Poison discography

The following is a comprehensive discography of Poison, an American rock band that achieved huge success in the mid-1980s to mid-1990s. To date, the band has sold over 45 million records worldwide[1] and has sold more than 15 million records in the United States alone.[2] 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".[3] 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.

Poison discography
Poison performing in Holmdel, New Jersey.
Studio albums	7
Live albums	4
Compilation albums	7
Video albums	10
Music videos	21
Singles	30
Box sets	2

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 30 years, the band is still recording music and performing.

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

Albums

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions												Certifications (sales threshold)
		US [4]	US Rock [5]	US Indie [6]	CAN [7]	AUS [8]	AUT [9]	NL [10]	NOR [11]	NZ [12]	SWE [13]	SWI [14]	UK [15]
Look What the Cat Dragged In	Release date: August 2, 1986 Label: Capitol Records	3	—	—	14	51	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	US: 3× Platinum[16] CAN: Platinum[17] UK: Silver[18]
Open Up and Say... Ahh!	Release date: May 3, 1988 Label: Capitol Records	2	—	—	10	7	—	—	17	1	37	30	18	US: 5× Platinum[16] AUS: 3× Platinum[19] CAN: 4× Platinum[17] UK: Gold[18]
Flesh & Blood	Release date: June 21, 1990 Label: Capitol Records	2	—	—	4	2	17	88	11	4	17	11	3	US: 3× Platinum[16] AUS: Platinum[20] CAN: 4× Platinum[17] UK: Gold[18]
Native Tongue	Release date: February 8, 1993 Label: Capitol Records	16	—	—	26	60	39	54	39	—	39	24	20	US: Gold[16] CAN: Platinum[17]
Crack a Smile... and More!	Released: March 14, 2000 Label: Capitol Records	131	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Hollyweird	Release date: May 21, 2002 Label: Cyanide Records	103	—	8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Poison'd!	Release date: June 5, 2007 Label: EMI America/Capitol Records	32	12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Live albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions			Certifications (sales threshold)
		US [4]	UK [15]	AUS [8]
Swallow This Live	Release date: November 12, 1991 Label: Capitol Records	51	52	46	US: Gold[16]
Power to the People	Release date: June 13, 2000 Label: Cyanide Records	166	—	—
Great Big Hits Live! Bootleg	Release date: July 4, 2006 Label: Sony	—	—	—
Live, Raw & Uncut	Release date: July 15, 2008 Label: Cyanide Records	8	—	—
Seven Days Live	Release date: August 26, 2008 Label: Cherry Red	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Compilation albums

Title	Album details	Peak positions				Certifications (sales threshold)
		US [4]	US Rock [5]	US Hard Rock [21]	CAN
Poison's Greatest Hits: 1986–1996	Release date: November 26, 1996 Label: Capitol Records	—	—	—	—	US: 2× Platinum[16] CAN: Gold[17] UK: Silver[18]
Poison – Rock Champions	Release date: September 25, 2001 Label: EMI America	—	—	—	—
Best of Ballads & Blues	Release date: August 5, 2003 Label: Capitol Records	141	—	—	—
The Best of Poison: 20 Years of Rock	Release date: April 3, 2006 Label: Capitol Records	17	5	10	—	US: Gold[16]
Poison - 10 Great Songs	Release date: January 12, 2010 Re-released in 2014 as "Poison: The Millennium Collection" Label:	145	40	14	—
Double Dose: Ultimate Hits	Release date: May 3, 2011 Label: Capitol Records	—	—	23	17[22]
Poison: Icon	Release date: March 19, 2013 Label:	—	—	—	—
Poison: Gold	Release date: January 21, 2014 Label:	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Box sets

Year	Album details
2009	Poison – Box Set (Collector's Edition) Release date: 2009 Label: Madacy Records
2010	Nothin' But a Good Time: The Poison Collection Release date: 2010 Label: Capitol

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions									Certifications (sales threshold)	Album
		US [3]	US Main [23]	CAN [24]	AUS [8]	NL [25]	NZ [12]	SWE [26]	SWI [27]	UK [15]
1986	"Cry Tough"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	97		Look What the Cat Dragged In
1987	"Talk Dirty to Me"	9	—	9	55	—	—	—	—	67
	"I Want Action"	50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	"I Won't Forget You"	13	—	38	—	—	37	—	—	—
	"Rock and Roll All Nite"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Less Than Zero (soundtrack)
1988	"Nothin' but a Good Time"	6	19	36	10	—	—	—	—	35		Open Up and Say... Ahh!
	"Fallen Angel"	12	32	55	21	—	32	—	—	59
	"Every Rose Has Its Thorn"	1	11	2	16	18	8	20	12	13	US: Gold[28]
1989	"Your Mama Don't Dance"	10	39	17	21	—	3	—	—	13
1990	"Unskinny Bop"	3	5	3	7	34	3	19	—	15	AUS: Gold[29] CAN: Gold[17] US: Gold[28]	Flesh and Blood
	"Something to Believe In"	4	5	3	44	—	38	—	—	35	US: Gold[28]
	"Ride the Wind"	38	25	31	—	—	—	—	—	—
1991	"Life Goes On"	35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	"(Flesh & Blood) Sacrifice"	—	—	—	—	88	—	—	—	—
	"So Tell Me Why"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	25		Swallow This Live
1993	"Stand"	50	15	15	80	—	—	—	39	25		Native Tongue
	"Until You Suffer Some"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	32
	"Body Talk"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	"7 Days Over You" (promo)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	"The Scream" (promo)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2000	"Shut Up, Make Love"	—	—	31	—	—	—	—	—	—		Crack a Smile... and More!
	"Be the One"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	"Power to the People"	—	—	66	—	—	—	—	—	—		Power 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

Title	Album details	Peak positions	Certifications (sales threshold)
		US Video
Sight for Sore Ears	Release date: 1989 Label: Enigma Records	—	US: Gold CAN: Gold[17]
Flesh, Blood, & Videotape	Release date: 1991 Label: Capitol Records	—	US: Gold
Swallow This Live: Flesh & Blood World Tour	Release date: 1992 Label: Capitol Records	—	US: Gold
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	—	US: Gold[30]
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	US: Gold[16]
Live, Raw & Uncut (DVD)	Release date: 2008 Label: E1 Music	8[31]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Music videos

Year	Song	Director
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"
1992	"So Tell Me Why"
1993	"Stand"	Samuel Bayer
	"Until You Suffer Some (Fire & 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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