Best of Ballads & Blues

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

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Best of Ballads & Blues is a greatest hits compilation album from the American hard rock band Poison. It was released on August 5, 2003 on Capitol Records.

Content

Unlike Poison's Greatest Hits: 1986-1996, this compilation focuses on the group's power ballads and blues-oriented songs, and also includes two acoustic recordings of "Something to Believe In" (#2 with new lyrics) and "Stand".

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

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

Track listing

1. "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" - (from the album Open Up and Say...Ahh!).
2. "Something to Believe In" - (from the album Flesh & Blood).
3. "Life Goes On" - (from the album Flesh & Blood).
4. "I Won't Forget You" - (from the album Look What the Cat Dragged In).
5. "Good Love" - (from the album Open Up and Say...Ahh!).
6. "Lay Your Body Down" - (from the album Crack a Smile...and More!)
7. "Until You Suffer Some (Fire and Ice)" - (from the album Native Tongue).
8. "Be the One" - (from the album Crack a Smile...and More!).
9. "Life Loves a Tragedy" - (from the album Flesh & Blood).
10. "Only Time Will Tell" - (from the album Swallow This Live).
11. "Poor Boy Blues" - (from the album Flesh & Blood).
12. "Theatre of the Soul" - (from the album Native Tongue).
13. "Bastard Son of a Thousand Blues" - (from the album Native Tongue).
14. "The Last Song" - (from the album Power to the People).
15. "Something to Believe In" # 2 (Acoustic Version Featuring New Lyrics) - (B-side of the single Life Goes On).
16. "Stand" (Acoustic Version) - (B-side of the single Until You Suffer Some (Fire and Ice)).

Bonus live disc

1. "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" - Live
2. "Something to Believe In" - Live
3. "Life Goes On" - Live

Personnel

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

Charts

Chart (2003)	Peak position
US Billboard 200	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