Best of Ballads & Blues
Greatest hits album by
Poison
ReleasedAugust 5, 2003 (2003-08-05)
GenreGlam metal, blues rock
LabelCapitol
Poison chronology
Hollyweird
(2002)		 Best of Ballads & Blues
(2003)		 The Best of Poison: 20 Years of Rock
(2006)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

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.[2]

Selected versions of the album featured an exclusive bonus disc featuring 3 live tracks,[3] which was also available as a promo single.[4]

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

Charts

Chart (2003) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[5] 141

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ "Billboard - Poison chart history".
  3. ↑ "Poison Live Ballads & Blues Bonus Cd". eil.
  4. ↑ "Poison Live Ballads & Blues Bonus Cd Single". Musicstack.
  5. ↑ "Poison Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved October 2, 2020.
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