Track Listing
1. Vibrator
2. Supermodel Sandwich
3. Holding on to You
4. Read My Lips (I Dig Your Scene)
5. Undeniably
6. We Don't Have That Much Time Together
7. C.Y.F.M.L.A.Y?
8. If You Go Before Me
9. Surrender
10. Ttd's Recurring Dream
11. Supermodel Sandwich W/Cheese
12. Resurrection
13. It's Been Said
| Details | | Playing Time: | 66 min. | | Contributing Artists: | Branford Marsalis, Charlie Bisharat, Charlie Sepulveda, Greg Adams, Luis Conte, Patrice Rushen, Tony Lujan, Warren Hill | | Producer: | Terence Trent D'Arby | | Distributor: | Sony Music Distribution ( | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Personnel includes: Terence Trent D'Arby (vocals, various instruments); Matt Goss, Kevin Dorsey, Rodney Saulsberry (vocals); Darren Darby, Michelle Lynn Forbes, Louise Spinner (spoken vocals); Louis Metoyer (acoustic & electric guitars); Joel Derouin (violin); Novi Novog (viola); Gary Herbig (flute, tenor saxophone); Oscar Brashear (trumpet); Stephanie Mijanovich (French horn); Pete Lorimer (keyboards, percussion); Jebin Bruni (keyboards); Michael Dorian (synthesizer); Brad Dutz (vibraphone, percussion); Kevin Wyatt (bass); Stephen "Stevo" Theard (drums).
Additional personnel includes: Chuck Findley, Brandon Fields, Stevie Salas.
Engineers: Pete Lorimer, Craig Porteils.
Recorded at TTD's Monasteryo, Los Angeles, California in 1994. Includes liner notes by Terence Trent D'Arby.
The recipe for TERENCE TRENT D'ARBY'S VIBRATOR is simple: mix together one part Prince-ly funk and one part Stevie Wonder spirituality, then shake vigorously into a frothy jam.
D'Arby is a virtual vocal gymnast, lifting, straddling, pulling at, and jumping over a plethora of funk-rock styles. The title track borrows as much from Cream as it does from Memphis' soul stirrers. The freestyle "Supermodel Sandwich" takes on even more diverse influences, hinting at Jimi Hendrix and David Bowie. But D'Arby's true talents--those of a penultimate post-modern soul-man--come through best on the Wonder-ful ballad "Undeniable," which is as expansively lovely as one of Stevie's own, and breathes on the wings Kevin Wyatt's airy bass and Branford Marsalis' spacious sax solo.
D'Arby is a first-rate songwriter, splendid vocalist and versatile musician who wears his influences broadly. And TERENCE TRENT D'ARBY'S VIBRATOR adds up to a musically intoxicating concoction.
Editorial Reviews
...an ambitious, often brilliant cycle of songs ruminating on sex, faith, love, and death, and all the fascinating, frustrating connections that exist between those four main food-for-thought groups....the music in general has an exalted, almost supernatural feel to it...
Vibe (06/01/1995)
3.5 Stars - Very Good - ...a multifaceted collection of sublime balladry, muscular rock, psychedelia, soulful pop and idiosyncratic funk....A graceful, versatile instrument that is a symphony in itself, [D'arby's] voice is the centerpiece throughout the album...
Rolling Stone (06/01/1995)
4 Stars - Excellent - ...this album completes the rehabilitation of a rare talent: Terence Trent D'Arby, the artist formerly known as Wanker.
Q (05/01/1995)
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