| Artist: | China Crisis |
| Studio: | 7 |
| Live: | 4 |
| Compilation: | 13 |
| Video: | 3 |
| Singles: | 22 |
This is the discography of English new wave and synth-pop band China Crisis.
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||
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| UK [1] | AUS [2] [3] | CAN [4] | GER [5] | NL [6] | NZ [7] | SWE [8] | US [9] [10] | ||||
| Difficult Shapes & Passive Rhythms, Some People Think It's Fun to Entertain | 21 | — | — | — | — | 18 | 42 | — | |||
| Working with Fire and Steel – Possible Pop Songs Volume Two |
| 20 | 37 | 36 | 36 | 7 | 14 | 32 | 202 |
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| Flaunt the Imperfection |
| 9 | 38 | 21 | — | 14 | 6 | 18 | 171 | ||
| What Price Paradise |
| 63 | 73 | 86 | — | — | 17 | — | 114 | ||
| Diary of a Hollow Horse |
| 58 | 109 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Warped by Success |
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| Autumn in the Neighbourhood |
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||||||
| Title | Album details | |
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| Acoustically Yours |
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| Scrap Book Vol 1 – Live at the Dominion Theatre |
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| Singing the Praises of Finer Things |
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| Scrapbook Vol. 2 – Live at the Pavillion Theatre |
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| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| UK | AUS | ||
| Collection: The Very Best of China Crisis |
| 32 | 106 |
| Diary: A Collection |
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| Wishful Thinking |
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| The Best of China Crisis |
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| The Best Songs of China Crisis |
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| The Definitive Collection |
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| Fine and Also Rare China |
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| Ultimate Crisis |
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| Greatest Hits |
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| China Greatness Live |
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| Wishful Thinking: The Very Best of China Crisis |
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| Singles / B-Sides / Versions |
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| Demos |
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||
| Title | Album details | |
|---|---|---|
| Showbiz Absurd |
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| Acoustically Yours |
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| Live in Concert at the Paul McCartney Auditorium Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts |
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| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | AUS | BEL (FL) [13] | CAN [14] | GER [15] | IRE [16] | NL [17] | NZ [18] | US AC [19] | US Dance | ||||
| "African and White" | 1981 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
| "Scream Down at Me" | 1982 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "African and White" (remix) | 45 | 75 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Difficult Shapes & Passive Rhythms, Some People Think It's Fun to Entertain | ||
| "No More Blue Horizons (Fool Fool Fool)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Christian" | 1983 | 12 | — | — | — | — | 7 | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Tragedy and Mystery" | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Working with Fire and Steel – Possible Pop Songs Volume Two | ||
| "Working with Fire and Steel" | 48 | 47 | — | — | — | 29 | — | — | — | 27 | |||
| "Wishful Thinking" | 1984 | 9 | 57 | 10 | — | 16 | 6 | 16 | — | — | — | ||
| "Hanna Hanna" | 44 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Black Man Ray" | 1985 | 14 | 30 | — | 54 | — | 13 | 36 | 15 | — | — | Flaunt the Imperfection | |
| "King in a Catholic Style (Wake Up)" | 19 | — | — | — | — | 16 | — | — | — | — | |||
| "You Did Cut Me" | 54 | — | — | — | — | 26 | — | — | — | — | |||
| "The Highest High" | 82 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Arizona Sky" | 1986 | 47 | 52 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 37 | — | What Price Paradise | |
| "Best Kept Secret" | 1987 | 36 | — | — | — | — | 20 | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Saint Saviour Square" | 1989 | 81 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Diary of a Hollow Horse | |
| "Red Letter Day" | 84 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "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. | |||||||||||||