Here's the World for Ya
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Here's the World for Ya is the fourth album by Paul Hyde and the Payolas, the band previously known as Payolas. Released in 1985, the album is only available on vinyl and cassette; it has not been released on CD.

This album was the only Payolas album produced by David Foster
David Foster
David Walter Foster, OC, OBC , is a Canadian musician, record producer, composer, singer, songwriter, and arranger, noted for discovering singers such as Michael Bublé, Josh Groban, and Charice Pempengco; and for producing some of the most successful artists in the world, such as Céline Dion, Toni...

, who had been hired to bolster the band's commercial appeal. While promoting the record in 1985, Bob Rock claimed that "[Foster] didn't take us anywhere we didn't already want to go. Even if David hadn't produced this record, I think it still would have had a more professional sheen than our other albums, because that's what we wanted."

Subsequent to this album's release (and A&M
A&M Records
A&M Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group that operates under the mantle of its Interscope-Geffen-A&M division.-Beginnings:...

's decision to drop the band from that label), the group re-branded themselves as "Rock and Hyde". The liner notes of Rock and Hyde's only LP, Under the Volcano, tell a different story about the band's opinion of Foster's work on this album: "A very special thanks to our producer, [the late] Bruce Fairbairn
Bruce Fairbairn
Bruce Earl Fairbairn was a Canadian musician and international record producer from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He was active as a producer from 1976 to 1999 and is considered one of the best of his era...

 who, risking sanity, did the decent thing and let us be ourselves (we can all look in the mirror in the morning now) and that's the way it should be!"

Track listing

Side One
  1. "Stuck In The Rain" (Rock/Hyde) – 3:50 -- (#77 Canada)
  2. "You're The Only Love" (Rock/Foster/Hyde/Nelson) – 4:08 -- (#32 Canada)
  3. "It Won't Be You" (Rock/Hyde/Foster/Adams/Vallance) – 4:13
  4. "Cruel Hearted Lovers" (Rock/Hyde/Nelson) – 4:24
  5. "It Must Be Love" (Rock/Hyde/Nelson) – 4:38 -- (#94 Canada)


Side Two
  1. "Little Boys" (Rock/Hyde) – 4:28
  2. "All That I Want" (Rock/Hyde) – 4:06
  3. "Here's The World" (Rock/Foster/Hyde/Nelson) – 4:27 -- (#91 Canada)
  4. "Rhythm Slaves" (Rock/Hyde) – 4:28
  5. "Never Leave This Place" (Rock/Hyde) – 4:10

Personnel

  • Paul Hyde
    Paul Hyde
    Paul Hyde is a British-born Canadian musician and record producer .Born in Yorkshire, Hyde came to Canada as a teenager.- Hyde in the Payola$, Phase One :...

    : vocals
  • Bob Rock
    Bob Rock
    Robert Jens Rock, , is a Canadian musician, sound engineer, and record producer best known for producing bands such as Aerosmith, The Cult, Bon Jovi, Mötley Crüe, 311, Metallica, Our Lady Peace, The Offspring and most recently Bush.-Payola$ and Rock and Hyde:Rock began his music career in Langford,...

    : guitars
  • Alex "A-Train" Boynton: bass
  • Chris Taylor: drums
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