Ph.D. (Ph.D. album)

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Ph.D.
Ph.D. (1981).jpg
Studio album by
Released10 July 1981 [1]
Recorded1981
Genre
Length34.25
Label Atlantic (US)
WEA
Ph.D./Voiceprint
Producer Ph.D.
Ph.D. chronology
Ph.D.
(1981)
Is It Safe?
(1983)
Alternative cover
Phd~.jpg
1982 reissue cover

Ph.D. is the self-titled debut album by British band Ph.D., released in 1981. It was later reissued with a different cover when "I Won't Let You Down" became a hit in several countries in early 1982. The original cover was designed by Mike Payne and was the first release of his "Electrograph" artwork.

Contents

The album was reissued 3 November 2008 by Ph.D./Voiceprint Records. [2]

The album reached number 33 on the UK Albums Chart.

Track listing

All songs written by Jim Diamond and Tony Hymas.

  1. "Little Suzi's on the Up" - 2:56
  2. "War Years" - 3:19
  3. "Oh Maria" - 2:48
  4. "Oo Sha Sha" - 3:29
  5. "I Won't Let You Down" - 4:21
  6. "There's No Answer to It" - 3:15
  7. "Poor City" - 3:33
  8. "Up Down" - 4:07
  9. "Hollywood Signs" - 3:23
  10. "Radio to On" - 3:32

Charts

Chart (1981/82)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [3] 29
Germany [4] 32
Netherlands [5] 6
United Kingdom (Official Charts Company) [6] 33

Personnel

Additional personnel

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References

  1. "Music Week" (PDF). p. 32.
  2. http://www.voiceprint.co.uk/web/Release/VPPHD101CD/ Archived 2008-12-19 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 233. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
  4. "Ph.D. – Ph.D." (in German). Offizielle Deutsche Charts. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  5. "Discografie Ph.D." dutchcharts.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  6. "P.H.D." Official Charts Company . Retrieved 23 September 2019.