# China Crisis discography

This is the discography of the English new wave and synth-pop band China Crisis.

## Albums
### Studio albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Title | Album details | UK | AUS | CAN | GER | NL | NZ | SWE | US | Album |
| Difficult Shapes & Passive Rhythms, Some People Think It's Fun to Entertain | Released: 12 November 1982 Label: Virgin Formats: LP, MC | 21 | — | — | — | — | 18 | 42 | — | UK: Silver |
| Working with Fire and Steel – Possible Pop Songs Volume Two | Released: 31 October 1983 Label: Virgin Formats: LP, MC | 20 | 37 | 36 | 36 | 7 | 14 | 32 | 202 | UK: Gold |
| Flaunt the Imperfection | Released: 29 April 1985 Label: Virgin Formats: CD, LP, MC | 9 | 38 | 21 | — | 14 | 6 | 18 | 171 | UK: Gold NZ: Platinum |
| What Price Paradise | Released: 24 November 1986 Label: Virgin Formats: CD, LP, MC | 63 | 73 | 86 | — | — | 17 | — | 114 | |
| Diary of a Hollow Horse | Released: 2 May 1989 Label: Virgin Formats: CD, LP, MC | 58 | 109 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Warped by Success | Released: 24 August 1994 Label: Stardumb Formats: CD, LP, MC | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Autumn in the Neighbourhood | Released: 3 June 2015 Label: Self-released Formats: CD, digital download | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |||||||||||

### Live albums

| Title | Album details |
| Acoustically Yours | Released: October 1995 Label: Telegraph Formats: CD, MC |
| Scrap Book Vol 1 – Live at the Dominion Theatre | Released: 15 July 2002 Label: Crisis Formats: CD |
| Singing the Praises of Finer Things | Released: May 2007 Label: Secret/Dream Catcher Formats: CD |
| Scrapbook Vol. 2 – Live at the Pavillion Theatre | Released: 2017 Label: Self-released Formats: CD |

### Compilation albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | UK | AUS |
| Collection: The Very Best of China Crisis | Released: 3 September 1990 Label: EMI Formats: CD, 2xCD, LP, MC | 32 | 106 |
| Diary: A Collection | Released: 21 September 1992 Label: Virgin Formats: CD, MC | — | — |
| Wishful Thinking | Released: May 1997 Label: Recall 2cd Formats: 2xCD Repackaging of Acoustically Yours and Warped by Success | — | — |
| The Best of China Crisis | Released: September 1998 Label: Purple Pyramid Formats: CD US-only release | — | — |
| The Best Songs of China Crisis | Released: 1999 Label: Eagle Formats: CD Australasia and Brazil-only release | — | — |
| The Definitive Collection | Released: October 2006 Label: The Store for Music Formats: CD+DVD | — | — |
| Fine and Also Rare China | Released: 2008 Label: Self-released Formats: CD | — | — |
| Ultimate Crisis | Released: 12 March 2012 Label: Music Club Deluxe/EMI Formats: 2xCD | — | — |
| Greatest Hits | Released: 5 November 2012 Label: Secret Formats: CD+DVD, digital download Collection of live recordings | — | — |
| China Greatness Live | Released: 2014 Label: Self-released Formats: CD Limited release; collection of live recordings | — | — |
| Wishful Thinking: The Very Best of China Crisis | Released: 16 June 2014 Label: Spectrum Music/Universal Formats: CD | — | — |
| Singles / B-Sides / Versions | Released: 15 July 2022 Label: Universal Formats: digital download | — | — |
| Demos | Released: 15 July 2022 Label: Universal Formats: digital download | — | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |||

### Video albums

| Title | Album details |
| Showbiz Absurd | Released: May 1985 Label: Virgin Video Formats: VHS, LD |
| Acoustically Yours | Released: 1996 Label: Telegraph Formats: VHS |
| Live in Concert at the Paul McCartney Auditorium Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts | Released: October 2007 Label: Secret Films Formats: DVD |

## Singles

| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Title | Year | UK | AUS | BEL (FL) | CAN | GER | IRE | NL | NZ | US AC | US Dance | Album |
| "African and White" | 1981 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single |
| "Scream Down at Me" | 1982 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single |
| "African and White" (remix) | 1982 | 45 | 75 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Difficult Shapes & Passive Rhythms, Some People Think It's Fun to Entertain |
| "No More Blue Horizons (Fool Fool Fool)" | 1982 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Difficult Shapes & Passive Rhythms, Some People Think It's Fun to Entertain |
| "Christian" | 1983 | 12 | — | — | — | — | 7 | — | — | — | — | Difficult Shapes & Passive Rhythms, Some People Think It's Fun to Entertain |
| "Tragedy and Mystery" | 1983 | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Working with Fire and Steel – Possible Pop Songs Volume Two |
| "Working with Fire and Steel" | 1983 | 48 | 47 | — | — | — | 29 | — | — | — | 27 | Working with Fire and Steel – Possible Pop Songs Volume Two |
| "Wishful Thinking" | 1984 | 9 | 57 | 10 | — | 16 | 6 | 16 | — | — | — | Working with Fire and Steel – Possible Pop Songs Volume Two |
| "Hanna Hanna" | 1984 | 44 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Working with Fire and Steel – Possible Pop Songs Volume Two |
| "Black Man Ray" | 1985 | 14 | 30 | — | 54 | — | 13 | 36 | 15 | — | — | Flaunt the Imperfection |
| "King in a Catholic Style (Wake Up)" | 1985 | 19 | — | — | — | — | 16 | — | — | — | — | Flaunt the Imperfection |
| "You Did Cut Me" | 1985 | 54 | — | — | — | — | 26 | — | — | — | — | Flaunt the Imperfection |
| "The Highest High" | 1985 | 82 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Flaunt the Imperfection |
| "Arizona Sky" | 1986 | 47 | 52 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 37 | — | What Price Paradise |
| "Best Kept Secret" | 1987 | 36 | — | — | — | — | 20 | — | — | — | — | What Price Paradise |
| "Saint Saviour Square" | 1989 | 81 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Diary of a Hollow Horse |
| "Red Letter Day" | 1989 | 84 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Diary of a Hollow Horse |
| "African and White" (The Steve Proctor remix) | 1990 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Collection: The Very Best of China Crisis |
| "Everyday the Same" | 1994 | 90 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Warped by Success |
| "Black Man Ray" (live) | 1996 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Acoustically Yours |
| "Everyone You Know" | 2013 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single |
| "It's Too Late" | 2015 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 80's Re:Covered – Your Songs with the 80's Sound |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |||||||||||||