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This ranking of Poison<\/a>‘s albums from best to worst\u00a0paints a near-mythological\u00a0portrait of an entire musical era through the lens of\u00a0one of its biggest bands.<\/p>\n Although they were not quite the highest-selling or most musically accomplished band of the\u00a0hair metal<\/a> era, Poison\u00a0perhaps\u00a0represented the movement best. With their multisensory onslaught of\u00a0neon-and-spandex clothing, androgynous makeup, Aqua Netted hair and loud, unapologetic party-metal anthems, Poison became archetypes of the dreaded\u00a0glam metal pejorative.<\/p>\n But there is no denying that they wrote some damn<\/em> good songs along the way. Poison’s first three albums \u2014 1986’s\u00a0Look What the Cat Dragged In<\/em>, 1988’s\u00a0Open Up and Say … Ahh!<\/em> and 1990’s\u00a0Flesh & Blood<\/em>\u00a0\u2014 are chock-full of catchy, riff-driven pop-metal anthems\u00a0and bleeding-heart power ballads.<\/p>\n But then the ’90s happened and things got hairy for Poison.<\/p>\n READ MORE:\u00a011 Forgotten ’90s Bands Formed by ’80s Hair Metal Legends<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n The band fired guitarist C.C. DeVille<\/a> after a drug-fueled implosion<\/a> at the 1991 MTV Video Music Awards. They replaced him with young blues-rock virtuoso Richie Kotzen<\/a> and released\u00a0Native Tongue<\/em> in 1993. But grunge and alternative rock had fully obliterated glam metal by then and Poison’s time in the sun was over.<\/p>\n The rockers floundered for the rest of the decade and finally released the previously shelved\u00a0Crack a Smile … and More<\/em>!\u00a0<\/em>in 2000 with Blues Saraceno on the guitar. DeVille returned to the band for 2002’s\u00a0Hollyweird<\/em>, and in 2007 Poison released the\u00a0Poison’d!<\/em> covers album, their most recent studio effort to date.<\/p>\n From dizzying, multi-platinum highs to dismal, rap-metal lows, Poison’s\u00a0discography serves as a microcosm of the entire glam metal era. But despite their critical drubbing and misguided decisions, they’ve\u00a0retained their fanbase and remained a top concert draw because the best parts of their catalog still hold up.<\/p>\n Revisit the good, the bad and the ugly in our ranking below.<\/p>\n Revisit the full catalog of one of glam metal’s definitive bands.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Gallery Credit: Bryan Rolli<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n From glam metal to roots-rock, this list contains time-honored classics and a few hidden gems.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Gallery Credit: Bryan Rolli<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Subscribe to Loudwire on YouTube.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\nPoison Albums Ranked Worst to Best<\/h2>\n
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