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

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Label:	Columbia – FC 40964, Columbia – 40964
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
Country:	Canada
Released:	1988
Genre:	Rock
Style:	Pop Rock

Tracklist

	This Side
A1	If You All Get To Heaven Backing Vocals – Glenn Gregory Drums – TTD* Percussion – Preston Heyman	5:17
A2	If You Let Me Stay Backing Vocals – Lance Ellington, Tony Jackson Bass – Sean Oliver Drums – Bruce Smith Keyboards [Keys] – Nicky Plytas* Mixed By [Remix], Overdubbed By [Additional Overdubs] – Michael H. Brauer Percussion – Frank Ricotti	3:13
A3	Wishing Well Baritone Saxophone [Baritone Sax] – TTD* Bass – Phil Spalding Drums – Preston Heyman Hihat [Wicked Hi-Hat] – Clive 'Mr. Boof' Mngaza* Music By – Sean Oliver	3:29
A4	I'll Never Turn My Back On You (Father's Words) Drums – 'Mr. Boof' Clive 'Myuyu' Mngaza* Piano – TTD*	3:36
A5	Dance Little Sister Ensemble – The 'Shout It Out' Reply Vocal Choral Ensemble Organ [Hammond] – Nicky Plytas* Piano, Clavinet – TTD* Saxophone [Sax] – Mel Collins Vocals ['shout It Out' Reply Vocal Choral Ensemble] – Martyn 'Teddy Bear' Ware, Michelle Oldland, Phil 'Foghorn' Legg, The Laughing Man, TTD	3:53
A6	Seven More Days Backing Vocals – Lance Ellington, Tony Jackson Bass – Sean Oliver Drums – Bruce Smith Keyboards [Keys] – Nicky Plytas* Percussion – Frank Ricotti	4:33
	Other Side
B1	Let's Go Forward Bass – Phil Spalding Drums, Arranged By [Ethereal String Arrangement] – TTD* Guitar – Tim Cansfield Keyboards [Keys] – Nicky Plytas* Percussion – Preston Heyman Performer [Sinubla] – Ivar Ybrad	5:31
B2	Rain Backing Vocals – The Trent Tones Backing Vocals [The Trent Tones] – Ebo Ross, Frank Collins Drums – Clive 'Myuyu' Mngaza*	2:58
B3	Sign Your Name Performer [All Manner Of Evil], Arranged By [Strings] – TTD* Score [Strings] – Chris Cameron	4:35
B4	As Yet Untitled Performer [All Stuff] – TTD*	5:33
B5	Who's Lovin' You Backing Vocals – The Trent Tones Backing Vocals [The Trent Tones] – Ebo Ross, Frank Collins Drums – Clive 'Myuyu' Mngaza* Saxophone [Sax] – Christian Marsac Words By, Music By – Smokey Robinson	4:23

Companies, etc.

Manufactured By – CBS Records Canada Ltd.
Manufactured By – CBS Disques Canada Ltée
Record Company – MHB Productions Inc.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – CBS Records
Copyright © – CBS Inc.
Copyright © – Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd.
Copyright © – Young Terence Music
Copyright © – Jobete Music Co., Inc.
Published By – Virgin-Nymph Music
Published By – Rare Blue Music, Inc.
Printed By – Shorewood Packaging Corp. Of Canada Ltd.
Lacquer Cut At – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Don Mills, ON
Mastered At – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Don Mills, ON
Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Don Mills, ON

Credits

Backing Vocals – TTD* (tracks: A1 to B1)
Bass – Cass Lewis* (tracks: A4, B2, B5)
Design [Sleeve Design Assisted By] – Andrew Biscomb
Design [Sleeve Designed By] – Peter Barrett (3)
Featuring – The Bojangles (tracks: A4, A5, B2, B5)
Guitar – 'Blast' Murray* (tracks: A4, B2, B5), Christian Marsac (tracks: A4, B2, B5), Pete Glenister (tracks: A1 to A4, A6)
Keyboards – TTD* (tracks: A1, A3, A6, B1)
Keyboards [Keys] – Andy Whitmore (tracks: A4, B2, B5)
Management – P.A.R.C. London*
Percussion – TTD* (tracks: A2 to B1)
Photography By [Cover] – Sheila Rock
Producer – Howard Grey, The Red Headed Scouser Of Camden* (tracks: A2, A6)
Producer [Hardened By] – Martyn "Teddy Bear" Ware* (tracks: A1, A3 to A5, B1 to B5), Terence Trent D'Arby (tracks: A1, A3 to A5, B1 to B5)
Recorded By [Sonically Captured], Mixed By [Psycho-acoustically Assaulted By] – Phil "Foghorn" Legg, The Laughing Man*
Words By, Music By – Terence Trent D'Arby (tracks: A1 to B4)

Notes

Comes with a printed inner sleeve with lyrics.
Catalogue # on jacket and labels: FC 40964
Catalogue # on sleeve: 40964

Printed on back cover:
© 1987 CBS Inc./℗ 1987 CBS Records/Manufactured by CBS Records Canada Ltd./Fabriqué par CBS Disques Canada Ltée

Printed on spine:
[Shorewood 'SPC' logo] Litho in Canada
Stereo

Printed on inner sleeve:
[A3 subtitle] A Tone Poem
[A5 credits] Plus a really hard brass section
[B3 credits] Thanks to Isabelle
All songs © 1987 Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd. and Young Terence Music. Published in the U.S.A. and Canada by Virgin—Nymph Music (BMI) except [A3] © 1987 Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd. and Young Terence Music. Published in the U.S.A. and Canada by Virgin—Nymph Music (BMI) and Rare Blue Music, Inc. (ASCAP). and [B5] © 1960 Jobete Music, Co., Inc.

Glenn 'Duke' Gregory & Martyn 'Teddy Bear' Ware appear courtesy of Heaven 17, Sheffield Wednesday F.C., The Labour Party, Their Parole Officers and Virgin Records Ltd. The Laughing Man appears.

Printed on labels:
[A2] Remix and additional overdubs [...] for MHB Productions Inc.
Manufactured by CBS Records Canada Ltd.

Errors, Missing, And Conflicting Information:
Track B5 credited to William Robinson on the inner sleeve and Smokey Robinson on the b-side label.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode (Text): 0 7464-40964-1
Rights Society (A1 to B4): BMI
Rights Society (A3): ASCAP
Price Code (Back cover): K
Other (Date code on spine): J 87
Pressing Plant ID (Followed by stamper number in runouts): DM
Matrix / Runout (Side 1 label): AL 40964
Matrix / Runout (Side 2 label): BL 40964
Matrix / Runout (Side 1 runout variant 1): AL-40964 1A2Z DM 13
Matrix / Runout (Side 2 runout variant 1): BL-40964 1A2Z DM 13
Matrix / Runout (Side 1 runout variant 2): AL-40964 1A2Z DM 17
Matrix / Runout (Side 2 runout variant 2): BL-40964 1A2Z DM 18

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby (CD, Album)	Columbia	CK 40964	US	1987
	Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby (LP, Album, Stereo, PX)	CBS	450911 1	UK	1987
	Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby (CD, Album, Stereo)	CBS, CBS	CBS 450911 2, 450911 2	Europe	1987
Recently Edited	Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby (LP, Album, Limited Edition, Picture Disc, Clear Rim )	CBS	450911 0	Europe	1987
Recently Edited	Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby (Cassette, Album)	Columbia, Columbia	FCT 40964, CT40964	US	1987

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Reviews

Crijevo Apr 1, 2008
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