# Broken China
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{{Infobox album
| name = Broken China
| type = studio
| artist = [Richard Wright](/source/Richard_Wright_(musician))
| cover = Brokenchina.jpg
| alt =
| released = 7 October 1996
| recorded = Studio Harmonie, France; Whitfield Street Studios, London; [RAK Studios](/source/RAK_Studios) and [The Astoria](/source/Astoria_(recording_studio))[{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Rick-Wright-Broken-China/release/2599919|title = Rick Wright – Broken China (1996, CD)| website=[Discogs](/source/Discogs) | date=7 October 1996 }}]
| studio =
| genre =
*[Progressive rock](/source/Progressive_rock)
*[psychedelic rock](/source/psychedelic_rock)
*[ambient](/source/Ambient_music)
| length = 59:24
| label =
* [EMI](/source/EMI_Records) (UK)
*[Guardian](/source/Guardian_Records) (US)
| producer =
* [Richard Wright](/source/Richard_Wright_(musician))
* [Anthony Moore](/source/Anthony_Moore)
* [Laurie Latham](/source/Laurie_Latham) (co-producer)
| prev_title = [Identity](/source/Identity_(Zee_album))
| prev_year = 1984
| next_title =
| next_year =
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)
| rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}[[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r244061|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]]
}}
'''''Broken China''''' is the second and final solo studio album by [Pink Floyd](/source/Pink_Floyd)'s keyboardist and songwriter [Richard Wright](/source/Richard_Wright_(musician)) (under the name Rick Wright), released on 7 October 1996.[[http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=6127 Broken China, Richard Wright], [http://www.progarchives.com/ Prog Archives].]
== Overview ==
The album is a four-part [concept album](/source/concept_album) based on Wright's then-wife Mildred's battle with [depression](/source/clinical_depression).[{{cite web|last1=Doskoch|first1=Peter|title=When Pink Turns to Blue |date=1 March 1997 |url=https://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/199703/when-pink-turns-blue|website=Psychology Today|accessdate=14 October 2017|language=en}}] Two songs, "Reaching for the Rail" and "Breakthrough" feature [Sinéad O'Connor](/source/Sin%C3%A9ad_O'Connor) on lead vocals, with Wright singing elsewhere. The album was recorded in Wright's studio in France. ''Broken China'' was Wright's first solo record since 1978's ''[Wet Dream](/source/Wet_Dream_(album))'' and the last before his death in September 2008.
Pink Floyd guitarist [David Gilmour](/source/David_Gilmour) recorded a performance for "Breakthrough", but the approach to the song was changed later on and Gilmour's performance was not used on the finished release. On the DVD ''[David Gilmour in Concert](/source/David_Gilmour_in_Concert)'', a guest appearance is made by Wright, who sings "Breakthrough" accompanied by Gilmour and his band.
The packaging has artwork by Pink Floyd's regular designer, [Storm Thorgerson](/source/Storm_Thorgerson), and Peter Curzon.[[http://pinkfloydhyperbase.dk/solo/broken.htm Broken China], [http://pinkfloydhyperbase.dk/ The Pink Floyd Hyperbase], Denmark.]
== Track listing ==
{{Track listing
| headline = ''Broken China'' track listing
| title1 = Breaking Water
| writer1 = [Richard Wright](/source/Richard_Wright_(musician)), [Anthony Moore](/source/Anthony_Moore)
| length1 = 2:27
| title2 = Night of a Thousand Furry Toys
| writer2 = Wright, Moore
| length2 = 4:23
| title3 = Hidden Fear
| writer3 = Wright, Gerry Gordon
| length3 = 3:28
| title4 = Runaway
| writer4 = Moore
| length4 = 4:00
| title5 = Unfair Ground
| writer5 = Wright
| length5 = 2:22
| title6 = Satellite
| writer6 = Wright
| length6 = 4:05
| title7 = Woman of Custom
| writer7 = Moore
| length7 = 3:44
| title8 = Interlude
| writer8 = Wright
| length8 = 1:15
| title9 = Black Cloud
| writer9 = Wright
| length9 = 3:20
| title10 = Far from the Harbour Wall
| writer10 = Wright, Moore
| length10 = 6:08
| title11 = Drowning
| writer11 = Wright
| length11 = 1:38
| title12 = Reaching for the Rail
| writer12 = Wright, Moore
| length12 = 6:30
| title13 = Blue Room in Venice
| writer13 = Wright, Gordon
| length13 = 2:47
| title14 = Sweet July
| writer14 = Wright
| length14 = 4:14
| title15 = Along the Shoreline
| writer15 = Wright, Moore
| length15 = 4:36
| title16 = Breakthrough
| writer16 = Wright, Moore
| length16 = 4:19
}}
== Personnel ==
=== Musicians ===
* [Richard Wright](/source/Richard_Wright_(musician)) – keyboards, vocals, [programming](/source/programming_(music))
* [Anthony Moore](/source/Anthony_Moore) – [computer programming](/source/computer_programming) and [arrangements](/source/arrangements), 'telephone vocal' (2)
* [Sinéad O'Connor](/source/Sin%C3%A9ad_O'Connor) – lead vocals (12, 16)
* [Tim Renwick](/source/Tim_Renwick) – guitars
* [Dominic Miller](/source/Dominic_Miller) – guitars
* [Steven Bolton](/source/Steve_Bolton) – guitars
* [Pino Palladino](/source/Pino_Palladino) – bass guitar
* [Manu Katché](/source/Manu_Katch%C3%A9) – drums, [percussion](/source/Percussion_instrument)
* Sian Bell – [cello](/source/cello)
* [Kate St. John](/source/Kate_St._John) – [oboe](/source/oboe), [cor anglais](/source/cor_anglais)
* Maz Palladino – backing vocals
=== Design ===
* [Storm Thorgerson](/source/Storm_Thorgerson), Peter Curzon – sleeve design
* Tony May – photography
* Jason Reddy – computer
* Julien Mils, Finlay Cowan – artwork
== Charts ==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+Chart performance for ''Broken China''
!scope="col"|Chart (1996)
!scope="col"|Peak
position
|-
{{album chart|Norway|24|artist=Rick Wright|album=Broken China|rowheader=true|access-date=1 August 2023}}
|-
{{album chart|Sweden|52|artist=Rick Wright|album=Broken China|rowheader=true|access-date=1 August 2023}}
|-
{{album chart|Switzerland|39|artist=Rick Wright|album=Broken China|rowheader=true|access-date=1 August 2023}}
|}
== References ==
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== External links ==
*{{cite web|url=http://www.emirecords.co.uk/rickwright/frame.html |title=''Broken China'' by EMI Records |accessdate=2006-12-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19990429110014/http://www.emirecords.co.uk/rickwright/frame.html |archivedate=1999-04-29 }}
* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20131214202257/http://www.pinkfloydfan.net/t7597-rick-wright-broken-china-interview.html Broken China Interview, by M. Blake, August 1996]}}
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