Assault & Flattery

Assault & Flattery
Assault & Flattery
Studio album by Toronto
Released	October 1984
Recorded	Eastern Sound, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Genre	Rock
Length	37:08
Label	Solid Gold Records
Producer	Mike Flicker, Tim McCauley, Holly Woods, Scott Kreyer, Brian MacLeod
Toronto chronology
Singles from Assault & Flattery
	"New Romance"; Released: 1984;

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
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!.

Track listing

Side 1

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

Side 2

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

CD version bonus track

"Where Are We Now?"

Personnel

Band members

Holly Woods - lead and backing vocals, co-producer
Scott Kreyer - keyboards, co-producer
Marty Walsh - lead and rhythm guitars
Mike Gingrich - bass guitar
Paul Hanna - drums

Additional musicians

Daryl Alvaro - additional guitars
Tim McCauley - additional keyboards, programming, producer
Phil Kenzie - saxophone
Lenny Castro - percussion
John Coury - backing vocals and vocal arrangements
Cele Bullard, Nick Cerro, Liz Lausanne - backing vocals
Darby Mills - vocals on the duet "Cats & Dogs (Stealin')"
Brian MacLeod - lead guitar on "Cats & Dogs (Stealin')", producer and mixing on track 9

Production

Mike Flicker - producer
Tony Bongiovi - mixing

References

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

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

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