Ph.D. (Ph.D. album)

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{{Infobox album

| name = Ph.D.

| type = studio

| artist = Ph.D.

| cover = Ph.D._(1981).jpg

| alt =

| released = 10 July 1981{{cite web|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1981/Music-Week-1981-07-11.pdf|title=Music Week|page=32}}

| recorded = 1981

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = {{hlist|New wave|synthpop}}

| length = 34.25

| label = Atlantic (US)
WEA
Ph.D./Voiceprint

| producer = Ph.D.

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = Is It Safe?

| next_year = 1983

| misc = {{Extra album cover

| header = Alternative cover

| type = studio

| cover = phd~.jpg

| border =

| alt =

| caption = 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.

The album was reissued 3 November 2008 by Ph.D./Voiceprint Records.[http://www.voiceprint.co.uk/web/Release/VPPHD101CD/ http://www.voiceprint.co.uk/web/Release/VPPHD101CD/] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081219142634/http://www.voiceprint.co.uk/web/Release/VPPHD101CD/ |date=2008-12-19 }}

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

class="wikitable
scope="col"| Chart (1981/82)

!Peak
position

Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=233}}

| style="text-align:center;"| 29

Germany{{cite web |url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/album-details-33736 |title=Ph.D. – Ph.D. |publisher=Offizielle Deutsche Charts |language=German |accessdate=23 September 2019}}

| style="text-align:center;"| 32

Netherlands{{cite web |url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Ph.D. |title=Discografie Ph.D. |language=Dutch |website=dutchcharts.nl |accessdate=23 September 2019}}

| style="text-align:center;"| 6

United Kingdom (Official Charts Company){{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/19510/p-h-d/ |title=P.H.D. |publisher=Official Charts Company |accessdate=23 September 2019}}

| style="text-align:center;"| 33

Personnel

;Additional personnel

References