Absolutely agree Brendon. 'Ride The Wind' & 'Fallen Angel' are some of my favourite songs. Open Up And Say Ahh.... is such a great album, not a bad track on it, but to be honest their first 3 albums are all excellent. Lucky enough to see them live at their peak in 89 when they came to Australia and was front row centre. Great concert.

I'm glad to see an album ranking about Poison. The hate towards this band back in the days was too excessive in my opinion and these haters clearly overreacted. If I discovered Poison with "Open Up And Say Ahh" back in 1988, my favorite album is "Flesh & Blood". There is a lot of diversity on this record and we can clearly hear how hard these guys worked to release something strong. "Flesh & Blood" was Poison's biggest success here in Europe and, in my opinion, if it was released one year earlier (1989), it would possibly have sold even more copies worldwide (like Bon Jovi's New Jersey, for example). For their covers album, I think Poison should have chosen songs from Starz, Teaze, Ian Hunter, for example.

The first two Poison albums are among my favorites, with "Look What the Cat Dragged In" taking my top spot; almost all killer except for "Blame It on You." But "Open Up..." has my favorite deep cut from them, "Look But You Can't Touch"; my overall favorite from them "Nothin' But A Good Time", and the landmark power ballad of the 80's "Every Rose Has Its Thorn."

Great vid. Been a big fan ever the first album. For me the debut is the best one since it is raw and full of energy. I’m with you for the rest of the ranking though.

look what the cat dragged in is my personal favorite

Nice job, Brendon -- keep the glam metal videos coming!

The Glammiest Glam Metal band! Love them! Humble dudes from humble beginnings!

As a longtime Poison fan I felt you did a very thorough and accurate job in talking about these albums.🤘

BRENDON! JUST LOVE YOUR CHANNEL ! MAMMOTH IS MY # 1 RIGHT NOW

Hello Brendon!!! I Won't Forget You might be my favorite power ballad of the 1980's. I love the video featuring a Paul Stanley cameo. It's hard to believe that Slash auditioned for Poison before selecting C.C. Have a nice day!!! Rick

Great video, I agree 👍

I like Poison, I started to listen to rock music with them. The first four albums are really great, F&B is excellent.

I really like their 1st 3 albums, particularly Flesh & Blood. I played it all the time in the car. I think Unskinny Bop is one of the best pop rock singles of all time. I really enjoy these Glam metal shows, keep them coming.

I think they made a mistake by not holding those 5 new tracks back that they included on Power To The People and instead used those really strong tracks on Hollyweird. It really beefs that album up! I tested this theory out and made my own Hollyweird that I labeled the deluxe edition and rearranged the order to make the songs flow better and added the 5 PTTP tracks but I deleted Stupid Stoned and Dumb. In a perfect world I would also make Home into one song using CC's verses and Bret's part in the bridge about Nic Cage asking what Unskinny Bop means, lol! I absolutely LOVE my version of the album!!!! If this was what we got as Hollyweird I would rank it ahead of Native Tongue and Crack A Smile! I don't include the covers album when I rank them.

I need to get Posion in my collection, back in the day they were kind of a joke for me and my brother, but now i kook at them as a fun band that represents what the 80's party/glam rock genre was all about. Cool ranking btw. cheers and be well

Native Tongue is my favorite Poison album - while admitting it’s not very characteristic of their regular sound.

Love your ranking videos. This one I agree with you 100%. While every song on Flesh & Blood is excellent, Say Ahh has their best songs. For something new, check out Lovebites, they are a tremendous band which I think you'll enjoy as we have very similar tastes.

Gotta take a listen to them

I even include Power to the People in the mix when doing a Poison ranking. I knows it’s mostly live but it opens with five new tracks and the return of CC. I actually throw this above Crack a Smile and Poison’d, and Hollyweird. Agree with ranking for the most part- at least depending on the day of the week! Hahah…. One thing, it may just be me… but I am still completely how Poison’s two greatest songs never made it to an album until remasters w/bonus material. Living For the Minute and the Hangman are right there with Ride the Wind in my top3 favorite Poison tracks of all time!

Greetings from PH. I would be so much happy if i could get a copy of Poison'd album.

I 100% agree with the bottom three on your list and in the exact same order. I differ slightly at the top of your list. I have Flesh and Blood at #1, Native Tongue #2, Nothing but a good Time #3, and Look What the Cat Dragged In #4. I'm a huge Ritchie Kotzen fan so there is a bit of bias with Native Tongue. I thought he brought a dynamic to the band that C.C. just couldn't bring. I love the range of songs on Flesh and Blood and overall love the eclectic nature of it. Look What the Car Dragged in was raw but the songwriting was just awful on it, but it was a fun sounding album. As always Great Ranking Brendon!! You are so succinct and honest with your reviews. I really appreciate you sharing your love of music with us all.

*Hollyweird* I just purchased the CD today and was shocked at how solid of an album it is. I absolutely would rank it higher personally.

I really like HOLLYWEIRD but the problem is the production, i agree. POISON should have a loud and clean production that gives power to there songs.

FLESH&BLOOD is my fave. And second the debut.

I think you nailed it maybe lwtkdi 2 and native tongue 3 ....ouasa and slippery when wet were my jams at the time

My top Poison album is Flesh & Blood. Not many songs I skip on this one. Life Loves A Tragedy is a great song that surprisingly wasn’t released. Valley of Lost Souls, Ride The Wind, Life Goes On, and even the b-side Come Hell or High Water are all great songs. Album is a mature step forward and included that bluesy feel to their rock style.

Tell me Brendon, is the 'Swallow This' live album behind you the single or double CD version?. I have the double CD, but I do remember them also releasing a single CD version of it. Yes mate they were the days - the music was loud, the lyrics were mostly fun and life was easy. 'Nothin' But A Good Time' said it all, it was a great video as well. I also think that 'Look What The Cat Dragged In' & 'Night Songs' were released within a few days of each other, bit of a fun fact there. Take care.

Poison were great. Though haven't been the same since the reunion. I liked the new tracks of power to the people but, man, I was so gutted when hollyweird came out, it was just such a try hard album. No passion or drive just by the numbers, couple of good tunes. My ranking is 1. Flesh and blood 2. Look what the cat dragged in 3. Native tongue 4. Open up and say argggh 5. Crack a smile 6. Power to the people - which I think the handful of new studio tracks are great but the live part just isn't great. 7. Hollyweird

My ranking 7. Poison'd (2007) 6. Crack A Smile And More (2000) 5. Hollyweird (2002) 4. Native Tongue (1993) 3. Look What The Cat Dragged In (1986) 2. Open Up And Say Aah (1988) 1. Flesh And Blood (1990)

Again, I find myself agreeing with your choices..wow...

My favorite Band for a long time, still love them. By far the worst is Hollyweird, not a good song, Bad sound, hate it. The songs on Power to the people were awsome. And totaly agree on Crack a Smile, could've been a great álbum.

Solid analysis, though for me you have the #1 and #2 albums reversed. Open Up is an amazing album with outstanding guitar work, but it's a little too polished and produced (perfect fit for that album and time, though). Flesh 'n Blood feels a little more raw and CC's guitar work is top notch all around, even on that goofy Unskinny Bop. If you listen carefully to the guitar there, it has some really tasty stuff down in the mix. Both albums need major props to their respective producers as well (Tom Werman and Bruce Fairbairn, if I remember right). Regarding Blues Saraceno, he is an absolute beast of a player, I mean a total monster. I didn't think he'd work for Poison, but I have to say, he did an amazing job. Same with Kotzen, they're both the definition of overqualified, yet pulled off their roles magnificently. It's a shame CC didn't do more solo work, he should have just as many solo albums out there at this point.

Not a huge glam metal fan but poison crue and ratt are my top 3

Well done indeed sir! Have u done a Y n T ranking?

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I thought Beau Hill may have polished Open Up too much . Listen to Swallow This Live , the punch and feel is much better , the same swagger and rawness of Cat Dragged . Ritchie Kotzen in his own is phenomenal talent ( love winery dogs) but poison much like motley are the sum of its parts . Hollyweird had some cool stuff , Shooting Star and Home by CC is fun . On sad note … RIP Charlie Watts .

I agree with your top three, however, for me, “Brave New World,” “A Matter of Life and Death,” and “Number of the Beast” would be higher. Interesting how Steve left a “rough mix” on “A Matter;” never heard that.

Totally agree on Hollyweird…it’s weak from every side. I prefer Crack a Smile to Native Tongue (maybe because Kotzen has not the fun attitude CC has) . Their first and second album are almost interchangeable on the top even if I prefer the debut: 80’s party/sexy/glam rock at the highest level!

i have got a promotional copy of Crack A Smile ,not sure where i got it ,but it is a great album

Crack a smile and native far exceed the others in craftsmanship…way more mature…jmho

First 4 albums are great! Crack a smile was good too. Hollywierd sucks ....but Home by c.c I did like

I’d have put Native Tongue at the bottom. Got to go with Cat for the number one spot. Got to put it in context and when it hit the shelves it turned heads and ears. Trash pop glam! Incidentally, I love the CC song “I hate every nine in your body but mine”. I think it was in a pretty raw live album. Have you heard it?

Great video I agree with a comment below do a kiss ranking

The superb "Valley of Lost Souls" should have been the lead single from F&B instead of the weak and fairly silly "Unskinny Bop."

Hey, Brendon, only two things: 1) Where's your Poison t-shirt? 2) *Please* do a Kiss album ranking.

I listened to Poison a lot when I started getting into music but I don’t really listen to them as much. They were a very fun band to listen to as a little kid but as I’ve gotten older, I kinda think of them as a silly band lol. I listen to the first 4 Poison albums more than the later albums. I should give the later albums another listen. My ranking is almost the same as yours 1. Open Up And Say… Ahh 2. Look What The Cat Dragged In 3. Flesh & Blood 4. Native Tounge 5. Crack A Smile 6. Hollyweird 7. Poison’d

Open up angd say aagh want to say rip charlie and don ever ly don't feel like commenting been really sick and hurt all over and I have an injured right thumb and I think it's infected again and it hurts like hell thanks brendon

Well I have the covid virus again so idoubt I'll be commenting till feel better really bad this time my son grandson and ex-wife have it to

This might be more controversial than the Crue AR, lol

Enjoy all the Poison albums except Hollyweird which is horrendous.

Dude... are you serious? Crack A Smile so low? It's a trillion times better an album than Native Tongue.