Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby

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Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby
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Studio album by
Terence Trent D'Arby
ReleasedJuly 13, 1987
Recorded1986–1987
Genre
Length47:11
Label Columbia
Producer
Terence Trent D'Arby chronology
Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby
(1987)		 Neither Fish nor Flesh
(1989)
Singles from Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby
  1. "If You Let Me Stay"
    Released: 1987
  2. "Wishing Well"
    Released: 1987
  3. "Dance Little Sister"
    Released: 1987
  4. "Sign Your Name"
    Released: 1987
  5. "Rain (remix)"
    Released: 1988 (NL)
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The Village Voice B+ [7]

Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby is the debut studio album by Terence Trent D'Arby. It was released in July 1987 on Columbia Records, and debuted at number one in the UK, spending a total of nine weeks (non-consecutively) at the top of the UK Albums Chart. It hit number 1 in Australia and Switzerland. It was eventually certified 5× Platinum (for sales of 1.5 million copies). Worldwide, the album sold a million copies within the first three days of going on sale. [8] The album was also a hit in the US, although its success was slower. It was released there in October 1987, eventually peaking at number four on May 7, 1988, [9] – the same week that the single "Wishing Well" hit number one on the US Billboard Hot 100. It did peak higher on the Billboard R&B Albums chart at number one around the same time. [10]

Contents

Other singles from the album included "If You Let Me Stay", which was a top-ten hit in the UK, and "Sign Your Name", which reached number four on the Billboard Hot 100 and number two in the UK. A fourth single, "Dance Little Sister", reached the UK top 20 as well. As was common for big-selling artists at that time, the singles were released in a plethora of limited editions in multiple formats. These were bolstered by a multitude of non-album studio and live tracks. [11]

Legacy

The album was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die . [12] In 2012, journalist Daryl Easlea said the album was crystallized as Trent's moment, "a soundtrack to the turning point when the 80s turned from austerity to prosperity. It's as central to that decade as the much-seen image of the city trader waving his wad of banknotes to the camera. It remains one big, infectiously glorious record." [13]

Track listing

All tracks written by D'Arby, except where noted.

  1. "If You All Get to Heaven" – 5:17
  2. "If You Let Me Stay" – 3:14
  3. "Wishing Well" (D'Arby, Sean Oliver) – 3:30
  4. "I'll Never Turn My Back on You (Father's Words)" – 3:37
  5. "Dance Little Sister" – 3:55
  6. "Seven More Days" – 4:32
  7. "Let's Go Forward" – 5:32
  8. "Rain" – 2:58
  9. "Sign Your Name" – 4:37
  10. "As Yet Untitled" – 5:33
  11. "Who's Loving You" (William "Smokey" Robinson) – 4:24

Personnel

The 'Shout It Out' Reply Vocal Chorale Ensemble on "Dance Little Sister"

Production

Charts

Certifications and sales

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia—230,000 [35]
Brazil—95,000 [36]
Canada (Music Canada) [37] 2× Platinum200,000^
Finland (Musiikkituottajat) [38] Gold29,843 [38]
France (SNEP) [39] Platinum300,000*
Germany (BVMI) [40] Platinum500,000^
Italy—470,000 [41]
Netherlands (NVPI) [42] 3× Platinum300,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ) [43] Platinum15,000^
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [44] Platinum100,000^
Sweden (GLF) [45] Platinum100,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [46] 2× Platinum100,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [47] 5× Platinum1,721,685 [48]
United States (RIAA) [49]
video 		Gold50,000^
United States (RIAA) [50] 2× Platinum2,000,000^
Summaries
Europe
1987-1988 sales 		—4,000,000 [51]
Worldwide—8,000,000 [52]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Awards and nominations

See also

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