Poison album

Album   Released Publisher Rating
Poison's Greatest Hits 1986-1996 (CD & DVD) 1996 Capitol Records
Swallow This Live (Single Disc) 1991 Capitol Records
Open Up and Say...Ahh! (Bonus Tracks) 1988 Capitol Records
Back to the topPoison's Greatest Hits 1986-1996 (CD & DVD)
Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
Released:
November 26, 1996
Label:
Capitol Records
Rating:
Styles:
Hard Rock
Heavy Metal
Hair Metal
Pop-Metal
Poison's Greatest Hits 1986-1996 is as definitive as a Poison compilation could hope to be. Featuring a full 18 tracks, including all of their Top 50 hits ("Talk Dirty to Me," "I Want Action," "Nothin' but a Good Time," "Fallen Angel," "Every Rose Has Its Thorn," "Your Mama Don't Dance," "Unskinny Bop," "Something to Belive In," "Stand," among others) plus two unreleased cuts ("Sexual Thing," "Lay Your Body Down"), the album boasts every worthwhile song the group ever recorded, augmented by Bret Michaels' track-by-track commentary. Though the album isn't sequenced in chronological order, it plays like an excellent mixtape, which actually makes the album more listenable. Even on a compilation, Poison wears a little thin -- there are still dull moments among these 18 songs, mainly in the form of lesser-known album tracks and singles -- but still, Greatest Hits 1986-1996 is the most enteraining album the band ever released. [Capitol released an edition that features a 17-track DVD of the band's videos.]
Track # Track Time Composer
1 Nothin' But a Good Time 3:43 Rockett, Michaels, DeVille, Dall Ringtone
2 Talk Dirty to Me 3:44 Dall, Rockett, DeVille, Michaels Ringtone
3 Unskinny Bop 3:47 DeVille, Michaels, Dall, Rockett Ringtone
4 Every Rose Has Its Thorn 4:17 Michaels, Rockett, Dall, DeVille Ringtone
5 Fallen Angel 3:55 Dall, Rockett, Michaels, DeVille Ringtone
6 I Won't Forget You 3:35 Michaels, Dall, Rockett, DeVille Ringtone
7 Stand 5:12 Rockett, Dall, Michaels, Kotzen
8 Ride the Wind 3:51 Michaels, Dall, DeVille, Rockett Ringtone
9 Look What the Cat Dragged In 3:09 DeVille, Rockett, Michaels, Dall Ringtone
10 I Want Action 3:05 Michaels, Rockett, DeVille, Dall Ringtone
11 Life Goes On 4:47 DeVille, Michaels, Dall, Rockett
12 (Flesh & Blood) Sacrifice 4:40 DeVille, Rockett, Michaels, Dall
13 Cry Tough 3:36 Rockett, Michaels, Dall, DeVille Ringtone
14 Your Mama Don't Dance 3:00 Messina, Loggins Ringtone
15 So Tell Me Why 3:22 Michaels, Dall, DeVille, Rockett
16 Something to Believe In 5:30 DeVille, Dall, Michaels, Rockett
17 Sexual Thing (#)(*) 3:34 Saraceno, Rockett, Michaels, Dall
18 Lay Your Body Down (#)(*) 5:27 Dall, Michaels, Saraceno, Rockett
19 Cry Tough (DVD) N/A Michaels, Rockett, Deville, Dall
20 I Want Action (DVD) N/A Rockett, Deville, Dall, Michaels
21 Talk Dirty to Me (DVD) N/A N/A
22 I Won't Forget You (DVD) N/A N/A
23 Nothin' But a Good Time (DVD) N/A Deville [Latin], Michaels, Dall, Rockett
24 Fallen Angel (DVD) N/A Deville, Dall, Michaels, Rockett
25 Every Rose Has Its Thorn (DVD) N/A Dall, Deville, Michaels, Rockett
26 Your Mama Don't Dance (DVD) N/A N/A
27 Unskinny Bop (DVD) N/A N/A
28 Ride the Wind (DVD) N/A N/A
29 Something to Believe In (DVD) N/A N/A
30 Life Goes On (DVD) N/A N/A
31 (Flesh & Blood) Sacrifice (DVD) N/A Poison [1]
32 So Tell Me Why (DVD) N/A N/A
33 Stand (DVD) N/A N/A
34 Until You Suffer Some (Fire & Ice) (DVD) N/A N/A
35 Power to the People (DVD) N/A N/A
Back to the topSwallow This Live (Single Disc)
Review by Rob Theakston, All Music Guide
Released:
November 12, 1991
Label:
Capitol Records
Rating:
Styles:
Hard Rock
Heavy Metal
Hair Metal
Pop-Metal
EMI has trimmed the fat from Poison's Swallow This Live, 13 years after its initial release. Down from a two-disc set to one disc of highlights, gone are the pompous five- and ten-minute guitar and drum solos, and the listener is left with just the hits from their first three releases. While the sound quality is still somewhat lacking (a remastering job after 13 years shouldn't have been out of the question), it's still a fine release that's essential for Poison devotees who missed out the first time.
Track # Track Time Composer
1 Intro 1:18 DeVille, Dall, Michaels, Rockett
2 Look What the Cat Dragged In 3:43 Michaels, Dall, DeVille, Rockett Ringtone
3 Look But You Can't Touch 4:08 Dall, Michaels, Rockett, DeVille
4 Let It Play 4:37 DeVille, Rockett, Michaels, Dall
5 Good Love 3:41 Rockett, Michaels, Dall, DeVille
6 Life Goes On 6:16 Rockett, DeVille, Dall, Michaels
7 Ride the Wind 4:12 Michaels, Rockett, Dall, DeVille Ringtone
8 I Want Action 4:44 DeVille, Michaels, Dall, Rockett Ringtone
9 Unskinny Bop 4:03 Dall, DeVille, Michaels, Rockett Ringtone
10 Something to Believe In 6:05 Michaels, DeVille, Dall, Rockett
11 Love on the Rocks 3:54 DeVille, Dall, Michaels, Rockett
12 Fallen Angel 4:47 DeVille, Michaels, Rockett, Dall Ringtone
13 Your Mama Don't Dance 3:12 Messina, Loggins Ringtone
14 Nothin' But a Good Time 7:52 DeVille, Michaels, Rockett, Dall Ringtone
15 Talk Dirty to Me 4:27 Michaels, Rockett, DeVille, Dall Ringtone
16 Every Rose Has Its Thorn 9:35 Rockett, Michaels, Dall, DeVille Ringtone
Back to the topOpen Up and Say...Ahh! (Bonus Tracks)
Review by Steve Huey, All Music Guide
Released:
1988
Label:
Capitol Records
Rating:
Styles:
Hard Rock
Heavy Metal
Hair Metal
Pop-Metal
Poison's best album still has a bit of filler that fails to deliver the big hooks and catchy riffs of their best material; when that happens, Bret Michaels' affected "rawk & rowl" singing accent begins to grate. But thankfully, that doesn't happen very often on Open Up and Say...Ahh!, which solidified the group's status as hair metal's top party band. The ballad "Every Rose Has Its Thorn," Poison's only number one hit, and the Top Ten "Nothin' But a Good Time" became their most widely recognized signature songs; a cover of Loggins & Messina's "Your Mama Don't Dance" also hit the Top Ten, and the sometimes-overlooked "Fallen Angel," one of their best songs, got plenty of MTV airplay. But the agreeable raunch of album tracks like "Love on the Rocks," "Good Love," and "Look But You Can't Touch" helps make Open Up and Say...Ahh! Poison's best overall album. [The 2006 Capitol reissue contains two bonus tracks.]
Track # Track Time Composer
1 Love on the Rocks 3:33 DeVille, Dall, Deville, Rockett, Michaels
2 Nothin' But a Good Time 3:44 Michaels, Deville, Dall, DeVille, Rockett Ringtone
3 Back to the Rocking Horse 3:36 Dall, DeVille, Rockett, Michaels
4 Good Love 2:51 Dall, Deville, DeVille, Michaels, Rockett
5 Tearin' Down the Walls 3:51 Dall, Rockett, Michaels, DeVille
6 Look But You Can't Touch 3:25 Dall, Michaels, Rockett, DeVille, Deville
7 Fallen Angel 3:58 Michaels, Deville, DeVille, Rockett, Dall Ringtone
8 Every Rose Has Its Thorn 4:20 DeVille, Rockett, Dall, Deville, Michaels Ringtone
9 Your Mama Don't Dance 3:00 Messina, Loggins Ringtone
10 Bad to Be Good 4:14 DeVille, Michaels, Dall, Rockett
11 Livin' for the Minute (*) 2:41 Dall, Michaels, DeVille, Rockett
12 World Premiere Interview (*) 10:45 Rockett, Michaels, DeVille, Dall
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