Track Listing

1. Cry Tough
2. I Want Action
3. I Won't Forget You
4. Play Dirty
5. Look What The Cat Dragged In
6. Talk Dirty To Me
7. Want Some, Need Some
8. Blame It On You
9. #1 Bad Boy
10. Let Me Go To The Show
11. Bonus Track: I Want Action (7' Single Remix)
12. I Won't Forget You (7' Single Remix)
13. Don't Mess Around With Jim (Demo)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #48895 in Music
• Released on: 2006-08-01
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Extra tracks, Original recording remastered

Customer Reviews

I want action!!!!
This was the first LP I bought with my first weekend job wages.I had seen the video on MTV, CC, The blonde bombshell, stole my heart with his guitar playing, from that moment I was a Poison fan and always will be.
Following several house moves and one country move!! I lost my LP and was so so happy when I saw this album again. I had to have it.
It sounds as good today as it did when it first came out, (obviously better being digitally remastered). But I tell you, Poison had and still has that magic from the first opening track to the closing one, this album shows the world why we adore the talented quartet that is Bret, CC, Bobby and Rikki. The Glam Kings!!
Rock on boys, we love ya!!

your better off picking up The Best of Poison: 20 Years of Rock
The Good
Look What the Cat Dragged In (as well as the other releases) sounds a lot more crisp and clean as I remember it, but still shows how the group was honing their sound. That's not a bad thing, but Poison really blows the roof off these songs today. Sometime you forget that songs like "Cry Tough," "I Want Action," "Talk Dirty to Me," and "I Won't Forget You" were from their debut album (and that it was 20 years ago!). The bonus track included are 7" inch mixes of "I Want Action" and "Cry Tough," as well as an unreleased cut "Don't Mess Around with Jim."

Open Up and Say...Ahh is where Poison really made their mark. Oddly enough this release didn't spawn as many hits as their debut, but it does contain their most successful track ever "Every Rose Has It's Thorn." In addition to that, MTV favorites "Nothin' But a Good Time," "Fallen Angel," and "Your Momma Don't Dance" will refresh the memories of your youth. Another notable change is the inclusion of the original album cover. Honestly, it's quite tame even for back then. I even discovered a few long-lost album tracks that were just as good as the singles ("Back to the Rocking Horse," "Tearin' Down the Walls"). Bonus tracks include one song "Livin' for the Minute" and a 10 minute interview that involves the band talking about themselves and the album (from back then).

Anyone that loved Poison's first two albums kind of got a bad taste in their mouth with the release of Flesh and Blood. Once again, not because it was bad, but it was because Poison was starting to drift away from their over-the-top pop-metal sound, to a more gritty and bluesy sound. The most memorable rocking track from this album would be "Unskinny Bop," but for the most part, the other hit singles were ballads or borderline ones ("Life Goes On," "Ride the Wind," "Something to Believe In"). Bonus tracks include and acoustic version of "Something to Believe In" and an unreleased instrumental demo of "God Save the Queen."


The Bad
Doesn't make much sense on the part of Poison and Capitol to remaster and release these albums within months of releasing an 18 track greatest hits package. Who wants these three albums when you can just have the best songs all on one CD? For the bonus tracks maybe? I doubt it. None of the bonus tracks are anything special. Who the hell cares about 7" mixes and an interview? How many times are you going to listen to that? Sure there are a couple of unreleased tracks, but take it from a Poison fan, you can live without them.

The Verdict
Nice to hear the sound updated, kind-of neat to hear the unreleased stuff, but your better off picking up The Best of Poison: 20 Years of Rock. It has all of the hits and none of the filler (well, except for the new cover songs).

Great Re-release
Great sound quality, and whoever did this one finally got the remixed version correctly on here for "I Won't Forget You," which is listed on the recently-released greatest hits but is only the original version. This is not an earlier as one reviewer wrote, but a later remixed version for the video and single when it was released as a single. My only suggestion would have been for them to have included the original version of "Cry Tough" which if you look at the liner notes, was remixed before the album came out, thus the version many of you have heard is not the original. Coincidentally, the guy who remixed "Cry Tough" on the album is the same guy who later remixed "I Won't Forget You" for the video/single, which the reissue doesn't credit.