Assault & Flattery

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Assault & Flattery
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 1984
RecordedEastern Sound, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Genre Rock
Length37:08
Label Solid Gold Records
Producer Mike Flicker, Tim McCauley, Holly Woods, Scott Kreyer, Brian MacLeod
Toronto chronology
The Greatest Hits
(1984)
Assault & Flattery
(1984)
Live It Up!
(2007)
Singles from Assault & Flattery
  1. "New Romance"
    Released: 1984
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Kerrang! (mixed) [1]

Assault & Flattery is Toronto's sixth and final album, released in 1984. The album features only two original band members, Anne "Holly" Woods and Scott Kreyer. Released as "Holly Woods & Toronto" which hints at Holly's increasing control and autonomy in the band at this time. The album was produced by Mike Flicker who produced five albums for Heart - the band Toronto are most often compared to. The CD release includes the bonus track "Where Are We Now?" - which was also performed by Holly herself, as a solo artist, on her CD Live It Up! .

Contents

Track listing

Side 1

  1. "New Romance" (Holly Knight, Anton Fig) - 3:35
  2. "Kerry Anne" (Holly Woods, Scott Kreyer, Mike Gingrich) - 4:43
  3. "Sometimes Change" (Woods, Kreyer) - 4:06
  4. "Look What's Showing Through" (Eddie Schwartz) - 4:41
  5. "Bang Your Head" (Woods, Kreyer, Gingrich, Jeff Gilhart) - 3:42

Side 2

  1. "Desperation" (Woods, Kreyer, Paul Hanna, Daryl Alvaro, Gingrich) - 4:56
  2. "Assault and Flattery" (Woods, Kreyer, Tim McCauley, Gingrich) - 3:39
  3. "Cats & Dogs (Stealin')" (Woods, Kreyer, Gingrich) - 3:25
  4. "No More Cliches" (Woods, Brian MacLeod) - 4:21

CD version bonus track

  1. "Where Are We Now?"

Personnel

Band members

Additional musicians

Production

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References

  1. Suter, Paul (6 September 1984). "Holly Woods and Toronto 'Assault and Flattery'". Kerrang!. Vol. 76. London, UK: Spotlight Publications Ltd. p. 27.