Poison Set to Release 'Double Dose Of Poison: Ultimate Hits'
Poison will release another greatest hits compilation...and I can't help but shake my head. The package, called Double Dose Of Poison: Ultimate Hits will be released May 3rd. The album is to coincide with the band's 25th anniversary and tour with Motley Crue.
Here is the track listing:
Disc 1
'Talk Dirty To Me'
'I Want Action'
'I Won't Forget You'
'Cry Tough'
'Look What The Cat Dragged In'
'Nothin' But A Good Time'
'Fallen Angel'
'Every Rose Has Its Thorn'
'Your Mama Don't Dance'
'Unskinny Bop'
'Rock And Roll All Nite'
'Ride The Wind'
'Something To Believe In'
'Life Goes On'
'Stand'
'The Last Song'
'Shooting Star'
Disc 2
'We're An American Band'
'So Tell Me Why'
'No More Lookin' Back [live]'
'Can't You See'
'Little Willy'
'Suffragette City'
'Look But You Can't Touch'
'Until You Suffer Some (Fire And Ice)'
'Bastard Son Of A Thousand Blues'
'Lay Your Body Down'
'Sexual Thing'
'(Flesh & Blood) Sacrifice'
'What I Like About You'
'Love On The Rocks'
'Face The Hangman'
'Livin' For The Minute'
'Cover Of The Rolling Stone'
'Poor Boy Blues'
Of course, the release is good for the band and their old label – because both casual and diehard fans tend to buy compilation albums (for different reasons). I don't begrudge the boys in Poison for yet another greatest hits package. I just really want some new music someday. Bret has a new solo record ready called Get Your Rock On...and it is all originals. So why can't he get it together with Poison? That said, I must admit I like the idea of the B-sides on this new double-hits greatest package. I'm a B-side queen – I love them! Half the time I love B-sides more than singles...and yeah – I'll probably end up forking over my very hard earned money for this. I figure it is a tradeoff: no way am I paying an astronomical price for a seat to the Poison/Crue tour. I'll be at the Cincinnati stop of the tour, but I won't be paying the top level price because it is appalling. Right now, I even think the lawn prices are appalling – but I fully expect Live Nation to discount just like last summer – so I'll wait. And in the meantime, I guess I'll take my savings and get Double Dose Of Poison: Ultimate Hits...unless my husband asks “Why are you buying those songs...again?” to which point I may have to hang my head and say “I have no idea.”
So what do you think? Will you get Double Dose Of Poison: Ultimate Hits in May?