Neither Fish Nor Flesh

Terence Trent D'Arby | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 11, 1989)
• Original Release Date: November 7, 1989
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B0000026VW
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #63,133 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Declaration: Neither Fish nor Flesh

2. I Have Faith in These Desolate Times

3. It Feels So Good to Love Someone Like You

4. To Know Someone Deeply Is to Know Someone Softly

5. I'll Be Alright

6. Billy Don't Fall

7. This Side of Love

8. Attracted to You

9. Roly Poly

10. You Will Pay Tomorrow

11. I Don't Want to Bring Your Gods Down

12. ...And I Need to Be With Someone Tonight

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Deep, dense Darby, January 5, 2001

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Scott Woods (Columbus, Ohio United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Neither Fish Nor Flesh (Audio CD)

This is NOT an easy record to get into, and it probably would have fared FAR better had it not been released on the heels of his classic smash record "Hardline...". In fact, if this journey of a record had been released, say, today, what, with all of the ambient and psychedlic sub-genres floating around, we'd probably be hailing this one as a classic.

Well, parts of it, anyway. As big a fan of D'arby as I may be, I have to admit some of the stuff is just D'arby for D'arby's sake and not yours, the audience's, and the record suffers for it. However, if you can get it used, get it for "Roly Poly" alone. The song is MAD funky and the guy is beating on a cardboard box, for God's sake. I'm not joking. There's also the world-music influences (again, ahead of its time) of "It Feels So Good To Love Someone...", which is, simply put, a beautiful song.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Superstar to Commercial Oblivion, November 14, 2003

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"essence_uk" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Neither Fish Nor Flesh (Audio CD)

Neither Fish Nor Flesh's downfall is it's lack of real commercial singles and a certain jealous Sony labelmate's sabotage if you believe Terence himself. That's not to say the music here is any worse overall than Hardline. The unofficially Stevie Wonder Summer Soft sampling "To Know Someone Deeply", Motown-esque "Billy Don't Fall" and the gospel attack of "I Don't Want To Bring Your God's Down" are some favourites of mine. Don't believe the hype, there was no dramatic artistic post-Hardline disaster.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Solid Disc, March 1, 2000

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A customer "mistermaxxx" (usa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Neither Fish Nor Flesh (Audio CD)

hearing the Gospel of I'll be Alright is classic D'arby.this Disc had so much Range&style that it was scary.the Talent Level of this Man is no Joke.as a Writer,arranger,Producer,Instrumentalist&vocalist he is a very complete Artist.alot of folks Slept on this Disc.it's a shame.Billy Don't Fall was Genius.To Know someone deeply is to know someone Softly is a Great Slow-Jam.you feel a true Talent through out this Disc.