Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby
1987 studio album by Terence Trent D'Arby / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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Released | July 13, 1987 (UK) October 2, 1987 (US)[1] | |||
Recorded | 1986–1987 | |||
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Length | 47:11 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
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Singles from Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby | ||||
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AllMusic | [4] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [5] |
The Philadelphia Inquirer | [6] |
Q | [7] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [8] |
The Village Voice | B+[9] |
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]