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! .

Toronto was a Canadian rock band formed in the late 1970s in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and perhaps best known for the top-ten Canadian hit "Your Daddy Don't Know" and for writing and performing the original version of "What About Love," a song that would later become a top-ten comeback single for the band Heart.

Anne Elizabeth "Holly" Woods is an American rock singer whose notable works include five platinum albums by the rock band Toronto.

Mike Flicker is an American music producer in Los Angeles who has numerous credits on music and film projects. He is critically acclaimed for his work with Heart.

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

Darby Mills Canadian singer

Darby Phyllis Mills is a Canadian rock vocalist, former figure skater, and the past lead singer of the Headpins. She has recently embarked on a solo career..having signed a worldwide record contract and released a remastered solo album as well as a live Cd. She is touring as of 2018 in support of the releases.

Brian Oliver MacLeod, nicknamed "Too Loud" MacLeod, was a Canadian musician, songwriter and music producer, best known as a member of the bands Chilliwack and Headpins.

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References

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