Poison's Greatest Hits: 1986–1996

Poison's Greatest Hits: 1986–1996 is the first greatest hits compilation CD from the glam metal band Poison. The album was released on November 26, 1996, by Capitol Records. The album contains 16 tracks from the band's first four studio albums (Look What the Cat Dragged In, Open Up and Say...Ahh!, Flesh & Blood and Native Tongue) and also the live double-album Swallow This Live.

Poison's Greatest Hits: 1986–1996
Greatest hits album by
ReleasedNovember 26, 1996
Recorded1986–1995
GenreGlam metal
Length72:12
LabelCapitol
ProducerRic Browde
Tom Werman
Bruce Fairbairn
Richie Zito
John Purdell
Duane Baron
Poison chronology
Native Tongue
(1993)
Poison's Greatest Hits: 1986–1996
(1996)
Crack a Smile... and More!
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]

Background and release

Blues Saraceno replaced Richie Kotzen as lead guitarist after the last album Native Tongue and The Greatest Hits features two bonus new tracks with Blues Saraceno on lead guitar: "Lay Your Body Down" and "Sexual Thing".

The compilation charted at number 2 on the Top Catalog Albums chart in Billboard magazine[2] and includes most of Poison's hit singles which charted on the Billboard Hot 100 or mainstream rock charts.[3] The compilation was certified Gold in 1999 and by 2005 the album had gone double platinum.[4] It was certified gold in Canada.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Bret Michaels, C.C. DeVille, Bobby Dall and Rikki Rockett unless otherwise noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Original albumLength
1."Nothin' but a Good Time" Open Up and Say... Ahh! (1988)3:43
2."Talk Dirty to Me" Look What the Cat Dragged In (1986)3:44
3."Unskinny Bop" Flesh & Blood (1990)3:47
4."Every Rose Has Its Thorn" Open Up and Say... Ahh!4:17
5."Fallen Angel" Open Up and Say... Ahh!3:55
6."I Won't Forget You" Look What the Cat Dragged In3:35
7."Stand"
  • Bret Michaels
  • Bobby Dall
  • Rikki Rockett
  • Richie Kotzen
Native Tongue (1993)5:11
8."Ride the Wind" Flesh & Blood3:51
9."Look What the Cat Dragged In" Look What the Cat Dragged In3:09
10."I Want Action" Look What the Cat Dragged In3:05
11."Life Goes On" Flesh & Blood4:47
12."(Flesh & Blood) Sacrifice" Flesh & Blood4:40
13."Cry Tough" Look What the Cat Dragged In3:36
14."Your Mama Don't Dance" (Original version by Loggins and Messina)Open Up and Say... Ahh!3:00
15."So Tell Me Why"" Swallow This Live (1991)3:22
16."Something to Believe In" Flesh & Blood5:30
17."Sexual Thing"
  • Bret Michaels
  • Bobby Dall
  • Rikki Rockett
  • Blues Saraceno
New Song (1996)3:34
18."Lay Your Body Down"
  • Bret Michaels
  • Bobby Dall
  • Rikki Rockett
  • Blues Saraceno
New Song (1996)5:26
Total length:72:12

Track information verified from the album's liner notes.[5]

New tracks

The album Crack a Smile featuring Blues Saraceno on lead guitar contained tracks recorded 1994-1995 but remained unreleased at the time of this compilation's release. Therefore, the last 2 tracks included here were first released on this album as bonus new tracks (1996) and then released again on the Crack a Smile... and More! album in 2000, which was the next Poison album to be released.

Some copies of the album had a hidden picture of the band featuring CC Deville underneath the CD tray. The CD tray was not made of see through material, and therefore the image was covered up by the neon green plastic.

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1999) Peak
position
Top Catalog Albums[6] 2

Certifications

Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[7] Gold 50,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[8] Silver 60,000^
United States (RIAA)[9] 2× Platinum 2,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. Poison's Greatest Hits: 1986–1996 at AllMusic
  2. "Poison - US Catalog Albums". Billboard. Retrieved August 19, 2021.
  3. "Allmusic (Poison charts and awards)".
  4. "RIAA Gold & Platinum (Poison)". Recording Industry Association of America.Retrieved 2010.
  5. Poison's Greatest Hits: 1986–1996 (liner notes). Poison. Capitol Records. 1996. CDP 7243 8 53375 2 9.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. "Poison - US Catalog Albums". Billboard. Retrieved August 19, 2021.
  7. "Canadian album certifications – Poison – Poison's Greatest Hits: 1986–1996". Music Canada. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
  8. "British album certifications – Poison – Poison's Greatest Hits: 1986–1996". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved August 26, 2020. Select albums in the Format field. Select Silver in the Certification field. Type Poison's Greatest Hits: 1986–1996 in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
  9. "American album certifications – Poison – Greatest Hits 1986-1996". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
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