Poison's Greatest Hits: 1986–1996

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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. The compilation includes most of Poison's hit singles which all charted on the Billboard Hot 100 and Mainstream rock charts.

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 was certified Gold in 1999 and by 2005 the album had gone double platinum. It has also been certified by CAN gold.

Track listing

1. "Nothin' but a Good Time" - 3:43
   • From the album Open Up and Say... Ahh! (1988)
2. "Talk Dirty to Me" - 3:44
   • From the album Look What the Cat Dragged In (1986)
3. "Unskinny Bop" - 3:47
   • From the album Flesh & Blood (1990)
4. "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" - 4:17
   • From the album Open Up and Say...Ahh! (1988)
5. "Fallen Angel" - 3:55
   • From the album Open Up and Say...Ahh! (1988)
6. "I Won't Forget You" - 3:35
   • From the album Look What the Cat Dragged In (1986)
7. "Stand" - 5:11
   • From the album Native Tongue (1993)
8. "Ride the Wind" - 3:51
   • From the album Flesh & Blood (1990)
9. "Look What the Cat Dragged In" - 3:09
   • From the album Look What the Cat Dragged In (1986)
10. "I Want Action" - 3:05
    • From the album Look What the Cat Dragged In (1986)
11. "Life Goes On" - 4:47
    • From the album Flesh & Blood (1990)
12. "(Flesh & Blood) Sacrifice" - 4:40
    • From the album Flesh & Blood (1990)
13. "Cry Tough" - 3:36
    • From the album Look What the Cat Dragged In (1986)
14. "Your Mama Don't Dance" - 3:00
    • From the album Open Up and Say...Ahh! (1988)
    • Original version by Loggins and Messina
15. "So Tell Me Why" - 3:22
    • From the album Swallow This Live (1991)
16. "Something to Believe In" - 5:30
    • From the album Flesh & Blood (1990)
17. "Sexual Thing" - 3:34
    • New song (1996)
18. "Lay Your Body Down" - 5:26
    • New song (1996)

New tracks

The album Crack a Smile...and More! 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 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 dark green plastic.

Personnel

• Bret Michaels - lead vocals
• Bobby Dall - bass guitar
• Rikki Rockett - drums
• Blues Saraceno - lead guitar for the new tracks, 17 + 18
• C.C. DeVille - lead guitar for tracks 1 - 6 + 8 - 16
• Richie Kotzen - lead guitar for track 7