Poison - POISON'D!
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Free Music Review: Good, but not Great.
Hit: 3 Stars
The first thing that jumps out at you with Poison's cover album is that the production quality is outstanding. Poison fixed their production woes from Hollyweird by hiring one of the best: Don Was. The music sounds more energized than ever.
Now, here's what I liked about the music: there were some songs that fit really well with where Poison is while still recognizing where they came from. The songs that are best allow for Bret to use his blues/rock/country vibe. He somehow even pulls that off in "Little Willy." I especially liked his vocal on "I Never Cry," which just came off beautifully and with some raw emotion. Bret's best vocal, however was featured on "Can't You See." There, he really was feeling his inner Skynyrd and showing where his greatest influence really comes from.
"Dead Flowers" was a nice little cover, but I kept thinking that this was a song tailor-made for Axl Rose. Apparently, so did he at one point. :) I was surprised by how much I liked that one, as I don't care much for The Stones. I was also surprised to like "I Need To Know." This one was a good one to fill with that certain Poison energy that we are used to.
At first, I wasn't as impressed with "What I like About You" as everyone here seems to be. I liked it, but but thought it sounded a little too poppy for Poison. Now it's one of my favorite tracks, and I can hear the Poison flair. I did really like the harmonica solo.
Suffragate City is a harmless song that grows on you. I find their cover of the tune somewhat forgetable; it doesn't come close to being their best work.
The only new track to go horribly wrong was the cover of The Cars, "Just What I Needed." It just didnt' work, guys! Bret tried going to the Southern Rock style his voice likes to do as of late, and it sounded flat out ridiculous on this tune. It was just a poor choice to try and put the Poison stamp on a song like this. It just doesn't have that certain edge that screams "Poison."
Deep down, I think that there is a division in this band about where to go next. Bret clearly likes the Blues and Country side of rock. You can hear it in his voice and vocal style. He really sold glam in his early days with the band, but I don't think he believes it anymore, thus why "Can't You See" and "I Never Cry" were Bret's best songs. That could also explain the lack of an album with new material and the lackluster "Hollyweird," which suffered from poor production, poor writing and go through the motions type performance.
This is a steady improvement for the band, though, and hopefully it will lead to a much-needed creatively successful record full of new material....
Free Music Review: Some good moments, but not a lot of energy here
Hit: 3 Stars
As a child of the `80s, I have a special place in my heart for hair metal heroes Poison. I'm also a fan of a good cover song, so I was pretty excited to hear the band's 2007 covers collection Poison'd. Poison had already recorded some memorable covers back in the `80s, so I was expecting something similar here.
Those `80s covers (KISS's "Rock n' Roll All Night" and Loggins-Messina's "Your Mama Don't Dance") are included, but unfortunately they're the best Poison'd has to offer. With the exceptions of the David Bowie's "Suffragette City" and Grand Funk Railroad's "We're an American Band," most of these covers are tired and uninspired retreads of `70s and `80s classic rock standards. A big part of Poison's appeal comes from their energy and sense of fun, and that was sadly missing from this collection. You can hear this especially when they go from the high-octane, party-rocking KISS cover they recorded for the Less Than Zero soundtrack to a downright embarrassing version of the Who's "Squeeze Box" (which, to be fair, was a terrible song in the first place). That and Bret Michaels' voice sounded pretty shot on most of these tracks.
I'll give Poison'd a 3-star rating because it does have a few good moments, but for the most part this was a real letdown. Unless you're a major Poison fan (and even if you are), you may want to skip this one.
Free Music Review: Totally Poisonous!
Hit: 3 Stars
There may be a pretty good reason why 80's rock bands revives old good songs, and pretty much I can say Poison delivers an impressive performance into doing it. The songs "I Never Cry, Just What I needed, Dead Flowers, Little Willy and Were an American Band" are among the best. The rest were also nicely performed but somehow, not the best selection of songs to be revived. If you're a POISON fan, this CD is recommended.Free Music Review: Poison'd!
Hit: 3 Stars
Instead of releasing an album of new material Poison decided to release a covers album to pay homage to their influences. As a fan, I did find it disappointing to get this instead of an album of new material, but it will do until a new product is released. A handful of the songs have been released before such as Your Mama Don't Dance, and We're an American Band.Free Music Review: Poison'd is right
Hit: 2 Stars
4 out of 13 songs is about all that's good, the rest stink. If you're gonna do a covers album, stay true to the original's. Abysmal or not, Def Leppard's "Yeah" album blows this thing out of the water. My wife who's been a poison fan since day one wasn't even impressed if that tell's you anything. Maybe Poison needs to stick to covering their own song's.