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Swallow This: Live

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Swallow This Live is Poison's first live album, released on 12 November 1991 through Capitol Records. It arrived after the band's three studio records of the late 1980s and early 1990s, Look What the Cat Dragged In, Open Up and Say… Ahh! and Flesh & Blood, and it came before Native Tongue in 1993. That makes it a snapshot of the American glam metal band at the end of their first run.

The record reached No. 51 on the Billboard 200 and No. 42 on the Cash Box albums chart, and the RIAA certified it Gold in 2001. For anyone who knows Poison mainly from the studio albums, it is a way to hear the hard rock and glam metal sound in a concert setting.

Swallow This: Live: tracklist, credits and charts

23 tracks · 1:55:09

Tracklist

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1Intro1:20
  3. 2Look What the Cat Dragged InDall, DeVille, Michaels, Rockett3:36
  4. 3Look but You Can't TouchDall, DeVille, Michaels, Rockett4:05
  5. 4Let It PlayDall, DeVille, Michaels, Rockett4:31
  6. 5Good LoveDall, DeVille, Michaels, Rockett3:52
  7. 6Life Goes OnDall, DeVille, Michaels, Rockett6:12
  8. 7Ride the WindDall, DeVille, Michaels, Rockett4:11
  9. 8I Want ActionDall, DeVille, Michaels, Rockett4:58
  10. 9Drum Solo8:21
  11. 10Something to Believe InDall, DeVille, Michaels, Rockett6:15
  12. 11Poor Boy BluesDall, DeVille, Michaels, Rockett8:19
  13. 12Unskinny BopDall, DeVille, Michaels, Rockett3:57
  14. Disc 2
  15. 1Love on the RocksDall, DeVille, Michaels, Rockett4:27
  16. 2Guitar Solo11:03
  17. 3Every Rose Has Its ThornKhosla, Dall, DeVille, Michaels, Rockett4:27
  18. 4Fallen AngelDall, DeVille, Michaels, Rockett4:48
  19. 5Your Mama Don't DanceKenny Loggins and Jim Messina3:12
  20. 6Nothin' but a Good TimeDall, DeVille, Michaels, Rockett7:43
  21. 7Talk Dirty to MeDall, DeVille, Michaels, Rockett5:51
  22. 8So Tell Me WhyDall, DeVille, Michaels, Rockett3:23
  23. 9Souls on FireDall, DeVille, Michaels, Rockett3:19
  24. 10Only Time Will TellDall, DeVille, Michaels, Rockett4:00
  25. 11No More Lookin' Back (Poison Jazz)Dall, DeVille, Michaels, Rockett3:19
Produced by
Poison
Mixed by
Poison, Tom Rothrock, Rob Schnapf
Engineered by
Tom Rothrock, Rob Schnapf
Recorded
1991
Labels
Capitol Records, Capitol
Length
1:55:09

Line-up

  • Bobby Dall · bass guitar
  • C.C. DeVille · guitar
  • Rikki Rockett · drums (drum set)
  • Bret Michaels · lead vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Poison · guest

Singles

  • “So Tell Me Why” · November 1991

Peak chart positions

ChartPeak
US Billboard 200 · 1991–199251
UK Albums Chart · 1991–199252
Australian Albums (ARIA) · 1991–199246
Japanese Albums (Oricon) · 1991–199247

Certifications

RegionCertification
United StatesGold

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DateCountryLabelBarcodeKind
1991USCapitol Records077779804627original
1991USCapitol Records0077779803828original
1991USCapitol Recordsoriginal
1 June 2004USCapitol Records724358453027remaster
26 January 2022JPUniversal Records4988031465561other
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