Double Dose: Ultimate Hits
| Double Dose: Ultimate Hits | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | ||||
| Compilation album by | ||||
| Released | May 3, 2011 | |||
| Recorded | 1986–2007 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 2:17:08 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Poison chronology | ||||
| ||||
Double Dose: Ultimate Hits is a double-disc compilation album by the glam metal band Poison, released by Capitol Records on May 3, 2011, to commemorate the band's 25th anniversary. The album charted at No. 23 on the Billboard Top Hard Rock Albums chart[1] and No. 17 in Canada.[2]
Release and promotion
[edit]Poison announced a 2011 summer tour with fellow rockers Mötley Crüe and the New York Dolls to celebrate the band's 25th anniversary and also Mötley Crüe's 30th anniversary.[3]
The compilation features tracks from the following albums: Look What the Cat Dragged In, Open Up and Say... Ahh!, Flesh & Blood, Swallow This Live, Native Tongue, Poison's Greatest Hits: 1986–1996, Crack a Smile... and More!, The Best of Poison: 20 Years of Rock and Poison'd. Only the albums Power to the People and Hollyweird are not represented.
The compilation includes all of Poison's hit singles that charted on the Billboard Hot 100 and Mainstream rock charts.[4]
Track listing
[edit]All tracks are written by Bret Michaels, Bobby Dall, Rikki Rockett, and C.C. DeVille, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original album | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | "Look What the Cat Dragged In" | Look What the Cat Dragged In | 3:11 | |
| 4. | "Be the One" |
| Crack a Smile... and More! (2000) | 5:39 |
| 5. | "We're an American Band" (Grand Funk Railroad cover) | Don Brewer | The Best of Poison: 20 Years of Rock (2006) | 3:10 |
| 6. | "Life Goes On" | Flesh & Blood (1990) | 4:48 | |
| 7. | "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" | Open Up and Say... Ahh! | 4:19 | |
| 8. | "Stand" |
| Native Tongue (1993) | 5:14 |
| 9. | "Livin' for the Minute" | Open Up and Say... Ahh!: 20th Anniversary Edition (2008) | 2:41 | |
| 10. | "Little Willy" (The Sweet cover) | Poison'd (2007) | 3:18 | |
| 11. | "(Flesh & Blood) Sacrifice" | Flesh & Blood | 4:41 | |
| 12. | "I Won't Forget You" | Look What the Cat Dragged In | 3:35 | |
| 13. | "Rock and Roll All Nite" (Kiss cover) | Less than Zero soundtrack (1987) | 3:35 | |
| 14. | "Love on the Rocks" | Open Up and Say... Ahh! | 3:33 | |
| 15. | "Suffragette City" (David Bowie cover) | David Bowie | Poison'd | 2:56 |
| 16. | "Lay Your Body Down" |
| Poison's Greatest Hits: 1986–1996 (1996) | 5:27 |
| 17. | "Until You Suffer Some (Fire and Ice)" |
| Native Tongue | 4:13 |
| 18. | "No More Lookin' Back (Poison Jazz)" | Swallow This Live (1991) | 3:18 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | From album | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Unskinny Bop" | Flesh & Blood | 3:49 | |
| 2. | "Cry Tough" | Look What the Cat Dragged In | 3:37 | |
| 3. | "I Want Action" | Look What the Cat Dragged In | 3:05 | |
| 4. | "Your Mama Don't Dance" (Loggins and Messina cover) | Open Up and Say... Ahh! | 3:00 | |
| 5. | "Something to Believe In" | Flesh & Blood | 5:30 | |
| 6. | "Fallen Angel" | Open Up and Say... Ahh! | 3:57 | |
| 7. | "Ride the Wind" | Flesh & Blood | 3:51 | |
| 8. | "Bastard Son of a Thousand Blues" |
| Native Tongue | 4:56 |
| 9. | "Sexual Thing" |
| Poison's Greatest Hits: 1986–1996 | 3:34 |
| 10. | "Can't You See" (The Marshall Tucker Band cover) | Toy Caldwell | Poison'd | 4:56 |
| 11. | "So Tell Me Why" | Swallow This Live | 3:22 | |
| 12. | "What I Like About You" (The Romantics cover) |
| Poison'd | 2:58 |
| 13. | "Face the Hangman" |
| Crack a Smile... and More! | 3:19 |
| 14. | "Cover of the Rolling Stone" (Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show cover) | Shel Silverstein | Crack a Smile... and More! | 3:08 |
| 15. | "Poor Boy Blues" | Flesh & Blood | 4:52 | |
| 16. | "Look But You Can't Touch" | Open Up and Say... Ahh! | 3:26 | |
| 17. | "Theatre of the Soul" |
| Native Tongue | 4:41 |
Personnel
[edit]- Bret Michaels - lead vocals
- Bobby Dall - bass guitar
- Rikki Rockett - drums
- C.C. DeVille - lead guitar
- Blues Saraceno - lead guitar
- Richie Kotzen - lead guitar
Charts
[edit]| Chart (2011) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)[5] | 23 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Allmusic (Poison charts and awards) Billboard albums".
- ^ "Chart Watch Canada: Chart Date May 12, 2011". Vintage Vinyl News. March 21, 2011. Archived from the original on March 21, 2012. Retrieved October 29, 2024.
- ^ "Poison and Mötley Crüe to Tour". Hard Rock Hideout. February 28, 2011.
- ^ "Allmusic (Poison charts and awards)".
- ^ "Poison Chart History (Top Hard Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
External links
[edit]- Double Dose: Ultimate Hits at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
- Double Dose: Ultimate Hits at Discogs (list of releases)
