Get It on Credit

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Get It on Credit
Toronto gioc.jpg
Studio album by
Released1982
Genre Hard rock, [1] pop rock [2]
Length38:19
Label Network, Solid Gold Records
Producer Steve Smith
Toronto chronology
Head On
(1981)
Get It on Credit
(1982)
Girls' Night Out
(1983)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Get It on Credit is the third studio album by Canadian rock band Toronto, released in 1982. Both original members, Nick Costello and Jim Fox, left the band prior to this release, to be replaced by Gary LaLonde and Barry Connors respectively. LaLonde later joined Honeymoon Suite, while Connors went on to work with Toronto-based quartet Coney Hatch.

Contents

The CD release features two bonus tracks that did not make the cut for the original album of 1982: "What About Love" and "Across the Border". "What About Love" was later recorded by Heart in 1985 and would become a top 10 hit on the Billboard charts.

Track listing

Side 1

  1. "Break Down the Barricades" (Brian Allen, Holly Woods, Scott Kreyer, Sheron Alton) - 5:08
  2. "Your Daddy Don't Know" (Geoffrey Iwamoto, Michael Roth) - 3:17
  3. "Start Tellin' the Truth" (Allen) - 4:27
  4. "You're a Mystery to Me" (Allen, Jim Vallance, Kreyer) - 3:30
  5. "Don't Walk Away" (Allen, Vallance, Kreyer) - 4:12

Side 2

  1. "Get It on Credit" (Allen) - 3:19
  2. "Sick and Tired" (Woods, Kreyer) - 3:00
  3. "Ya Love ta Love" (Allen) - 4:09
  4. "Why Can't We Talk?" (Allen) - 3:34
  5. "Run for Your Life" (Allen, Woods, Kreyer, Alton) - 4:38

CD issue bonus tracks

  1. "What About Love" (Allen, Vallance, Alton) - 3:58
  2. "Across the Border" (Allen, Woods, Kreyer, Alton) - 3:55

Personnel

Band members

Production

Charts

Chart (1982)Peak
position
Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [4] 8
US Billboard 200 [5] 162

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [6] Platinum100,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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