Ballads, Blues & Stories
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Ballads, Blues & Stories is a compilation interview / music CD from Bret Michaels
, the lead singer of the rock band Poison
. Released in 2001 it consists of Bret Michaels' solo music and Poison songs, with a recorded story before each song, about how the songs were written.
The CD contains 20 tracks in total which includes 10 tracks of stories from Michaels talking about the songs.
Bret Michaels
Bret Michaels is an American musician, actor, director, screenwriter, producer and reality television personality. He first gained fame as the lead vocalist of the glam metal band Poison. Besides his career as lead singer, he has several solo albums to his credit, as well as one chart single...
, the lead singer of the rock band Poison
Poison (band)
Poison is an American glam metal band that achieved great success in the mid-1980s to mid-1990s. To date, Poison has sold over 30 million records worldwide and have sold 15 million records in the United States alone. The band has also charted ten singles to the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100,...
. Released in 2001 it consists of Bret Michaels' solo music and Poison songs, with a recorded story before each song, about how the songs were written.
The CD contains 20 tracks in total which includes 10 tracks of stories from Michaels talking about the songs.
Track listing
10 songs- "Every Rose Has Its ThornEvery Rose Has Its Thorn"Every Rose Has Its Thorn" is a power ballad by American glam metal band Poison. It was released in 1988 as the third single from Poison's second album Open Up And Say... Ahh!. It is the band's only number-one hit in the U.S., reaching the top spot on Christmas Eve in 1988 for three weeks . It was...
" - (Solo version) - "Steel Bar Blues" - (from the album A Letter from Death RowA Letter from Death Row (album)A Letter from Death Row is the debut solo album by Bret Michaels, the lead singer of the rock band Poison. The album is a soundtrack to the movie A Letter from Death Row which Bret Michaels wrote, directed and starred in..-Content:...
) - "Walk Away" - (new track, also later released on the studio album Freedom of SoundFreedom of SoundFreedom of Sound is the third solo studio album by Bret Michaels, lead singer of the rock band Poison.It is a country rock album released in 2005, the same year Bret Michaels was a judge on the Country music reality tv show Nashville Star....
) - "The Devil Inside" - (from the album A Letter from Death RowA Letter from Death Row (album)A Letter from Death Row is the debut solo album by Bret Michaels, the lead singer of the rock band Poison. The album is a soundtrack to the movie A Letter from Death Row which Bret Michaels wrote, directed and starred in..-Content:...
) - "Stay with Me" - (new track, also later released on the studio album Songs of Life)
- "Something to Believe InSomething to Believe In (Poison song)"Something to Believe In" is a power ballad by American Glam metal band Poison, it's the 2nd single from their 1990 album Flesh & Blood...
" - (Solo version) (also later released on the studio album Freedom of SoundFreedom of SoundFreedom of Sound is the third solo studio album by Bret Michaels, lead singer of the rock band Poison.It is a country rock album released in 2005, the same year Bret Michaels was a judge on the Country music reality tv show Nashville Star....
) - "Times Like These" - (from the album A Letter from Death RowA Letter from Death Row (album)A Letter from Death Row is the debut solo album by Bret Michaels, the lead singer of the rock band Poison. The album is a soundtrack to the movie A Letter from Death Row which Bret Michaels wrote, directed and starred in..-Content:...
) - "It's Me You're Talking To" (New Track)
- "The Other Side of Me" - (demo from the Country Demos EP)
- "The Last Breath" - (from the album A Letter from Death RowA Letter from Death Row (album)A Letter from Death Row is the debut solo album by Bret Michaels, the lead singer of the rock band Poison. The album is a soundtrack to the movie A Letter from Death Row which Bret Michaels wrote, directed and starred in..-Content:...
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External links
- Bret Michaels Official Web Site
- Bret Michaels at MySpaceMySpaceMyspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....
- Official Poison Web Site