Terence Trent D'Arby - Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby

This is a record with such beauty and diversity it is somewhat a rare case among countless pop-soul afectating singers that usurpated mainstream charts of the time (Londonbeat, Michael Jackson, etc)...

Armed with finest of studio production and delivery even by today's standards, 'The Hardline' is a stunning listen, a deserved classic and a masterpiece right from the heart of then-youngster D'Arby. Truly amazing a debut laying foundations in one's impressive career.

Hard to state any highlights from the very album - still if anyone insists on reading this, the opener 'If You All Get To Heaven', brilliant hits 'Wishing Well', 'Sign Your Name' and 'If You Let Me Stay' plus beautiful acapella of 'As Yet Untitled' and the closing number, a cover of 'Who's Loving You', are all worth the price of this album alone to possess, the rest of this treasurebox is up to you to discover. 10+/10

I know this artist mainly because of his few hit songs here in North America. So, I picked up the LP to give a listen to the whole album just to see is his most famous song, Wishing Well, is also his best. I was surprised to find that this album is solid all the way through. There is a good flow song-to-song and definitely something I can listen to again and again, even if I do play Wishing Well more than any other song. To be honest, I never really could understand what most the the lyrics were to Wishing Well, but after all these years, seeing the lyrics -- I like the song even more. The album starts out a bit subdued, with a definite 80s sound/feel to it, but it soon picks up and I forget all about the 80s and just get into the music.