Flesh And Blood - Poison

Advantages: Exceptional Lead Guitaring
Disadvantages: Not Enough Songs

After the success of the 'Open Up And Say Ahh' album, Poison changed pace to bring you 'Flesh & Blood' their third album and in my opinion their best. It differs from their previous two albums in the sense that it moves away from the Glam rock sound to give more of a 'classic' rock sound. This album has the perfect mixture of slow and fast paced ballads as well as classic rock anthems, to make it a great mellowing album Here's a rundown of the tracks: ...
...instrumental to start, that charts the eerie sound each member of the band can get from their respective instruments. Overall weird, but good experimentation. 2. Valley Of Lost Souls After the rather weird start you get one of the best songs on the album. The progressive fast paced opening riff is cool, moving into some great sounding rhythm, where the drumming and lead stands out. Solo is immaculate, as all are on the album. Lyrics are well written ... Read review

Advantages: Some Great Lyrics
Disadvantages: Not To Everyones Taste, Not Classic Poison

..., but although it's a definite change of pace and style, you can still hear constant splatterings of the Poison we all know. Bret Micheals great lyrics, Rikki Rockett's outstanding drumming and Bobby Dall's intense bass playing can be heard through this album and although Richie Kotzen ain't no C.C Deville, his guitaring is exceptional in places. Overall this album isn't perhaps as good as 'Open Up And Say Ahh' or 'Flesh & Blood', but it's not totally crap. 'Until You Suffer Some' and 'Theatre Of The Soul' would grace any Poison album. Not a good album to buy if it's your first Poison album, but worthwhile if you already have one or some of their albums.... Read review

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