''What Price Paradise'' is the fourth studio album by

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new wave group

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. Although it only saw modest success in the band's homeland and Australia (not reaching the top 40 in either country), the album's lead-off single, "Arizona Sky" became a breakthrough hit in North America, cracking the top 40 on the U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary charts (at number 37). Follow-up single "Best Kept Secret" was slightly more successful in the U.K. than its predecessor, reaching number 36 on the British charts. The album was released on CD, LP and Cassette in 1986. The CD version featured one bonus track: "Trading in Gold", originally released on the

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of the "Arizona Sky" single. A three CD deluxe edition of the album was released in January 2022. As well as a remaster of the original album, it also featured B-sides, previously unheard four-track

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and a 1987 live performance at the

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Track listing

All tracks written by Gary Daly, Gary "Gazza" Johnson, Eddie Lundon, Brian McNeill and Kevin Wilkinson, except where stated. #"It's Everything" – 5:09 #"Arizona Sky" – 5:24 #"Safe as Houses" – 4:26 #"Worlds Apart" (Daly, Johnson, Lundon, McNeill, Wilkinson, Kevin Kelly) – 3:35 #"Hampton Beach" – 4:47 #"The Understudy" – 5:45 #"Best Kept Secret" – 4:08 #"We Do the Same" – 4:21 #"June Bride" – 3:50 #"A Day's Work for the Dayo's Done" – 4:17 #"Trading in Gold" – 4:27 (Only appears on the CD version)

Personnel

;China Crisis *Gary Daly –

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*Eddie Lundon –

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, vocals *Brian McNeill –

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, vocals *Gary "Gazza" Johnson –

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with: *Stuart Nisbet - guitar *

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- saxophone, flute *Luke Tunney - trumpet, flugelhorn *Pete Thoms - trombone *

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- percussion *Davie Dover, John Lewis - backing vocals *

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- string arrangements, conductor

References

1986 albums China Crisis albums Albums produced by Clive Langer Albums produced by Alan Winstanley Virgin Records albums {{Newwave-album-stub