Native Tongue

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Native Tongue
Native Tongue cover
Studio album by Poison
Released February 8, 1993
Recorded 1992
Genre Hard rock
Blues rock
Length 56:20
Label Capitol Records
Producer Richie Zito
Professional reviews
Poison chronology
Swallow This Live
(1991)		 Native Tongue
(1993)		 Poison's Greatest Hits: 1986-1996
(1996)

Native Tongue is the fourth studio album from the Hard rock band Poison. The record was released on February 8, 1993.

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[edit] Musical style

While generally associated with the glam metal and Heavy metal scene, the album's sound also features funk and blues elements. Richie Kotzen's influence upon the sound of Native Tongue is unmistakable. In songs such as "The Scream", the band's traditional sustaining power chords were jettisoned in favour of complex, funky palm-muted heavy metal riffs.

[edit] Production and marketing

The album was the first and only Poison release to feature guitar virtuoso Kotzen. Kotzen was hired as the band's guitarist following the firing of C. C. DeVille. Admitted as a fully-fledged member of the band rather than a "hired gun", Kotzen was given considerable creative freedom. Indeed, Kotzen's writing and performing contributions dominated the album, which reflected a level of musical complexity and sophistication.

Kotzen would later be expelled from the band following the world tour, after it was discovered that he had been romantically involved with the fiance of drummer Rikki Rockett. Recollections of the album, while no doubt soured by these events, nonetheless appear to faithfully reflect the basic clash between Kotzen's style and that of the band's founding members. Kotzen would later claim that "being in Poison helped me forget I was a musician"; [1] while Rockett would lament the loss the band's original "attitude" [2]

The album was recorded and mixed at A&M Studios in Hollywood, California, and Rumbo Recorders in Canoga Park, California with producer Richie Zito. It was dedicated to Van Halen tour manager Scotty Ross and former Poison guitarist DeVille.

[edit] Songs

Lyrically, the band revealed a growing sophistication. The albums themes include battles against injustice ("Scream", "Stand"), heartbreak ("Until You Suffer Some", "7 Days Over You", "Theatre of the Soul"), and inner demons ("Stay Alive").

'When The Whip Comes Down' is a track not included on the album but used as a b side for the singles.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Native Tongue"
  2. "The Scream"
  3. "Stand"
  4. "Stay Alive"
  5. "Until You Suffer Some (Fire And Ice)"
  6. "Body Talk"
  7. "Bring it Home"
  8. "7 Days Over You"
  9. "Richie's Acoustic Thang"
  10. "Ain't That the Truth"
  11. "Theatre of the Soul"
  12. "Strike Up the Band"
  13. "Ride Child Ride"
  14. "Blind Faith"
  15. "Bastard Son of a Thousand Blues"

[edit] Singles

[edit] Band Members

[edit] References

  1. ^ Metal-rules.com, Heart of Steel; Interview with Richie Kotzen by McDonald K. Retrieved January 5, 2005.
  2. ^ KAOS 2000 Magazine, Interview with Rikki Rockett by Wilson DL Retrieved January 6, 2005.
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