Warped by Success

Warped by Success
Studio album by China Crisis
Released	24 August 1994
Recorded	January–March 1994
Studio	Hatch Farm Studios, Surrey
Genre	New wave
Length	49:17 (original)
Label	Stardumb Records
Producer	Terry Adams, Mark Phytian, Gary Daly, Eddie Lundon
China Crisis chronology
Diary: A Collection (1992) Warped by Success (1994) Autumn in the Neighbourhood (2015)
Singles from Warped by Success
"Everyday the Same" Released: 8 August 1994
Alternative cover
Cover of French edition

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Warped by Success is the sixth studio album by English musical group China Crisis. It was released on CD, LP and Cassette in 1994.

Following China Crisis parting ways with Virgin Records and the other band members in 1990, founder members Gary Daly and Eddie Lundon began writing and demoing songs as a duo in the early 1990s. Continuing the laid-back style on their previous album Diary of a Hollow Horse, the songs feature personal themes such as reflections on parenthood, relationships and the loss of family members. The recording of the album was a collaboration with producers Terry Adams and Mark Pythian and was released on the band's own label Stardumb Records in 1994. As of 2020 it is the only release of the album. According to Gary Daly a different version of the album exists, but this remain unreleased.

Track listing

1. "Hands On the Wheel" (Eddie Lundon) – 4:10
2. "Always" (Gary Daly) – 5:06
3. "Everyday the Same" (Daly) – 5:49
4. "Without the Love" (Daly, Lundon) – 4:25
5. "Thank You" (Lundon) – 3:37
6. "Hard to be Around" (Daly) – 4:06
7. "One Wish Too Many" (Daly, Lundon) – 2:06
8. "Wishing Time" (Lundon) – 3:31
9. "Good Again" (Daly) – 4:11
10. "Real Tears" (Daly) – 4:36
11. "Does It Pay" (Daly) – 4:04
12. "The Way We Are Made" (Daly, Lundon) – 3:30

Personnel

China Crisis

• Gary Daly – vocals
• Eddie Lundon – guitar, vocals

Additional personnel

• Gary "Gazza" Johnson – original bass line and bass guitar on "Without the Love"
• Kevin Wilkinson – sampled verse kit on "Always"
• Tracy Ackerman – backing vocals
• Jenny Evans – backing vocals
• Chris "Snake" Davis – saxophone, flute
• John Thirkell – trumpet, flugelhorn
• Kofi Kari Kari – percussion
• Simon Callow – electric piano on "Hands On the Wheel"
• Martin Green – saxophone, flute
• Damon Reece – sampled chorus kit on "Good Again"