The Best of Poison: 20 Years of Rock | ||||
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Greatest hits album by Poison | ||||
Released | April 3, 2006 | |||
Recorded | 2006 | |||
Genre | Glam Metal; Heavy Metal; Hard Rock | |||
Length | 71:19 | |||
Label | EMI | |||
Producer | Don Was | |||
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The Best of Poison: 20 Years of Rock is a compilation album from the American rock band Poison, released to celebrate the band's 20 year anniversary. It has sold more than 1 million copies to date in the U.S as of September 2009.
The album was released on April 3, 2006 on EMI. It 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". The compilation also includes a new single, the Grand Funk Railroad roadie classic "We're an American Band", which also features a music video.
The cover art is taken from the book Pornography: Opposing Viewpoints.[2]
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The album was produced by Don Was and marked Poison's return to the Billboard 200 top 20 charts for the first time since 1993. The compilation debuted at #17,[3] quite an impressive showing for a hair metal band in 2006, and perhaps showing the beneficial effect of many Behind the Music-type shows on VH1, where Poison's hair metal antics were relived. The album also charted at #5 on the Top Rock Albums, #4 on the Top Catalog Albums and #10 on the Top Hard Rock Albums chart.[4]
"The Best of Poison: 20 Years of Rock" was certified Gold in 2006 by the RIAA.[5]
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A special edition of The Best of Poison: 20 Years of Rock was released which included a bonus greatest hits DVD compilation. The DVD includes the new video We're an American Band plus some of the band's biggest hits.
Former band members featured on the album:
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