Poison's Greatest Hits: 1986–1996

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Poison's Greatest Hits: 1986–1996
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Greatest hits album by
ReleasedNovember 26, 1996 (1996-11-26)
Recorded1986–1995
Genre
Length72:42
Label Capitol
Producer Ric 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
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Poison's Greatest Hits: 1986–1996 is the first greatest hits compilation CD by the glam metal band Poison, released on November 26, 1996, by Capitol Records to celebrate the band's 10th anniversary. 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 .

Contents

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, except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Original albumLength
1."Nothin' But a Good Time"  Open Up and Say... Ahh! (1988)3:44
2."Talk Dirty to Me"  Look What the Cat Dragged In (1986)3:44
3."Unskinny Bop"  Flesh & Blood (1990)3:49
4."Every Rose Has Its Thorn" Open Up and Say... Ahh!4:21
5."Fallen Angel" Open Up and Say... Ahh!3:59
6."I Won't Forget You" Look What the Cat Dragged In3:35
7."Stand"
Native Tongue (1993)5:16
8."Ride the Wind" Flesh & Blood3:52
9."Look What the Cat Dragged In" Look What the Cat Dragged In3:11
10."I Want Action" Look What the Cat Dragged In3:06
11."Life Goes On" Flesh & Blood4:48
12."(Flesh & Blood) Sacrifice" Flesh & Blood4:41
13."Cry Tough" Look What the Cat Dragged In3:39
14."Your Mama Don't Dance" (Loggins and Messina cover)Open Up and Say... Ahh!3:02
15."So Tell Me Why"  Swallow This Live (1991)3:23
16."Something to Believe In" Flesh & Blood5:29
17."Sexual Thing"
New recording (1996)3:35
18."Lay Your Body Down"
  • Michaels
  • Dall
  • Rockett
  • Saraceno
New recording (1996)5:28
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 (1997–1999)Peak
position
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC) [6] 25
US Top Catalog Albums (Billboard) [7] 2

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [8] Gold50,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [9] Silver60,000
United States (RIAA) [10] 2× Platinum2,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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