Poison - POISON'D!

Poison rocks 13 of their favorite tracks! POISON'D! features hot new recordings of Poison's favorite rock classics, including hits originally recorded by David Bowie, The Rolling Stones, The Cars, Sweet, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers and more.

Featuring Poison's original members, Bret Michaels (vocals), C.C. Deville (guitar), Rikki Rockett (drums) and Bobby Dall (bass), POISON'D! presents the band's first studio recordings since 2002's Hollyweird. Produced by Don Was at Hensen Recording Studios in Hollywood, POISON'D! packs 13 explosive tracks, including new recordings of David Bowie's "Suffragette City," The Cars' "You're Just What I Needed," The Romantics' "What I Like About You," Sweet's "Little Willy," The Marshall Tucker Band's "Can't You See" and The Rolling Stones' "Dead Flowers." Some of Poison's best previously recorded covers are also featured on POISON'D!, including KISS' "Rock and Roll All Nite," Grand Funk Railroad's "We're An American Band" and Loggins & Messina's "Your Mama Don't Dance." Album Description

Why bother?

This album really was a disappointment for life-long fans like myself. Poison has been notorious for their re-release / re-working of the same old material with all of their live albums, greatest hits albums, etc., and they have put out very little new material in the past decade. When they have put out new material, it is often what I would consider sub-par (i.e., the new part of "Power to the People" and all of "Hollyweird"). On the heels of all of these disappointments comes this album--a cover album--in which there really isn't any inspiration or innovation in the re-makes of these songs. Honestly, I think that Poison has lost its edge, and I feel as though they are taking advantage of their fan-base. August 2, 2008

This is a great party album

If I had to choose a band to play at a party Poison would be one of my choices. Sure this is a covers album but it is a helluva lot of fun!! For me the cover of The Romantics "What I Like About You" is tops and Sweet's "Little Willy" is a lot of fun. "Squeeze Box" originally by The Who was a surprise choice considering the original but they have done a good job to "Poison" the song. The only let down for me is a fairly lack lustre version of KISS' "Rock n Roll All Nite" - passable but lacking a bit of energy.
Buy this, crank up the volume and cringe - Poison may lack credibility but this is a fun album. July 18, 2008

Poison - 'Poison'd' (Capitol)

Main reason I'm giving this thirteen track, all-cover Poison CD a for-star rating, is because of their full effort they put in on making this disc. These cuts were recorded during 2006-07 with the assistance of producer Don Was. There's only one song here I don't like at all. But tunes that managed to sort of catch me off guard were Sweet's "Little Willy", Marshall Tucker Band's "Can't You See", the smoking Romantics cover - "What I Like About You" {killer harmonica - they're playing this on their current summer tour}, the Stone's stellar "Dead Flowers" and Jim Croce's "Don't Mess Around With Jim". Can you beat that? Hair metal rarely sounds this good. Definitely worth a listen. July 10, 2008

Hail to the gods of ROCK!!

I have been a poison fan since I was a teenager and I saw them on MTV with 'I want action', and the blonde bombshell CC Deville strolled across the stage strumming his guitar in a way only CC can. I have most albums. I saw this album and recognised the Bowie track and as it was Poison, how wrong could you go? What I wasn't prepared for was the fact they had matured and matured a lot. Bret's voice is more powerful now than ever and CC's guitar playing well it has to be said, he gets better with age.
Poison for me, is like a vintage fine wine, they get better with age. If you don't like cover versions you will be pleasantly surprised at how good their versions are; and in a lot of the songs, much better, Squeeze Box being a prime example.
For sheer listening pleasure buy this album you won't be disappointed.
April 24, 2008

Fun, Fun record....more like LWTCDI than anything they've done in 20 years

FINALLY!

Even though this is a collection of covers, it's more like Look What the Cat Dragged In than anything else...it only took them 20 years to get back to their incredible roots! BUY.

Also check out Fozzy All That Remains Reloaded, heavier, but a ton of fun, with that raw edgy fun sound. April 17, 2008

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