Poison's Greatest Hits 1986-1996 is as definitive as a Poison compilation could hope to be. Featuring a full 18 tracks, including all of their Top 50 hits ("Talk Dirty to Me," "I Want Action," "Nothin' but a Good Time," "Fallen Angel," "Every Rose Has Its Thorn," "Your Mama Don't Dance," "Unskinny Bop," "Something to Belive In," "Stand," among others) plus two unreleased cuts ("Sexual Thing," "Lay Your Body Down"), the album boasts every worthwhile song the group ever recorded, augmented by Bret Michaels' track-by-track commentary. Though the album isn't sequenced in chronological order, it plays like an excellent mixtape, which actually makes the album more listenable. Even on a compilation, Poison wears a little thin -- there are still dull moments among these 18 songs, mainly in the form of lesser-known album tracks and singles -- but still, Greatest Hits 1986-1996 is the most enteraining album the band ever released. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
01 Nothin But A Good Time 02 Talk Dirty To Me 03 Unskinny Bop 04 Every Rose Has Its Thorn 05 Fallen Angel 06 I Won't Forget You 07 Stand 08 Ride The Wind 09 Look What The Cat Dragged In 10 I Want Action 11 Life Goes On 12 Sacrifice Flesh & Glood
13 Cry Tough 14 Your Mama Don't Dance 15 So Tell Me Why 16 Something To Believe In 17 Sexual Thing (Bonus Tracks) 18 Lay Your Body Down (Bonus Tracks)