Poison's Greatest Hits 1986-1996 in Bloomington, MN

Poison's Greatest Hits 1986-1996
is as definitive as a
Poison
compilation could hope to be. Featuring a full 18 tracks, including all of their Top 50 hits (
"Talk Dirty to Me,"
"I Want Action,"
"Nothin' but a Good Time,"
"Fallen Angel,"
"Every Rose Has Its Thorn,"
"Your Mama Don't Dance,"
"Unskinny Bop,"
"Something to Belive In,"
"Stand,"
among others) plus two unreleased cuts (
"Sexual Thing,"
"Lay Your Body Down"
), the album boasts every worthwhile song the group ever recorded, augmented by
Bret Michaels
' track-by-track commentary. Though the album isn't sequenced in chronological order, it plays like an excellent mixtape, which actually makes the album more listenable. Even on a compilation,
wears a little thin -- there are still dull moments among these 18 songs, mainly in the form of lesser-known album tracks and singles -- but still,
Greatest Hits 1986-1996
is the most enteraining album the band ever released. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine