Album
Flesh & Blood
Flesh & Blood is the third studio album by American glam metal band Poison, released in July 1990 on Capitol Records. It followed 1988's Open Up and Say… Ahh!, and the band used it to step away from the pure party mood of that record and show a more serious side.
The singles tell the story well. "Unskinny Bop" and "Something to Believe In" both reached the US top 10, and "Ride the Wind", "Life Goes On" and "(Flesh & Blood) Sacrifice" kept the hits coming. The album climbed to number 2 on the Billboard chart and has sold more than seven million copies worldwide. If you know Poison only for the hairspray anthems, this is the record that shows what else they could do.
Flesh & Blood: tracklist, credits and charts
14 tracks · 57:47Tracklist
- 1Strange Days of Uncle JackDall, DeVille, Michaels, Rockett1:41
- 2Valley of Lost SoulsDall, DeVille, Michaels, Rockett3:58
- 3(Flesh & Blood) SacrificeDall, DeVille, Michaels, Rockett4:41
- 4Swampjuice (Soul‐O)Dall, DeVille, Michaels, Rockett1:26
- 5Unskinny BopDall, DeVille, Michaels, Rockett3:48
- 6Let It PlayDall, DeVille, Michaels, Rockett4:22
- 7Life Goes OnDall, DeVille, Michaels, Rockett4:47
- 8Come Hell or High WaterDall, DeVille, Michaels, Rockett5:02
- 9Ride the WindDall, DeVille, Michaels, Rockett3:52
- 10Don’t Give Up an InchDall, DeVille, Michaels, Rockett3:44
- 11Something to Believe InDall, DeVille, Michaels, Rockett5:28
- 12Ball and ChainDall, DeVille, Michaels, Rockett4:23
- 13Life Loves a TragedyDall, DeVille, Michaels, Rockett5:14
- 14Poor Boy BluesDall, DeVille, Michaels, Rockett5:21
- Produced by
- Bruce Fairbairn, Mike Fraser, Mike Fraser
- Recorded at
- Little Mountain (Vancouver, Canada)
- Recorded
- 1989–1990
- Mixed by
- Mike Fraser
- Engineered by
- Mike Fraser, Ken Lomas
- Labels
- Capitol Records, Enigma, Capitol
- Length
- 57:47
Line-up
- Bobby Dall · bass guitar
- C.C. DeVille · guitar
- Rikki Rockett · drums (drum set)
- Poison
- Bret Michaels · lead vocals
Singles
- “Unskinny Bop”
- “Something to Believe In”
- “Ride the Wind”
- “Life Goes On”
Peak chart positions
| Chart | Peak |
|---|---|
| US Billboard 200 · 1990 | 2 |
| UK Albums Chart · 1990 | 3 |
| Australian Albums (ARIA) · 1990 | 2 |
| Canadian Albums (RPM) · 1990 | 4 |
| New Zealand Albums · 1990 | 4 |
| Norwegian Albums · 1990 | 11 |
| Swiss Albums · 1990 | 11 |
| Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts) · 1990 | 16 |
| Austrian Albums · 1990 | 17 |
| Swedish Albums · 1990 | 17 |
All 13 charts
| Japanese Albums (Oricon) · 1990 | 23 |
| German Albums · 1990 | 31 |
| Dutch Albums · 1990 | 88 |
Certifications
| Region | Certification |
|---|---|
| Australia · 1990 | Platinum |
| Canada · 1991 | 4× Platinum |
| Chile · 1990 | Gold |
| Indonesia · 1990 | Gold |
| Malaysia · 1990 | Gold |
| Mexico · 1990 | Gold |
| New Zealand | Gold |
| Singapore · 1990 | Gold |
| South Korea · 1990 | Gold |
| United Kingdom · 1990 | Gold |
| United States | 3× Platinum |
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Releases and pressings
How we know the release date wikipedia 1990-07-10 vs 1990-06-29 (musicbrainz)
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 29 June 1990 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 10 July 1990 | |
| Wikidata | 1990 | |
| US release | 1990 | earliest US date |
| UK / Europe release | 1990 | earliest UK or European date |
9 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | US | Capitol Records | other | |
| 1990 | XE | Capitol Records | 0077779181315 | other |
| 1990 | GB | Enigma | 077779181322 | other |
| 1990 | US | Capitol Records | 077779181322 | other |
| 1990 | CA | Columbia House | other | |
| 1990 | US | Enigma | 0208314089263 | other |
| 29 June 1990 | JP | CBS/Sony | 4988009522920 | original |
| 7 March 2006 | US | Capitol Records | 094634571357 | other |
| 1 August 2006 | US | Capitol Records | 094634571425 | other |
Cover art sources
coverartarchive · upscaled: major: best source 1424x1394, upscaled to 1500 (x1.08)
| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| coverartarchive ✓ | 1424×1394 | upscaled: major: best source 1424x1394, upscaled to 1500 (x1.08) |
| deezer | 1200×1200 | upscaled |
| fanarttv | 1000×1000 | upscaled |