Poison discography

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Poison discography
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Poison performing in 2006
Studio albums7
Live albums4
Compilation albums7
Singles30
Video albums9
Music videos20
Box sets2

The following is a comprehensive discography of Poison, an American glam metal band that achieved huge success in the mid-1980s to mid-1990s. Poison sold more than 16 million records in the United States alone. [1] 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 single, "Every Rose Has Its Thorn". [2] The band became icons of the 1980s MTV era and have had widespread commercial success. 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 the second album, the multi-platinum selling Open Up and Say... Ahh! which became the band's most successful album ever. The popularity continued into the new decade with their third consecutive multi-platinum selling album Flesh & Blood .

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In the 1990s following the release of the band's first live album Swallow This Live , the band experienced some line up changes and the fall of glam metal with the grunge movement, but despite the drop in popularity the band's fourth studio album Native Tongue still achieved Gold status and the band's first compilation album Poison's Greatest Hits: 1986–1996 went double platinum.

In the 2000s, with the original line up back together, the band found new popularity after a successful greatest hits reunion tour in 1999. The band began the new decade with the release of the long-awaited Crack a Smile... and More! , followed by the Power to the People album. The band toured almost every year to sold out stadiums and arenas. They released a brand new album Hollyweird in 2002 and in 2006 the band celebrated their 20-year anniversary with The Best of Poison: 20 Years of Rock tour and album, which was certified gold and marked Poison's return to the Billboard 200 top 20 charts for the first time since 1993. After over 35 years, the band is still recording music and performing.

Since their debut in 1986, they have released seven studio albums, four live albums, seven compilation albums, and have issued 28 singles to radio.

Albums

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)
US
[3]
AUS
[4]
AUT
[5]
CAN
[6]
GER
[7]
JPN
[8]
NL
[9]
NOR
[10]
NZ
[11]
SWE
[12]
SWI
[13]
UK
[14]
Look What the Cat Dragged In 35114
Open Up and Say... Ahh!
  • Release date: May 3, 1988
  • Label: Enigma/Capitol
  • Formats: LP, CD, CT
271035171373018
Flesh & Blood
  • Release date: July 2, 1990
  • Label: Enigma/Capitol
  • Formats: LP, CD, CT
2217431238811417113
Native Tongue
  • Release date: February 8, 1993
  • Label: Capitol
  • Formats: CD, CT
1660392660395439392420
Crack a Smile... and More!
  • Released: March 14, 2000
  • Label: Capitol
  • Formats: CD, CT
131
Hollyweird
  • Release date: May 21, 2002
  • Label: Cyanide
  • Formats: CD
103
Poison'd!
  • Release date: June 5, 2007
  • Label: Capitol
  • Formats: CD
32
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Live albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart
positions
Certifications
(sales threshold)
US
[3]
US Indie
[22]
UK
[14]
AUS
[4]
Swallow This Live
  • Release date: November 12, 1991
  • Label: Capitol
  • Formats: LP, CD, CT
515246
Power to the People
  • Release date: June 13, 2000
  • Label: Cyanide Records
  • Formats: CD
16612
Great Big Hits Live! Bootleg
  • Release date: July 4, 2006
  • Label: Sony BMG
  • Formats: CD
Live, Raw & Uncut
  • Release date: July 15, 2008
  • Label: Koch
  • Formats: DVD + CD
8
Seven Days Live
  • Release date: August 26, 2008
  • Label: Armoury
  • Formats: CD
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak positionsCertifications
(sales threshold)
US
[3]
US Rock
[23]
US Hard Rock
[24]
Top Catalog Albums
[25]
CAN
[26]
UK Rock
[27]
Poison's Greatest Hits: 1986–1996
  • Release date: November 26, 1996
  • Label: Capitol
  • Formats: CD, CT
225
Rock Champions
  • Release date: 2001
  • Label: EMI Plus
  • Formats: CD
Best of Ballads & Blues
  • Release date: August 5, 2003
  • Label: Capitol
  • Formats: CD
141
The Best of Poison: 20 Years of Rock
  • Release date: April 3, 2006
  • Label: Capitol
  • Formats: CD
175104
Poison - 10 Great Songs
  • Release date: January 12, 2010
  • Re-released in 2014 as "Poison: The Millennium Collection"
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD
1454013
Double Dose: Ultimate Hits
  • Release date: May 3, 2011
  • Label: Capitol
  • Formats: CD
2317
Poison: Icon
  • Release date: March 19, 2013
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD
Poison: Gold
  • Release date: January 21, 2014
  • Label: UMG
  • Formats: CD
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Box sets

YearAlbum details
2009Poison – Box Set (Collector's Edition)
  • Release date: 2009
  • Label: Madacy
  • Formats: CD
2010Nothin' But a Good Time: The Poison Collection
  • Release date: 2010
  • Re-release of The Best of Poison: 20 Years of Rock and Swallow This Live (2004 remastered version)
  • Label: Capitol
  • Formats: CD

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)
Album
US
[2]
US Main
[28]
CAN
[29]
AUS
[4] [30] [31]
GER
[32]
IRE
[33]
NL
[34]
NZ
[11]
SWE
[35]
SWI
[36]
UK
[14]
1986"Cry Tough"97Look What the Cat Dragged In
1987"Talk Dirty to Me"995567
"I Want Action"50
"I Won't Forget You"133837
"Rock and Roll All Nite" [promo] Less than Zero (soundtrack)
1988"Nothin' But a Good Time"61936102335Open Up and Say... Ahh!
"Fallen Angel"123255213259
"Every Rose Has Its Thorn"111216388188201213
1989"Your Mama Don't Dance"1039172115313
1990"Unskinny Bop"3537243431915Flesh & Blood
"Something to Believe In"45344233835
"Ride the Wind"382531113
1991"Life Goes On"35
"(Flesh & Blood) Sacrifice"88
"So Tell Me Why"14225Swallow This Live
1993"Stand"501515803925Native Tongue
"Until You Suffer Some"32
"Body Talk"
1994"7 Days Over You" [promo]
"The Scream" [promo]
2000"Shut Up, Make Love"31Crack a Smile... and More!
"Be the One" [promo]
"Power to the People"66Power to the People
"The Last Song"
2001"Rockstar"Hollyweird
2002"Squeeze Box"
"Shooting Star"
2006"We're an American Band"The Best of Poison: 20 Years of Rock
2007"What I Like About You"Poison'd!
"SexyBack"
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Videography

Video albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak positionsCertifications
(sales threshold)
US Video
Sight for Sore Ears
  • US: Gold
  • CAN: Gold [16]
Flesh, Blood, & Videotape
  • Release date: 1991
  • Label: Capitol Records
  • US: Gold
Swallow This Live: Flesh & Blood World Tour
  • Release date: 1992
  • Label: Capitol Records
Seven Days Live
  • Release date: 1993, DVD - 2006.
  • Label: Cherry Red
VH1 Behind the Music: Poison
  • Release date: 1999, Re-released with extra footage in 2010.
  • Label: VH1
Poison Greatest Video Hits
  • Release date: 2001
  • Label: Capitol Records
Nothing But a Good Time! Unauthorized
  • Release date: 2003
  • Label: Capitol Records
Poison Video Hits
  • Release date: 2005
  • Label: Capitol Records
The Best of Poison: 20 Years of Rock (DVD)
  • Release date: April 3, 2006
  • Label: EMI America
17
Live, Raw & Uncut (DVD) 8 [41]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Music videos

YearSongDirector
1986"Cry Tough" John Jopson
1987"Talk Dirty to Me"Doug Freel
"I Want Action"John Jopson
"I Won't Forget You"
1988"Nothin' But a Good Time"Marc Reshovsky
"Fallen Angel" Marty Callner
"Every Rose Has Its Thorn"
1989"Your Mamma Don't Dance"
"Good Love"
1990"Unskinny Bop"Marty Callner
"Something to Believe In"
"Ride the Wind"
1991"Life Goes On"
"(Flesh & Blood) Sacrifice"
"So Tell Me Why"
1992"Stand" Samuel Bayer
1993"Until You Suffer Some (Fire and Ice)"
2000"Power to the People"Poison
2002"Squeeze Box"
2006"We're An American Band"Poison
2007"What I Like About You"

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