Terence Trent D'Arby Album: “Terence Trent d'Arby's Wildcard! [Japan]”

Flashback 1987 Terence Trent D'arby (BTW he goes by the name Sananda Maitreya now) His C.D.'s Inroducing the Hardline...(Great funk music), Neither Fish, Nor Flesh (My 2nd favorite), Symphony or Damn (Great mixture of rock, soul and yes country), Vibrator (Great Rock/Soul C.D.) and now 8 years later...Wild Card- The Jokers Edition. Wow! No wonder it took him so long to release a C.D. This is pure perfection and his best work yet. A mixture of diverse music. So candid! 19 songs of pure soul music at it's Greatest! Outshines anything that is out there now. Truly a piece or ART! I've seen him perform live 4 times now, By the way i recently saw him at B.B. Kings (NYC) this summer 2003 and his voice is still incredible! Don't miss out on this C.D. release you won't be sorry! Check out his Official Website...

This is an amazing album.

Terence Trent D'arby or as he is now known Sananda Maitreya is a musical mastermind. Each song on this album has a depth and sound unlike any other performer. He mixes funk, rock, soul and spirituality in ways that not even Prince can match.

If your a fan of TTD this album is for you. If your not yet a fan, you will be after you listen to this music unfiltered my the middle man-record industry... Honestly this is his best album ever. Buy this album and you will not be dissapointed. Stand out tracks are the funky sexy "Designated Fool". The soul searching of "MY Dark Places", the beautiful "What Shall I Do" and the unforgetable "Sayin About YOu"...."I met TTD at his BB Kings Show In NYC and hung with him for about an hour...NOt only is he extremely humble and cool, but he is an amazing performer.....

Back in the late 80's I remember seeing Terence Trent D'Arby perform on MTV. He was and still is a great writer, performer, musician and artist. His first album "Introducing the Hardline, According to Terence Trent D'Arby" is still one of my favorites. You remember "Wishing Well" don't you? Ahhh, to reminisce.

After experiencing a lot of changes and hangups with the albums that followed, he relocated to Europe and recorded songs under the name of Sananda Maitreya. This was his best move because he found himself creatively. Being such a visionary, he crafts these songs like sculptures, making them so real in your minds that you can seemingly touch the words. He embodies what a music artist should be. Reminds me a lot of Prince, but with fewer albums and minus the hallucinatory fixation with himself.

"Wildcard!" is an album that wraps you up and comforts you in its flow, continuing to snuggle you even after the final song. I found myself connected to the songs "Girl", "Shalom" and "Some Birds Blue". Even so, if there ever was a perfect album, this is it. I find no fault with it, and I am greatly pleased with what Terence has created.

It is definitely an album you can listen to from start to finish, crying or laughing or dancing or cuddling. Doesn't matter, because if you like good music, you'll love it.

I hate to sound trite and repetitive of the other reviewers, but this C.D. is damned good. Sananda Maitreya has absolutely outdone Terence Trent D'Arby's past recordings. The first cut, "O Divina" is as close to a masterpiece that I'll ever hear (gosh, I hope aforementioned egocentric artist isn't reading this). His voice goes from sweet and melodic to rough and gritty with such grace that it gives you chills and tightens the chest (I swear, it wasn't the McGriddle from this morning). Get this C.D. just for the vocal and musical arrangements. There's no funny business going on with equalizers and computer layering and coating his voice . This man, no doubt, can SANG! "My Dark Places" is sung with such raw emotion that you can feel his the breath and spit spraying out of his mouth when he asks "will you help me bring a candle into the liiiight?." With "Ev'rythang", when he's stating "the view from the mountains is the same as the view from the shore", you're anticipating that he wants to be one with nature, but he wants to be one with "EVRYTANG EVRYTHANG EVRYTHANG..." just truly amazing. Every song is truly special and is riveting in its own way. He is a thoughtful, insightful poet and it translates beautifully into the music. Buy this C.D. for all of your friends that enjoy good "sangin'", funky beats and outstanding songwriting.

no matter what Name He is calling Himself these Days one thing is for certain the Guy Can Sing/Sang&Write a Song like nobody's Business.when I see all the Neo-Soul Acts& a Lenny Kravitz,Seal&others I can't help but wonder where TTD fits in overall?? this Guy was Huge for a while back in the day.for a Minute it Looked like He might Challenge Michael Jackson&Prince as The Man that could Blend R&B&Pop really well.this Album is a Combination of His Last Few Albums.the downsides are His up-dated Beats on some of the tracks."Shalom" is my Cut it combines Elements of 70's Steive Wonder Meets Steely Dan&it works.TTD paid the Price for expressing how He thought of Himself&that is truly a Shame because He has been Slept on.The Man Is one of the Most Important Artists that The World it seems has forgotten.and like the ALbum title He truly lives up to that.