Soul singer Terence Trent d'Arby owes his fame to the strong debut album Introducing The Hardline According To ... (1987), on which he combined funk and soul into an exciting sound of his own. No fewer than four hits were drawn from this album (Wishing Well, Sign Your Name, If You Let Me Stay and Dance Little Sister) and D'Arby appeared to be a serious competitor of Prince. Unfortunately, the albums
… Neither Fish Or Flesh (1989) and Symphony Or Damn (1993) were disappointing and his star faded as quickly as it had emerged. With the Prima Vibrator (1995) he seemed to have found his way back, without this translating into commercial success. After seven years, the follow-up Wild Card is released, a strong album with a D'Arby with an old-fashioned good voice, on 19 accessible songs that strongly recall the sound of his debut album. In 1987 he let the momentum to become a really big star passed by his fickle behavior, but in 2002 Terence Trent D'Arby is still capable of making very nice pop music. (MS)more
