Poison – Rock Champions

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Poison - Rock Champions
Compilation album by Poison
Released	25 September 2001
Recorded	2001
Genre	Rock
Length	52:54
Label	EMI
Producer	Ric Browde, Tom Werman, Bruce Fairbairn and Richie Zito.
Poison chronology
Power to the People (2000) Poison - Rock Champions (2001) Hollyweird (2002)

Poison – Rock Champions is a compilation album by American rock band Poison, released in 2001 by EMI.

The album consists of fourteen studio tracks from Poison's previous albums, Look What the Cat Dragged In, Open Up and Say...Ahh!, Flesh & Blood and also Native Tongue. It features no songs from Crack a Smile... and More! or Power to the People.

The compilation was a follow up/alternate version from the original Poison hits album Poison's Greatest Hits: 1986–1996 which was released in 1996. However, it still features the bands #1 hit single "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" and the top ten singles "Unskinny Bop" and "Your Mama Don't Dance".^[1]

Rock Champions has a stronger focus on the band's fourth album Native Tongue. It has a total of six tracks represented, including the single "Body Talk", compared to only one track represented on the original compilation.

The album was produced by Ric Browde, Tom Werman, Bruce Fairbairn and Richie Zito.

Track listing[]

1. Unskinny Bop - (from Flesh & Blood)--3:48
2. Your Mama Don't Dance - (from Open Up and Say...Ahh!)--3:00
3. Look What the Cat Dragged In - (from Look What the Cat Dragged In)-3:11
4. Play Dirty - (from Look What the Cat Dragged In)--4:06
5. Body Talk - (from Native Tongue)--4:01
6. Every Rose Has Its Thorn - (from Open Up and Say...Ahh!)--4:20
7. Ain't That The Truth - (from Native Tongue)--3:25
8. Bring It Home - (from Native Tongue)--3:55
9. #1 Bad Boy - (from Look What the Cat Dragged In)--3:14
10. Ride Child Ride - (from Native Tongue)--3:53
11. Want Some, Need Some - (from Look What the Cat Dragged In)--3:38
12. Let Me Go to the Show - (from Look What the Cat Dragged In)--2:45
13. Bastard Son of a Thousand Blues - (from Native Tongue)--4:57
14. Theatre of the Soul - (from Native Tongue) --4:41

Personnel[]

• Bret Michaels - lead vocals
• Bobby Dall - bass guitar
• Rikki Rockett - drums
• C.C. DeVille - lead guitar
• Richie Kotzen - lead guitar

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