Native Tongue (album)

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Native Tongue
Native Tongue Cover.jpg
Studio album by Poison
Released February 8, 1993
Recorded 1992 at A&M Studios in Hollywood, California and Rumbo Recorders in Canoga Park, California
Genre Glam metal [1]
Length56:20
Label Capitol
Producer Richie Zito
Poison chronology
Swallow This Live
(1991)		Native Tongue
(1993)		 Poison's Greatest Hits: 1986–1996
(1996)
Singles from Native Tongue
  1. "Stand"
    Released: January 4, 1993
  2. "Until You Suffer Some"
    Released: March 28, 1993
  3. "Body Talk"
    Released: May 1993
  4. "The Scream (Promo)"
    Released: 1994
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Entertainment Weekly C+ [2]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]

Native Tongue is the fourth studio album by American hard rock band Poison, released in 1993 through Capitol Records. It peaked at #16 on the Billboard 200, [5] #20 on the UK Albums Chart [6] and was certified Gold by the RIAA on April 21, 1993. [7] It has also been certified by CAN platinum. The album features new lead guitarist Richie Kotzen. Kotzen was hired as the band's guitarist following the firing of C.C. DeVille in late 1991. The album features the singles "Stand", "Until You Suffer Some (Fire And Ice)" and "Body Talk".

Hard rock is a loosely defined subgenre of rock music that began in the mid-1960s, with the garage, psychedelic and blues rock movements. It is typified by a heavy use of aggressive vocals, distorted electric guitars, bass guitar, drums, and often accompanied with keyboards.

Poison (American band) American glam metal band

Poison is an American rock band which achieved great commercial success in the mid-1980s through the mid-1990s. Poison has sold over 45 million records worldwide and has sold 15 million records in the United States alone. The band has also charted ten singles to the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100, including six Top 10 singles and the Hot 100 number-one, "Every Rose Has Its Thorn". The band's breakthrough debut album, the multi-platinum Look What the Cat Dragged In, was released in 1986 and they hit their peak with their second album, Open Up and Say... Ahh!, which became the band's most successful album, being certified 5x platinum in the US. The popularity continued into the new decade with their third consecutive multi-platinum selling album, Flesh & Blood.

Capitol Records American record label

Capitol Records, Inc. is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group through its Capitol Music Group imprint. It was founded as the first West Coast-based record label in the United States in 1942 by Johnny Mercer, Buddy DeSylva, and Glenn E. Wallichs. Capitol was acquired by British music conglomerate EMI as its North American subsidiary in 1955. EMI was acquired by Universal Music Group in 2012 and was merged with the company a year later, making Capitol and the Capitol Music Group both a part of UMG. The label's circular headquarter building in Hollywood is a recognized landmark of California.

Contents

Production and marketing

Admitted as a full-fledged member of the band rather than a "hired gun", Kotzen was given considerable creative freedom. Resultingly, Kotzen's writing and performing contributions dominated the album.

Kotzen would later be expelled from the band following the world tour, after it was discovered that he had been romantically involved with the fiancee of drummer Rikki Rockett. Recollections of the album, while no doubt soured by these events, nonetheless appear to faithfully reflect the basic clash between Kotzen's style and that of the band's founding members. Kotzen would later claim that "being in Poison helped me forget I was a musician" [8] while Rockett would lament the loss of the band's original "attitude" [9]

Rikki Rockett American musician

Richard Allan Ream, better known by the stage name Rikki Rockett, is an American drummer for glam metal band Poison. The band has sold more than 45 million records worldwide and 15 million records in the United States alone.

The album was recorded and mixed at A&M Studios in Hollywood, California, and Rumbo Recorders in Canoga Park, California with producer Richie Zito. It was dedicated to Van Halen tour manager Scotty Ross and former Poison guitarist DeVille. The album peaked at #16 on the Billboard chart.

Richie Zito is an American songwriter, composer and record producer from Los Angeles. In a career spanning more than 50 years, Zito has experienced success as a prolific session musician, being featured on a wide array of other artists' recordings, including work with White Lion, Poison, Mr. Big, Neil Sedaka, Yvonne Elliman, Eric Carmen, Art Garfunkel, Leo Sayer, Diana Ross, Marc Tanner, Elton John, Cher, The Motels, as well as The Cult, Eddie Money, Heart, Juliet Simms, Bad English and Prism.

Van Halen American heavy metal band

Van Halen is a Grammy Award-winning American hard rock band formed in Pasadena, California in 1972. Credited with "restoring hard rock to the forefront of the music scene", Van Halen is known for its energetic live shows and for the work of its acclaimed lead guitarist, Eddie Van Halen. The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007.

The first two singles "Stand" and "Until You Suffer Some (Fire And Ice)" featured music videos and charted in the US and the UK. "Stand" reached number 15 on the Mainstream rock chart, #35 on the Top 40 Mainstream chart and #50 on the Billboard Hot 100. [10] The song also charted at number 25 on the UK Singles chart and "Until You Suffer Some (Fire And Ice)" peaked at number 32 on the UK Singles chart. [11]

Stand (Poison song) song by American Hard rock band Poison

"Stand" is a song recorded by American band Poison, written by Richie Kotzen prior to joining the band. It was the 1st single from their 1993 Native Tongue album. The song reached number 15 on the Mainstream rock chart, #35 on the top 40 mainstream chart and #50 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song also charted at number 25 on the UK Singles chart, it was also the first Poison single and music video to feature lead guitarist Richie Kotzen. The song fuses elements of country rock and gospel music; the album version includes the Los Angeles First A.M.E. Church choir on backing vocals.

Mainstream rock is a radio format used by many commercial radio stations in the United States and Canada.

The Billboard Hot 100 is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for songs, published weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on sales, radio play, and online streaming in the United States.

Following the album the band released a video/DVD titled Seven Days Live which featured a concert from the Native Tongue world tour.

<i>Seven Days Live</i> 1993 video by Poison

Seven Days Live is the fourth video/DVD album from the rock band Poison, featuring a live concert at the Hammersmith Odeon, in London England, from the Native Tongue world tour in 1993, in support of the fourth Poison studio album Native Tongue, which was certified Gold by the RIAA on April 21, 1993.

Songs

Lyrically, the band continued on the growing sophistication that began in Flesh and Blood . The album's themes include battles against injustice ("Scream", "Stand"), heartbreak ("Until You Suffer Some", "7 Days Over You", "Theatre of the Soul"), and inner demons ("Stay Alive").

"When The Whip Comes Down" is a track not included on the album but used as a b side for the singles.

Track listing

All tracks written by Bret Michaels, Richie Kotzen, Bobby Dall and Rikki Rockett.

No.TitleLength
1."Native Tongue"1:03
2."The Scream"3:51
3."Stand"5:17
4."Stay Alive"4:25
5."Until You Suffer Some (Fire and Ice)"4:16
6."Body Talk"4:03
7."Bring It Home"3:57
8."7 Days over You"4:15
9."Richie's Acoustic Thang"0:58
10."Ain't That the Truth"3:27
11."Theatre of the Soul"4:43
12."Strike Up the Band"4:17
13."Ride Child Ride"3:55
14."Blind Faith"3:34
15."Bastard Son of a Thousand Blues"4:57

Singles

Band members

With:

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References

  1. 1 2 AllMusic review
  2. ↑ Entertainment Weekly review
  3. ↑ Album reviews at CD Universe
  4. ↑ Rolling Stone review
  5. ↑ "Allmusic (Poison charts and awards) Billboard albums".
  6. ↑ "Chart Stats - Poison". chartstats.com. Retrieved 2010-05-30.
  7. ↑ "Gold and Platinum Database Search" . Retrieved 2009-12-05.
  8. ↑ Metal-rules.com, Heart of Steel; Interview with Richie Kotzen by McDonald K. Retrieved January 5, 2005.
  9. ↑ KAOS 2000 Magazine, Interview with Rikki Rockett by Wilson DL Archived 2005-02-18 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved January 6, 2005.
  10. ↑ "Allmusic (Poison charts and awards) Billboard singles".
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