Rock Champions
Rock Champions is a compilation from the American rock band Poison, released in 2001 on EMI Plus. It gathers 14 studio tracks drawn from the band's earlier records, running from their debut, Look What the Cat Dragged In, through to Native Tongue.
It came out the same year as the group's Crack a Smile... and More! and just ahead of Hollyweird, so it sits in a quieter stretch of their story. For anyone wanting the studio side of Poison's first decade or so in one place, it covers the span from 1986 to 1993 without a live cut in sight. It suits a listener who prefers a compact tour of the band's studio work to hunting down each album individually.
Rock Champions: tracklist and credits
14 tracks · 53:07Tracklist
- 1Unskinny BopDall, DeVille, Michaels, Rockett3:49
- 2Your Mama Don’t DanceKenny Loggins and Jim Messina3:02
- 3Look What the Cat Dragged InDall, DeVille, Michaels, Rockett3:11
- 4Play DirtyDall, DeVille, Michaels, Rockett4:07
- 5Body TalkDall, Kotzen, Michaels, Rockett3:59
- 6Every Rose Has Its ThornKhosla, Dall, DeVille, Michaels, Rockett4:20
- 7Ain’t That the TruthDall, Kotzen, Michaels, Rockett3:26
- 8Bring It HomeDall, Kotzen, Michaels, Rockett3:55
- 9#1 Bad BoyDall, DeVille, Michaels, Rockett3:17
- 10Ride Child RideDall, Kotzen, Michaels, Rockett3:54
- 11Want Some, Need SomeDall, DeVille, Michaels, Rockett3:41
- 12Let Me Go to the ShowDall, DeVille, Michaels, Rockett2:47
- 13Bastard Son of a Thousand BluesDall, Kotzen, Michaels, Rockett4:58
- 14Theatre of the SoulDall, Kotzen, Michaels, Rockett4:39
- Produced by
- Bruce Fairbairn, Mike Fraser, Tom Werman, Ric Browde, Jim Faraci, Richie Zito
- Mixed by
- Mike Fraser, Duane Baron, John Purdell, Tom Werman, Michael Wagener
- Engineered by
- Mike Fraser, Ken Lomas, Duane Baron, Jim Faraci
- Label
- EMI Plus
- Length
- 53:07
Line-up
- Bobby Dall · bass guitar
- C.C. DeVille · guitar
- Rikki Rockett · drums (drum set)
- Poison · guest
- Bret Michaels · lead vocals
- Billy Powell · piano · guest
- Jai Winding · piano · guest
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How we know the release date sources disagree on the year (2000, 2001)
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 2001 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 25 September 2001 | |
| Wikidata | 2000 | |
| UK / Europe release | 2001 | earliest UK or European date |
1 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | XE | EMI Plus | 0724357627320 | original |
Cover art sources
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| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| coverartarchive ✓ | 1634×1432 | padded: padded: 1634x1432 cover placed on a 1634px square (not square at source) |