Track Listings (19) - Disc #1| All Artists: Terence Trent D'arby Title: Wildcard Members Wishing: 0 Total Copies: 0 Label: Avex Trax Japan Original Release Date: 1/1/2001 Re-Release Date: 10/11/2001 Album Type: Import Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop, R&B, Rock Styles: Adult Contemporary, Adult Alternative, Contemporary R&B, Soul Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPC: 4988064170203 |
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Japanese edition of the R&B artist's (now known as Sananda Maitreya) long awaited fifth album, his first since 1995's 'TTD's Vibrator'. 19 tracks in all including the bonus track 'Testify'. 2001. |
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Album Description Japanese edition of the R&B artist's (now known as Sananda Maitreya) long awaited fifth album, his first since 1995's 'TTD's Vibrator'. 19 tracks in all including the bonus track 'Testify'. 2001. Similar CDs
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CD ReviewsHe knows how to play cards! Lilian Philips | The Netherlands | 10/22/2001 (5 out of 5 stars) "For all who think he played his best cards in the late 80's with his stunning debut-album "Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby", will be surprised by what card he held back! Yes, his Wildcard! And it must be said: this one earns his variable worth! Starting with the soft sung lines "Fundamentally sound, my karma's coming around, and I'm not worried", going over with power into the next, let you hear right from the start that he really has nothing to be worried about indeed! His voice is stronger then ever and reaches 5 octaves (!). Not only his voice is flexible, so are his songs. From the range of Pop: like "O Divina", "Ev'rythang" & "Sayin' about you", to the sound of the 70's like "Designated Fool" with heavy wah-wah's and electronics and "Drivin' me crazy", Rockin' with "SRR 636*", "...and they will never know" & "The Inner Scream" and then his R&B and Soul flavored ballads "Love can you hear me?" & "Sweetness" to a Jazzy "Shalom"."Shadows" could perfectly fit as the soundtrack for the next top-winning Oscar Movie!All the creative ranges in his voice, music and lyrics, makes this album his best ever! I leave the rest of the songs unspoken 'cause they speak very well for themselves and I wish you the enjoyment of the surprise-elements! In the past he might have played some games of bluff-poker, with his Wildcard he absolutely overrules anyones Full House!" GET WILD! A. Owen | Stevenage, Herts | 12/01/2001 (4 out of 5 stars) "It has been some years since Terence Trent D'arby burst onto our TV screens and Hifi's in 1987, and even longer it seems since any mew material has surfaced from this talented artist. Wild Card TTD's/Sananda's fifth album and official follow up to 1995's Vibrator, and the first to be released on his own label, was recorded in 1998, and after much deliberation finally gets the light of day on cd. The album as expected, is as diverse musically as previous albums by the artist but also shows signs of experimentation in style and content. Over the 19 tracks included here, TTD again shows his range, both vocally and musically, gracing the album with jazz,pop,funk and rock songs brought to stunning life with that voice. Unlike Symphony Or Damn TTD's pinnacle third album, Wild card is dominated by songs using programmed drumbeats and stripped down production, which at times is masterful and at others plodding, meaning that whilst it doesn't quite match Symphonys' scope and vision it does contain some of his finest compositions. O'Davina the opening track, is probably TTD's/Sananda's best opener to any of his albums, a jazzy, beautiful pop song with great horns and vocal harmonies. He has also remained faithful to the unfashionable banjo used so often in his past work. Designated Fool is a welcome departure for TTD, with programmed beats ,wah wah guitars and keyboards. Suga Free is also unfamiliar ground, but TTD makes this song his own with a great vocal and excellent harmonies, courtesy of one Mozart sample. Ev'rythang and Drivin' me Crazy builds on a heavier, more dance orientated feel, keyboard synths and pulsating drum loops in full effect as TTD bellows out that voice. A collabaration with Glen Ballard on Shadows is less successful however, with the song never really working as a cohesive whole. Whilst most of the album is donminated by mid tempo programmed tracks particularly the middle half, TTDs best work improves when he picks up the pace. Goodbye Diane, a funky hard edged workout succeeds in rock n roll and Sayin' About You is probably TTD's most commercial record on the album. The last 2 tracks improve things further still. Not originally included on the downloadable edition of WildCard these two tracks Benediction ; Sugar Ray and Testify bring this record to an upbeat, funky end. Sugar Ray with its pulsating guitars , soft backdrop and great production captures TTD's great vocal range and stengths, whilst Testify again mixes hard funk, vocal harmonies and wah wah guitars to great effect. Wildcard sees a more mature artist shinning through. An artist in need to continue experimenting, changing styles and challenging himself. As a complete work it is diverse, frustrating and rewarding. It may lack a beautiful standout ballad so reminiscent of previous albums, it can get tedious in the middle half , but it remains a great addition to TTD's body of work. Recommended." Neither Fish Nor Flesh Jason Stein | San Diego, CA United States | 01/17/2002 (4 out of 5 stars) "Alright, so it's been six years since TTD's last cd, and like all talented artists he has changed his name. Often compared to Prince, TTD has proven on each successive cd that he will not derail his career with self-indulgence like Prince has in the past 5 years. In fact, "Wildcard" continues to show growth and originality. TTD has always used rock, r&b, jazz and blended them into something of his own. "Wildcard" adds some drum and bass, funk, Parisian accordian, and whatever else was handy to come up with some amazing results. I had to listen to "Wildcard" many times to hear all the musical and lyrical nuances and to really enjoy this cd. Still, I will be critical as well as praiseworthy. I do have all five of TTD's cds and I can't admit that "Wildcard" is better than 1993's "Symphony Or Damn". I just can't do it. However, the strengths on "Wildcard" are as follows, in my opinion: "O Divina" with its Motown influences, "Designated Fool" with its electro-funk feel, "My Dark Places", which has the great lyric: "Since we're parking in each others places, won't you be with me in my dark places" (Classic D'arby line), "The Inner Scream" with its commentary that if you don't let your anger out it can become a disease, "Drivin' Me Crazy" with its catchy drum and bass rhythm, "Suga Free" (in the vein of Supermodel Sandwich) with it's humorous line "Sweet tooth is missing a cavity"--also this song has an unusual electro-funk-operatic quality, "Ev'rythang" is a good ballad, "Sweetness" is a moving hip hop/r&b flavored song, my favorite song is "Be Willing" with its positive message of finding happiness in life, "Goodbye Diane" with its unique rock and roll sound with unusual chorus, "...And They Will Never Know" with its stop and start rock and roll, "Sayin' About You" has that classic 70's r&b sound, "Shadows" with its Parisian accordian is an unusual twist near the end of the cd, and last but not least "Testify", the bonus track, is a solid closing statement about taking a stand on love. The songs I think could have been excised are the bizarre and pointless "SRR-636", the boring "Shalom" and "Love Can You Hear Me?" the repetitive "Reflecting" and "Benediction: Sugar Ray". It is these weaknesses, and the fact that TTD has already suprised us with "Symphony Or Damn" and "Vibrator", so the uniqueness of "Wildcard" comes as no suprise, that I am giving "Wildcard" four stars instead of five. Still, TTD is one of a few artists that can pull off a 19 track cd with little complaint from me. TTD fans will be satisfied with "Wildcard" but today's radio audience, the kiddies watching MTV, they won't get TTD, and that's a shame, because TTD has just as much musical legitimacy as Lenny Kravitz, Prince, Macy Gray, Alicia Keys, Aria Arie, R. Kelly, Brian McKnight, Wyclef Jean, Lauren Hill, etc. I believe TTD offers a wider range of sounds and often times more poetic words than many of those artists. Now, if TTD could just put out music more often than every four to six years!"
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