Best of Ballads & Blues

Best of Ballads & Blues
Greatest hits album by Poison
Released	August 5, 2003 (2003-08-05)
Recorded	1986–2003
Genre	Glam metal hard rock blues rock
Length	75:15
Label	Capitol
Poison chronology
Hollyweird (2002) Best of Ballads & Blues (2003) The Best of Poison: 20 Years of Rock (2006)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Best of Ballads & Blues is a compilation album by the American glam metal band Poison, released by Capitol Records on August 5, 2003. Unlike Poison's Greatest Hits: 1986-1996, this compilation focuses on the group's power ballads and blues-oriented songs, and also includes acoustic recordings of "Something to Believe In" and "Stand".

The compilation debuted at #141 on the Billboard 200 chart.[2]

Selected versions of the album featured an exclusive bonus disc featuring 3 live tracks,[3] which was also available as a promo single.[4]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Bret Michaels, C.C. DeVille, Bobby Dall and Rikki Rockett, except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original album	Length
1.	"Every Rose Has Its Thorn"		Open Up and Say... Ahh! (1988)	4:19
2.	"Something to Believe In"		Flesh & Blood (1990)	5:29
3.	"Life Goes On"		Flesh & Blood	4:48
4.	"I Won't Forget You"		Look What the Cat Dragged In (1986)	3:35
5.	"Good Love"		Open Up and Say... Ahh!	2:52
6.	"Lay Your Body Down"	Michaels Dall Rockett Blues Saraceno	Poison's Greatest Hits: 1986-1996 (1996)	5:27
7.	"Until You Suffer Some (Fire and Ice)"	Michaels Dall Rockett Richie Kotzen	Native Tongue (1993)	4:13
8.	"Be the One"	Michaels Dall Rockett Saraceno	Crack a Smile... and More! (1996)	5:40
9.	"Life Loves a Tragedy"		Flesh & Blood	5:15
10.	"Only Time Will Tell"		Swallow This Live (1991)	4:01
11.	"Poor Boy Blues"		Flesh & Blood	5:19
12.	"Theatre of the Soul"	Michaels Dall Rockett Kotzen	Native Tongue	4:42
13.	"Bastard Son of a Thousand Blues"	Michaels Dall Rockett Kotzen	Native Tongue	4:57
14.	"The Last Song"		Power to the People (2000)	4:22
15.	"Something to Believe In" (Acoustic Version Featuring New Lyrics)		New recording (2003)	6:02
16.	"Stand" (Acoustic Version)	Michaels Dall Rockett Kotzen	B-side of "Until You Suffer Some (Fire and Ice)" (1993)	4:15
Total length:				75:15

Bonus live disc

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Every Rose Has Its Thorn" (Live)	4:30
2.	"Something to Believe In" (Live)	6:07
3.	"Life Goes On" (Live)	6:05

Personnel

• Bret Michaels - lead vocals
• Bobby Dall - bass guitar
• Rikki Rockett - drums
• C.C. DeVille - lead guitar (tracks 1–5, 9–11, 14–15)
• Blues Saraceno - lead guitar (tracks 6, 8)
• Richie Kotzen - lead guitar (tracks 7, 12–13, 16)
• Evren Göknar - mastering engineer

Charts

Chart (2003)	Peak position
US Billboard 200[5]	141

Poison Video Hits DVD

Poison Video Hits is the seventh music DVD from the glam metal band Poison released in 2005, it follows the release of The Best of Ballads & Blues: Greatest hits 2 album, and it consists of six Poison video hits.

Track listing

1. Cry Tough
2. I Want Action
3. Nothin' but a Good Time
4. Fallen Angel
5. Every Rose Has Its Thorn
6. Unskinny Bop

References

1. Allmusic review
2. "Billboard - Poison chart history".
3. "Poison Live Ballads & Blues Bonus Cd". eil.
4. "Poison Live Ballads & Blues Bonus Cd Single". Musicstack.
5. "Poison Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 6, 2024.

External links

• Best of Ballads & Blues at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
• Best of Ballads & Blues at Discogs (list of releases)