There was a time in 1987 when I thought Terence Trent D’Arby was just about the most exciting thing in music.

And, you know, I’m not sure I was that far off.

Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D’Arby is a fabulous debut album that sounds good to this day. I don’t actually own it anymore and I haven’t listened to it in more than 20 years, but skipping through the tracks on YouTube in preparation for this blog entry, I found myself enjoying them just as much as I did back when he seemed like the second coming of Prince and Michael Jackson.

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