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Poison - Flesh & Blood

 

	RELEASED: 1990 PRODUCER:Bruce Fairbairn LABEL: CAPITOL BAND: Bret Michaels - Vocals C.C DeVille - Guitar Bobby Dall - Bass Rikki Rokket - Drums
+ Songs Production Energy - Cheesyness Some Filler	TRACKS: 1. Strang Days Of Uncle Jack 2. Valley Of Lost Souls 3. Flesh & Blood 4. Swampjuice  5. Unskinny Bop  6. Let It Play 7. Life Goes On 8.Come Hell Or High Water   9. Ride The Wind 10.Don't Give up an Inch 11.Something to Believe In 12.Ball and Chain 13.Life Loves a Tragedy14.Poor Boy Blues

 

OVERVIEW

After getting a lot of bad press from their two previous albums (which were huge sellers despite) Poison knuckled down and produced a grittier, more serious hard rock album. Losing the image and knocking out some straight ahead rockers, mixed with some Bret Michaels ballads and a little trademark cheesy fun. Poison still got bad press but they successfully managed to step up a level without losing any fans and gaining a little respect as musicians.

 

SONGS

The album kicks out in fine form with the dark intro, before exploding into the great hard rocker Valley Of Lost Souls. They never sounded better or tighter than here. The song never stops pushing forward and blends nicely into Flesh & Blood. With great harmony vocals and chorus, it's another winner. Things slow down for a moment with an acoustic instrumental Swampjuice, which actually helps break things up a little. Before launching back into the cheesy power pop of hit song Unskinny Bop. The band tries something a little different with Let It Play, which they pull off well and shows what's ahead for Poison in the future. The over sappy power ballad Life Goes On follows with great lead guitar from C.C DeVille (that's right!). Skipping ahead to probably the best song on this album, or arguably any of their albums. Ride The Wind takes you on a journey where things never sounded so good from these guys. The huge hit Something To Believe In is hard not to love as Bret Michaels wears his heart on his sleeve again. The album closes out with 'could've been great' Life Loves A Tragedy and Poor Boy Blues, which they nearly pull off, but seems a little out of place here

 

CONCLUSION

Whether you love them or hate them, you have to admit; this is probably the strongest album Poison are capable of making. Still delivering great rockers like Fallen Angels (Ride The Wind) and chart topping ballads like Every Rose Has Its Thorn (Something to Believe In), this covers it all. Even filler songs like Ball + Chain start to grow on you, making it their best overall effort. It makes you wonder if better things would've followed if the original band hadn't suddenly imploded in '91. Check it out if you haven't already, it should give sceptics something to believe in.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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