Ph.D. - Ph.D. (1981) - Lp

PhD were a British group best known for their UK Top 10 hit "I Won't Let You Down" in April 1982, although the song had been a hit the previous year throughout Europe. The band took its name from the initial letters of its three founding members' surnames; Phillips, Hymas and Diamond. The name was written so as to be a visual pun on the letters denoting a degree of the same name.
Singer Jim Diamond formed the group with former Jeff Beck Group members Tony Hymas and Simon Phillips in the early 1980s. Their self-titled début album, originally released in 1981, spawned a hit with their ballad "I Won't Let You Down" which peaked at number three in the UK Singles Chart in 1982.
"Little Suzi's on the Up" had a video that looks like a parody of "Strictly Come Dancing", and was covered in 1986 by hair metal band Tesla (They played it when I saw them at the State Fair last year). Some songs like "War Years" and "Poor City" seem more relevant now than in the early '80s. It's almost as if a real Ph.D. wrote the lyrics!
There's little guitar and no bass. What separates this from most of the synth-pop of the day was the use of real drums instead of a Linn or Fairlight. Here, they're mainly from Simon Phillips, a seasoned veteran session player with hundreds of credits. He was in Jeff Beck's band with Hymas and later in Toto.

Side A
A1. Little Suzi's On The Up  (2:56)
A2. War Years  (3:19)
A3. Oh Maria (2:48)
       Drums – Mark Craney
A4. Oo Sha Sha  (3:29)
A5. I Won't Let You Down  (4:21)

Side B
B1. There's No Answer To It  (3:15)
B2. Poor City (3:33)
        Acoustic Guitar – Phil Palmer
        Drums – Mark Craney 
B3. Up Down  (4:07)
B4. Hollywood Signs  (3:23)
B5. Radio To On (3:32)
        Saxophone [Tenor] – Stan Sulzmann
        Soprano Vocals – Jane Manning 

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – Ramport Studios

Credits

• Design – Jubilee 
• Design Concept [Front Cover] – John Wolff 
• Drums – Simon Phillips (tracks: A1 to A3, A5, B1, B3 to B5)
• Engineer [Assistant] – Neil Hornby
• Engineer, Co-producer – Cy Langston
• Executive-Producer – Jeffrey Levinson
• Photography By – John Shaw 
• Photography By [Other] – John Bruce 
• Producer – Ph.D.
• Songwriter [Words And Music], Piano [Bosendorfer Grand], Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes], Synthesizer [Prophet V, Arp Odyssey, Minimoog, Fairlight Cmi, The Wasp] – Tony Hymas
• Songwriter [Words And Music], Vocals – Jim Diamond

Notes
Released: 1981
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop
Length: 34:25
Label - WEA ‎Records

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