Poison Band Discography

Initially formed by Ville Laihiala as a side-project, Poisonblack turned into his main band after Sentenced split up. In a statement published on August 23rd, 2015, Ville Laihiala announced that 'We're going to hit the brakes now and lay the band to rest.

Poison discography
Studio albums7
Live albums4
Compilation albums7
Video albums10
Music videos21
Singles28
Box sets2

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 break through 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.

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.

  • 1Albums
  • 3Videography

Albums[edit]

Studio albums[edit]

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
(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
31451
  • US: 3× Platinum[16]
  • CAN: Platinum[17]
  • UK: Silver[18]
Open Up and Say... Ahh!
  • Release date: May 21, 1988
  • Label: Capitol Records
2107171373018
  • 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
242178811417113
  • US: 3× Platinum[16]
  • AUS: Platinum[20]
  • CAN: 4× Platinum[17]
  • UK: Gold[18]
Native Tongue
  • Release date: February 8, 1993
  • Label: Capitol Records
162660395439392420
  • 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
1038
Poison'd!
  • Release date: June 5, 2007
  • Label: EMI America/Capitol Records
3212
'—' denotes releases that did not chart

Live albums[edit]

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart
positions
Certifications
(sales threshold)
US
[4]
UK
[15]
AUS
[8]
Swallow This Live
  • Release date: November 12, 1991
  • Label: Capitol Records
515246
  • US: Gold[16]
Power to the People
  • Release date: June 13, 2000
  • Label: Cyanide Records
166
Seven Days Live (CD)
  • Release date: 2006
  • Label: Cherry Red
Live, Raw & Uncut
  • Release date: July 15, 2008
  • Label: Cyanide Records
8
'—' denotes releases that did not chart

Compilation albums[edit]

TitleAlbum detailsPeak positionsCertifications
(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
17510
  • US: Gold[16]
Poison - 10 Great Songs
  • Release date: January 12, 2010
  • Re-released in 2014 as 'Poison: The Millennium Collection'
  • Label: l
1454014
Double Dose: Ultimate Hits
  • Release date: May 3, 2011
  • Label: Capitol Records
2317[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[edit]

Poison Band Songs

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

Singles[edit]

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YearSinglePeak chart positionsCertifications
(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'97Look What the Cat Dragged In
1987'Talk Dirty to Me'995567
'I Want Action'50
'I Won't Forget You'133837
'Rock and Roll All Nite'Less Than Zero(soundtrack)
1988'Nothin' but a Good Time'619361035Open Up and Say... Ahh!
'Fallen Angel'123255213259
'Every Rose Has Its Thorn'111216188201213
  • US: Gold[28]
1989'Your Mama Don't Dance'10391721313
1990'Unskinny Bop'35373431915
  • AUS: Gold[29]
  • CAN: Gold[17]
  • US: Gold[28]
Flesh and Blood
'Something to Believe In'453443835
  • US: Gold[28]
'Ride the Wind'382531
1991'Life Goes On'35
'(Flesh & Blood) Sacrifice'88
1992'So Tell Me Why'25Swallow This Live
1993'Stand'501515803925Native Tongue
'Until You Suffer Some'32
1994'Body Talk'
'The Scream (Promo)'
2000'Shut Up, Make Love'31Crack a Smile... and More!
'Be the One'
'Power to the People'66Power to the People
'The Last Song'
2001'Rockstar'Hollyweird
2002'Squeeze Box'
2003'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[edit]

Video albums[edit]

TitleAlbum detailsPeak positionsCertifications
(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

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Music videos[edit]

YearSongDirector
1986'Cry Tough'John Jopson
1987'Talk Dirty To Me'Doug Freel
'I Want Action'John Jopson
'I Wont 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'

Poison Band Discography Album

References[edit]

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  29. ^'1990 ARIA Singles Chart'. ARIA. Retrieved 2019-03-29.
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