Assault & Flattery

Assault & Flattery
Studio album by Toronto
Released	October 1984
Recorded	Eastern Sound, Toronto, Canada
Genre	Rock
Length	37:08
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
"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

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

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

CD version bonus track

10. "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

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