The following is a comprehensive discography of Poison, an American glam metal band that achieved huge success in the mid-1980s to mid-1990s. Poison sold more than 15 million records in the United States alone. The band has also charted ten singles to the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100, including six Top 10 singles and the Hot 100 number-one single, "Every Rose Has Its Thorn". The band became icons of the 1980s MTV era and have had widespread commercial success. The band's breakthrough debut album, the multi-platinum Look What the Cat Dragged In was released in 1986 and they hit their peak with the second album, the multi-platinum selling Open Up and Say... Ahh! which became the band's most successful album ever. The popularity continued into the new decade with their third consecutive multi-platinum selling album Flesh & Blood.

In the 1990s following the release of the band's first live album Swallow This Live, the band experienced some line up changes and the fall of glam metal with the grunge movement, but despite the drop in popularity the band's fourth studio album Native Tongue still achieved Gold status and the band's first compilation album Poison's Greatest Hits: 1986–1996 went double platinum.

In the 2000s, with the original line up back together, the band found new popularity after a successful greatest hits reunion tour in 1999. The band began the new decade with the release of the long-awaited Crack a Smile... and More!, followed by the Power to the People album. The band toured almost every year to sold out stadiums and arenas. They released a brand new album Hollyweird in 2002 and in 2006 the band celebrated their 20-year anniversary with The Best of Poison: 20 Years of Rock tour and album, which was certified gold and marked Poison's return to the Billboard 200 top 20 charts for the first time since 1993. After over 35 years, the band is still recording music and performing.

Since their debut in 1986, they have released seven studio albums, four live albums, seven compilation albums, and have issued 28 singles to radio.

Albums Studio albums Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications(sales threshold) US AUSAustralian chart peaks: Top 100 (Kent Music Report) peaks to June 12, 1988: N.B. the Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and June 12, 1988. Top 50 (ARIA) peaks from June 13, 1988: Top 100 (ARIA) peaks from January 1990 to December 2010: AUT CAN GER JPN NL NOR NZ SWE SWI UK Look What the Cat Dragged In Release date: May 23, 1986 Label: Enigma/Capitol Formats: LP, CD, CT 3 51 — 14 — — — — — — — — US: 3× Platinum CAN: Platinum UK: Silver Open Up and Say... Ahh! Release date: April 27, 1988 Label: Enigma/Capitol Formats: LP, CD, CT 2 7 — 10 — 35 — 17 1 37 30 18 US: 5× Platinum AUS: 3× Platinum CAN: 4× Platinum UK: Gold NZ: Platinum Flesh & Blood Release date: July 10, 1990 Label: Enigma/Capitol Formats: LP, CD, CT 2 2 17 4 31 23 88 11 4 17 11 3 US: 3× Platinum AUS: Platinum CAN: 4× Platinum UK: Gold NZ: Gold Native Tongue Release date: February 8, 1993 Label: Capitol Formats: CD, CT 16 60 39 26 60 39 54 39 — 39 24 20 US: Gold CAN: Platinum Crack a Smile... and More! Released: March 14, 2000 Label: Capitol Formats: CD, CT 131 — — — — — — — — — — — Hollyweird Release date: May 21, 2002 Label: Cyanide Formats: CD 103 — — — — — — — — — — — Poison'd! Release date: June 5, 2007 Label: Capitol Formats: CD 32 — — — — — — — — — — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart

Live albums Title Album details Peak chartpositions Certifications(sales threshold) US US Indie UK AUS Swallow This Live Release date: November 12, 1991 Label: Capitol Formats: LP, CD, CT 51 — 52 46 US: Gold Power to the People Release date: June 13, 2000 Label: Cyanide Records Formats: CD 166 12 — — — Great Big Hits Live! Bootleg Release date: July 4, 2006 Label: Sony BMG Formats: CD — — — — — Live, Raw & Uncut Release date: July 15, 2008 Label: Koch Formats: DVD + CD 8 — — — — Seven Days Live Release date: August 26, 2008 Label: Armoury Formats: CD — — — — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart

Compilation albums Title Album details Peak positions Certifications(sales threshold) US US Rock US Hard Rock Top Catalog Albums CANPeak positions for Poison's compilation albums on Canadian Albums Chart: The Best of Poison: 20 Years of Rock: Double Dose: Ultimate Hits: UK Rock Poison's Greatest Hits: 1986–1996 Release date: November 26, 1996 Label: Capitol Formats: CD, CT — — — 2 — 25 US: 2× Platinum CAN: Gold UK: Silver Rock Champions Release date: 2001 Label: EMI Plus Formats: CD — — — — — — Best of Ballads & Blues Release date: August 5, 2003 Label: Capitol Formats: CD 141 — — — — — The Best of Poison: 20 Years of Rock Release date: April 3, 2006 Label: Capitol Formats: CD 17 5 10 4 68 — US: Gold Poison - 10 Great Songs Release date: January 12, 2010 Re-released in 2014 as "Poison: The Millennium Collection" Label: EMI Formats: CD 145 40 13 — — — Double Dose: Ultimate Hits Release date: May 3, 2011 Label: Capitol Formats: CD — — 23 — 17 — Poison: Icon Release date: March 19, 2013 Label: EMI Formats: CD — — — — — — Poison: Gold Release date: January 21, 2014 Label: UMG Formats: CD — — — — — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart

Box sets Year Album details 2009 Poison – Box Set (Collector's Edition) Release date: 2009 Label: Madacy Formats: CD 2010 Nothin' But a Good Time: The Poison Collection Release date: 2010 Re-release of The Best of Poison: 20 Years of Rock and Swallow This Live (2004 remastered version) Label: Capitol Formats: CD

Singles Year Single Peak chart positions Certifications(sales threshold) Album US US Main CAN AUS For 1991: For 1992: For "Until You Suffer Some (Fire and Ice)" (1993): GER IRE NL NZ SWE SWI UK 1986 "Cry Tough" — — — — — — — — — — 97 Look What the Cat Dragged In 1987 "Talk Dirty to Me" 9 — 9 55 — — — — — — 67 "I Want Action" 50 — — — — — — — — — — "I Won't Forget You" 13 — 38 — — — — 37 — — — "Rock and Roll All Nite" (promo only) — — — — — — — — — — — Less than Zero (OST) 1988 "Nothin' But A Good Time" 6 19 36 10 — 23 — — — — 35 Open Up and Say... Ahh! "Fallen Angel" 12 32 55 21 — — — 32 — — 59 "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" 1 11 2 16 38 8 18 8 20 12 13 US: Gold 1989 "Your Mama Don't Dance" 10 39 17 21 — 15 — 3 — — 13 1990 "Unskinny Bop" 3 5 3 7 — 24 34 3 19 — 15 AUS: Gold CAN: Gold US: Gold Flesh & Blood "Something to Believe In" 4 5 3 44 — 23 — 38 — — 35 US: Gold "Ride the Wind" 38 25 31 113 — — — — — — — 1991 "Life Goes On" 35 — — — — — — — — — — "(Flesh & Blood) Sacrifice (promo only)" — — — — — — 88 — — — — "So Tell Me Why" — — — 142 — — — — — — 25 Swallow This Live 1993 "Stand" 50 15 15 80 — — — — — 39 25 Native Tongue "Until You Suffer Some" — — — 104 — — — — — — 32 "Body Talk" (promo only) — — — — — — — — — — — 1994 "7 Days Over You" (promo only) — — — — — — — — — — — "The Scream" (promo only) — — — — — — — — — — — 2000 "Shut Up, Make Love" — — 31 — — — — — — — — Crack a Smile... and More! "Be the One" (promo only) — — — — — — — — — — — "Power to the People" — — 66 — — — — — — — — Power to the People "The Last Song" — — — — — — — — — — — 2001 "Rockstar" — — — — — — — — — — — Hollyweird 2002 "Squeeze Box" — — — — — — — — — — — "Shooting Star" — — — — — — — — — — — 2006 "We're an American Band" — — — — — — — — — — — The Best of Poison: 20 Years of Rock 2007 "What I Like About You" — — — — — — — — — — — Poison'd! "SexyBack" — — — — — — — — — — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart

Videography

Video albums Title Album details Peak positions Certifications(sales threshold) US Video Sight for Sore Ears Release date: 1989 Label: Picture Music International — US: Gold CAN: Gold Flesh, Blood, & Videotape Release date: 1991 Label: Picture Music International — US: Gold Seven Days Live Release date: 1993, DVD - 2006. Label: Picture Music International (Cherry Red, DVD only) — VH1 Behind the Music: Poison Release date: 1999, Re-released with extra footage in 2010. Label: VH1 — Poison Greatest Video Hits Release date: 2001 Label: Capitol Records — US: Gold Nothing But a Good Time! Unauthorized Release date: 2003 Label: Capitol Records — Poison Video Hits Release date: 2005 Label: Capitol Records — The Best of Poison: 20 Years of Rock (DVD) Release date: April 3, 2006 Label: EMI America 17 US: Gold Live, Raw & Uncut (DVD) Release date: 2008 Label: E1 Music 8 "—" denotes releases that did not chart

Promo videos Year Song Director 1986 "Cry Tough" John Jopson "Talk Dirty to Me" Doug Freel "I Want Action" John Jopson 1987 "I Won't Forget You" 1988 "Nothin' But a Good Time" Marc Reshovsky "Fallen Angel" Marty Callner "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" 1989 "Your Mamma Don't Dance" 1990 "Unskinny Bop" "Something to Believe In" "Ride the Wind" 1991 "Life Goes On" "(Flesh & Blood) Sacrifice" "So Tell Me Why" 1992 "Stand" Samuel Bayer 1993 "Until You Suffer Some (Fire and Ice)" 2000 "Power to the People" Poison 2002 "Squeeze Box" 2006 "We're An American Band" Poison 2007 "What I Like About You"

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