Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby

didn't enjoy at all

it was ok not my bag really

Not my cup of tea

full of energy but it just sounds like a musical and that isn't a good thing for me.

This was not for me..I wish it had stayed in the 80s where it came from.

This was a fun poppy kinda album, it probably had some deep and dark brooding message that went right over my head but I enjoyed the sound to my ears

If TTD had been working in the sixties, what amazing soul music we would have had. And whilst there are some great tracks on this album like Let Me Stay and Sign Your Name, you never quite feel the music showcases his voice the way it should - the production is a little synth heavy and artificial.

Unremarkable, but also not my taste in music.

I don't see what's so special save for wishing well. As an album it's ok I guess

only knew the hit...interesting beyond that.

This 80s soul/funk rock just didn't do it at all for me. Maybe it was a bit too grounded for that 80s era Prince style albums? Cause it made me think of a really grounded, grittier Prince album which isn't what I like or enjoy about Prince. Wasn't particularly bad, just nothing here drew me in or engaged me at all.

Kinda Michael Jackson with not as much unique delivery? One or two fun songs but I had a hard time recognizing the genius he claimed, or at least the notability reviewers do.

Was kinda like michael Jackson

Smooth, ret nice.

What a blast from the past. Great album

‘Sign Your Name’ and ‘Wishing Well’ are the all-time classics they’re made out to be. ‘Dance Little Sister’ is also a great pop-funk number that both Prince and James Brown would’ve been proud to have written, and ‘Who’s Loving You’ is a worthy Smokey Robinson cover. And yet while it’s a solid enough debut effort overall, the rest of the album leaves me feeling a little cold, perhaps partly due to the late 80s synth heavy sound which makes the album sound somewhat dated to my ears.

Really fun album. Good listen. R+B meets pop.

Pleasant but not memorable, did save the first track tho. 7

Bit dated but his voice is undeniable and the singles still bang

Parts of this are pretty cool.

Very cool album. After reading the AM description, I can definitely see how Neo-soul followed this. Bring on D’Angelo, baby!

Not bad. Not great

This is a really interesting mashup of soul, funk, gospel, pop, and R&B. Start of the album is stronger than the end. Favorite songs are wishing well and If you all get to heaven. Reminds me of George Michael a little.

Real 80s flashback vibes

Big voice but all a bit smooth and very 80s production

Is het niet mogelijk halve puntjhes te geven ;)?

Some really nice songs, but I doubt I will remember it in the future. Worse 4.

It's like the soundtrack for an 80s-90s movie. I mean it's very cool and well produced music but it just comes out as kind of generic.

A little hit and miss, but I like his voice and some of the tracks. Fav tracks: sign your name/as yet untitled

Nice and funky

Eigenlijk 4.5 sterren. Heel fijn album. If you all get to heaven is ook sterke opener, maar As Yet Untitled is de echte uitschieter hier.

This one, damn, van mijn sokken geblazen. Putting it on the Vynil buying list.

Volgens mij heeft 'The Weeknd' veel inspiratie gehaald van deze artiest. Al vind ik Terence Trent D'arby wel beter. Het deuntje van 'Wishing Well' blijft goed hangen. En 'Dance Little Sister' is een toffe meezinger. Het a capella nummer is wel impressive! De rest van de liedjes vervelen wel snel.

Meh

Wist je dat, Terence Trent D'Arby nu 34 jaar ouder is dan toen dit album uit kwam? toevalig ook de leeftijd van deze plaat.

Meh.

I like how it starts with a gospel vibe and then takes off in a million different directions before the first song ends.   I was surprised to see how many musicians play on this. With it's being a first album one would think they would make do with just one drummer/ percussionist  rather than the four listed. I see they also have a brother who plays the sinubla - whatever the fuck that is. The production is really quite amazing. His laughing in Wishing Well is a miracle of production technology. Ditto for the other shouts and talking (in that tune and others) that are made to sound like he backed up from the mic. The LP started to wear on me after 5 / 6 songs. Perhaps a little too fastidious for too long.

This album is real good. I think it's "Soul music" according to wiki (but I'm not in familiar territory here). Terence's voice is incredible and always turned up to 11; he's just constantly putting in energy and effort. The songs are varied and moving but sometimes have fun melodies like in "Wishing Well" and "Dance Little Sister". My favourite one is probably "Seven More Days", coz he really pushes his voice in that one. I like every song to be honest. Sometimes the repetition is a bit frustrating (like in "Let's Go Forward") but I think that's a trait that's pulled from gospel music so I'll accept that as a stylistic choice on his part. Besides, he has a beautiful five and a half minute acapella track ("As Yet Untitled") with zero repetition so I suppose he's really covered that basis of variety. And he ends the album on a really cathartic 6/8 song that makes me wanna slow dance ("Who's Loving You"), which I really dig. There's nothing that musically interesting about it, but it's an awesome ending and Terence's voice sort of explodes into each line.

Taitavaa musisointia ja laulamista. Tasaisen hyvä hienosti tehty levy, mutta henkilökohtaisesti ne korkeat valot jäi puuttumaan. Siksi 3,5 kääntyy nyt 3.

This is a hard album for me to rate. If I'm rating it on talent and production, it scores very well. If I'm rating it on how much I enjoyed it, it rates very poorly. To be consistent, I have to go with overall enjoyment. Sorry Terence - this isn't my thing.

Kasari-inho iski taas välittömästi päälle, kun pisti levyn soimaan. Sielukasta voitelumusaa, muttei edes kovin kummoista sellaista. Tulis ees kunnon George Michaelia!

👍

Great pop album & voice

Good album, nice vocal performance and interesting lyrics. 8

Really good! A solid 8, would relisten

Chłop ma flow jak GEORGE MICHAEL a wokalizy jak PRINCE kurwa sztosiwo ale szybko mnie męczy

I really liked this album! It was so funky and dancy, quite different than a lot of the other stuff we have listened to so far

This was solid, if not too religious. Kinda weird at some points for sure

Giving it a 9 for now, but I didn't really get to focus on it properly because I was playing with excel. Will revisit.

Some hits. Creative. Acapella

I was keen to hear this since I could stomach the radio hits I'd heard: Dance Little Sister & Sign your Name. I liked some of the more rhythmic/bluesier songs like the opening track & Seven More Days, but overall the production is too syrupy for me and the other songs remind me of bad 80s radio.

Dance little Sister, sign tour name, Wising well , if you letr me stay

Soul. Una canción conocida.

A little disappointed that this wasn't funkier. 7

Loved the beats, had the typical 80s feel. Hard to pull out the good musicality with some of the 80s distractions.

No me gustó

This album is a deterrent by nectar- a pretty sweet voice (except for the high screams he misses), but generally awful songs.

get out of here

A mix of Stevie Wonder, Prince, MJ. Overall I liked the album. Not bad!

Interesting, wasnt in the mood for genre, similar to Prince.

Pretty good

A weird album. The artist clearly has talent and there are some great funky rhythms going on here, but it's mixed with completely bizarre songs like his interpretation of the "rain, rain, go away" children's song. The album's worth a listen for the curious, but somebody looking for something to enjoy listening to can skip straight to the singles.

Eh

Se salvó al final de una estrepitosa calificación

Neee 1

ja gut, kann man machen. 3

This is his first album. It went platinum in like three days in the UK. Reminds me a lot of Michael Jackson. Really good album!

Odd. Not my bag.

um no

Pretty unique, but good.

Me gustó en general aunque se hace largo al final.

Dos, tirandole a tres estrellas...

7/10

8.5

Nice sound, some unmemorable

Classic soulful love songs. Great voice, reminds me of Jackson.

Had no idea Wishing Well was by Trent.

Täysin uusi tuttavuus itselleni. Näköjään Suomessakin tätä levyä on myyty kultalevyn arvoisesti eli ilmeisesti jotain aukkoja on omassa sivistyksessäni. Kovasti on haettu vaikutteita Princestä ja muista kasaritykittelijöistä. Tykkäsin laulajan äänestä ja levyn äänimaailmasta, jossa on sopivasti kaikenlaista kikkailua ja pimputtelua. En tiedä palaanko levyn pariin enää koskaan, mutta tässä hetkessä jäi varsin positiivinen mielikuva. Kovasti keikkui kolmosen ja nelosen välillä mutta tällä kertaa näin.

Eh.

Wishing well kiss and tell💋

Not my cup of tea, really.

meh, not soooo bad but really not crazy

Pure garbage

ok ig . can listen again but not intentionally. slow chill vibes

It was fine but not for me. Some songs dragged on

Surprisingly good R&B+Pop album

Fantastic late 80s nostalgia

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Nah

Apart from "As Yet Untitled", another generic, boring 80s soul album with above average vocals, but not much else going for it.

1987: Wishing Well

i liked it! "seven more days", "let's go forward", & "sign your name" are nice.

Both classics (Sign Your Name) and songs that cannot be listened (As Yet Untitled)

me ripped off my pants today in public