I already liked China Crisis' biggest hit which was Wishful Thinking. It was my high school anthem. When I had the tape their album Working With Fire & Steel, I never listened to the rest of the songs on it. I was stuck to the B-side of the tape listening to Wishful Thinking over and over again. I started to appreciate their musical ingenuity when I was able to listen to their What Price Paradise album. It just blew my mind out. 2 years ago, I purchased a CD of their Acoustically Yours live concert from Amazon and all I can say is it was all worth the price I paid for. It would have been better if CC released it as a double album. However, I managed to find DVD release of the concert and it's really worth paying $50 if that's the only price you can find anywhere.

I have listened to all studio albums of China Crisis dating back in the 80's. That was the time when other New Wave bands were dominating the air waves such as Seona Dancing, Flock Of Seagulls, PM, Johnny Hates Jazz, Two Minds Crack, Vitamin Z, Wire Train, Lotus Eaters, Fra Lippo Lippi and so many others. China Crisis delivers clean & crisp musical style with rich & meaningful lyrics line by line.

I was not convinced to own one of their early CD's though they are a 7-out-of-10 pick in my collections until this album came out. This is China Crisis first ever live album (and only live album officially!) ever released by the group.... and the best ever! Trust me on this if you've got the taste. You'll get your money's worth!