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What Price Paradise by China Crisis
What Price Paradise is an album by China Crisis, released in 1986. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 5 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Arizona Sky”, on 5 lists with a best position of #73.
What Price Paradise, China Crisis's fourth album, came out on Virgin in 1986, and by now the Kirkby band's new wave had gone smooth as a silk shirt. Clive Langer produced, new keyboardist Brian McNeill joined Gary Daly, Eddie Lundon, bassist Gazza Johnson and drummer Kevin Wilkinson, and for the first time all five were credited as songwriters.
At home it was a comedown next to the album before it, stalling at 63, and "Arizona Sky" barely registered in Britain or Australia. America was another story: the song cracked the top 40 of Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart, and the album reached 114 on the Billboard 200, their best showing there. "Best Kept Secret" did a touch better at home, getting to 36. A three-CD deluxe edition in 2022 added B-sides, four-track demos and a 1987 show at the Liverpool Empire.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from What Price Paradise on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arizona Sky | 5 | #73 | – | 1987–2003 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.