Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby

Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby
Studio album by
Terence Trent D'Arby
ReleasedJuly 13, 1987 (UK)
October 2, 1987 (US)[1]
Recorded1986–1987
Genre
Length47:11
LabelColumbia
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: February 1987[3]
  2. "Wishing Well"
    Released: June 1987
  3. "Dance Little Sister"
    Released: September 1987
  4. "Sign Your Name"
    Released: December 1987
  5. "Rain (remix)"
    Released: April 1988 (EU)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[5]
The Philadelphia Inquirer[6]
Q[7]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[8]
The Village VoiceB+[9]

Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby is the debut studio album by Terence Trent D'Arby. It was first released in the United Kingdom on July 13, 1987 on Columbia Records, and debuted at number one there, spending a total of nine weeks (non-consecutively) at the top of the UK Albums Chart. It also hit number one in Switzerland and number two in New Zealand and The Netherlands. 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.[10]

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,[11] – 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.[12]

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.[13]

The album is titled on streaming music sites as Introducing the Hardline According to Sananda Maitreya, reflecting D'Arby's name change to Sananda Maitreya.[14][15]

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  4. ^ Bowman, Rob. "Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby – Terence Trent D'Arby". AllMusic. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
  5. ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8.
  6. ^ Tucker, Ken (October 25, 1987). "Terence Trent D'Arby: Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby (Columbia)". The Philadelphia Inquirer.
  7. ^ "Terence Trent D'Arby: Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby". Q (107): 138. August 1995.
  8. ^ Gross, Joe (2004). "Terence Trent D'Arby". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 211–12. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  9. ^ Christgau, Robert (December 1, 1987). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
  10. ^ Whaley, Christopher (September 2007). "Sananda Maitreya Speaks! (interview)". Sobo Magazine. Archived from the original on 2007-10-12. Retrieved 2008-01-18.
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  12. ^ Cite error: The named reference R&B Albums was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  13. ^ "Introducing the Hardline Non-Album Tracks for That Expanded Reissue". Amazon UK. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
  14. ^ "Introducing the Hardline According to Sananda Maitreya". Apple Music. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
  15. ^ "Introducing the Hardline According to Sananda Maitreya". Spotify. Retrieved 20 October 2024.