Album of the week: Paul Hyde & The Payola$, “Here’s The World For Ya”

We continue our numerical Album of the Week feature with Here’s The World For Ya by Paul Hyde & The Payola$.  Apparently A&M felt that a little name recognition would help, putting Paul Hyde’s name out in front of the group name for this release.  (Which, ironically, did not do much for Paul Hyde, but group member Bob Rock went on to become one of the most recognizable producers in rock music.)

With David Foster producing, the album itself rose to #144 on the Billboard albums chart, while the single “You’re The Only Love” made it to #84 on Billboard’s Hot 100 (#37 on their Mainstream Rock chart).  Payola$ would break up soon after this album’s release, with Rock and Hyde releasing an album called Under The Volcano in 1987 before they parted ways to continue their solo careers.

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3 comments

  2. AM Matt says:

    The Payola$ became Rock & Hyde which the song "Dirty Water" (from 1987 "Under The Volcano" on Capitol) was a hit in Canada: Matt Clark Sanford, MI

  3. jfiedler17 says:

    The Payola$ are arguably one of A&M's more underrated acts of the '80s. They never had a Top 40 hit in the U.S., but it certainly wasn't for lack of catchy songs – they've got quite a few that will stick in your head for days on end, like "Eyes of a Stranger" or "Romance" or, from this particular album, "You're the Only Love." Their albums are particularly intriguing to go back and listen to these days given that Bob Rock went on to become a remarkably successful record producer in the '90s and beyond, for everyone from Metallica to Michael Buble (I wonder if David Foster had any idea when he was producing this album that one day he and Rock would one day both be working as producers on some of the same albums! :laugh:).

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