Album · Phillip Bailey
Chinese Wall by Phillip Bailey
Chinese Wall is an album by Phillip Bailey, released in 1984. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 1 countdown appearance in total. The biggest is “Easy Lover”, on 1 list with a best position of #1312.
Chinese Wall, Philip Bailey's third solo album, landed on Columbia in October 1984, and it's the sound of the Earth, Wind & Fire falsetto stepping out of the big band and straight into the pop-soul machine of the day. Phil Collins produced it, and it's a record built for radio and MTV alike.
The centerpiece is "Easy Lover", a duet between Bailey and Collins that sounds like two singers trying to out-shout each other and both winning; the song took the MTV Video Music Award for Best Overall Performance in a Video in 1985. Around it, the album plays like sleek '80s soul with some rock muscle in its shoulders. It made number 22 on the Billboard 200, went gold, and earned Bailey a Grammy nomination for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male. It sits between The Wonders of His Love and Triumph in his catalog.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Chinese Wall on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Easy Lover | 1 | #1312 | – | 2020 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.