There comes a time in every music collector's life where we utter, "Another (name of artist) compilation?!" The time has come to put Poison in those parentheses; their latest collection is due in stores on May 3.
Double Dose: Ultimate Hits does have a lot of worthy material for new fans. In addition to collating all the band's notable singles, it includes a fair amount of album cuts and at least one or two non-LP tracks that were scooped up on reissues or prior compilations. But for hardcore fans, there's nothing new - this is yet another in a long line of compilations, particularly after one that came out not too long ago. But if you need a primer for the band's upcoming tour - or a reminder of something other than Bret Michaels' questionable musical activities at present - here you go.
Double Dose is yours to buy at Amazon; check the track list after the jump.
Poison, Double Dose: Ultimate Hits (EMI/Capitol, 2011)
Disc 1
- Nothin' But a Good Time
- Talk Dirty to Me
- Look What the Cat Dragged In
- Be the One
- We're an American Band
- Life Goes On
- Every Rose Has Its Thorn
- Stand
- Livin' for the Minute
- Little Willy
- (Flesh & Blood) Sacrifice
- I Won't Forget You
- Rock and Roll All Nite
- Love on the Rocks
- Suffragette City
- Lay Your Body Down
- Until You Suffer Some (Fire and Ice)
- No More Lookin' Back (Poison Jazz)
- Unskinny Bop
- Cry Tough
- I Want Action
- Your Mama Don't Dance
- Something to Believe In
- Fallen Angel
- Ride the Wind
- Bastard Son of a Thousand Blues
- Sexual Thing
- Can't You See
- So Tell Me Why
- What I Like About You
- Face the Hangman (Outtake from Open Up and Say...Ahh!)
- Cover of the Rolling Stone
- Poor Boy Blues
- Look But You Can't Touch
- Theatre of the Soul
Disc 1, Tracks 2-3 and 12 and Disc 2, Tracks 2-3 from Look What the Cat Dragged In (Enigma/Capitol, 1986)
Disc 1, Track 4 and Disc 2, Tracks 13-14 from Crack a Smile...and More! (Capitol, 2000)
Disc 1, Track 5 from The Best of Poison: 20 Years of Rock (EMI/Capitol, 2006)
Disc 1, Tracks 6 and 11 and Disc 2, Tracks 1, 5, 7 and 15 from Flesh & Blood (Capitol, 1990)
Disc 1, Tracks 8 and 17 and Disc 2, Tracks 8 and 17 from Native Tongue (Capitol, 1993)
Disc 1, Track 9 was the B-side to "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" (Enigma/Capitol, 1988)
Disc 1, Tracks 10 and 15 and Disc 2, Tracks 10 and 12 from Poison'd! (EMI/Capitol, 2007)
Disc 1, Track 13 from Less Than Zero: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Def Jam, 1987)
Disc 1, Track 16 and Disc 2, Track 9 from Poison's Greatest Hits 1986-1996 (Capitol, 1996)
Disc 1, Track 18 and Disc 2, Track 11 from Swallow This Live (Capitol, 1991)
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