful Thinking' and 'Tragedy and Mystery' are personal favourites.
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