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The compilation charted at number 2 on the Top Catalog Albums chart in Billboard magazine [2] and includes most of Poison's hit singles which charted on the Billboard Hot 100 or mainstream rock charts. [3] The compilation was certified Gold in 1999 and by 2005 the album had gone double platinum. [4] It was certified gold in Canada.
Poison sold more than 16 million records in the United States alone. [1] 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 ". [ 2 ]
The Best of Poison: 20 Years of Rock features many songs from the band's 20-year career. Most notable is the song "Every Rose Has Its Thorn", which was the band's biggest hit, a power ballad. A rare cover of the Kiss classic "Rock and Roll All Nite" appears, previously only available on the soundtrack to the movie "Less Than Zero".
Poison played at the Sweden Rock Festival 2008. [35] The band then went on tour in the summer of 2008 with Sebastian Bach and Dokken. [36] Poison live in concert DVD titled Live, Raw & Uncut was released on July 15, 2008, which was filmed in St. Louis, during the Poison'd tour in 2007. This DVD/CD set was initially exclusive to Best Buy stores ...
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.
It was a number 13 hit in the UK. [7] "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" was named number 34 on VH1's "100 Greatest Songs of the 80s", number 100 on their "100 Greatest Love Songs" and number seven on MTV and VH1 "Top 25 Power Ballads". Billboard ranked the song number five on their list of "The 10 Best Poison Songs". [8]
Saraceno plays on these new songs (tracks 1–15), and original guitarist C.C. DeVille plays on the remaining bonus tracks, which are tracks recorded before this time. The songs "Sexual Thing" and "Lay Your Body Down" were first released on Poison's Greatest Hits: 1986-1996 album as bonus new tracks. [9]
Poison Greatest Video Hits is the fifth DVD/video from the rock band Poison, released in 2001 following the success of the VH1 Behind the Music episode of the band.