Look What the Cat Dragged In

Look What the Cat Dragged In
Studio album by Poison
Publication (s)	May 23, 1986
Label (s)	Enigma
Format (s)	LP , CD
Genre (s)	Glam metal
Title (number)	10
running time	33:26
occupation	Bret Michaels - vocals CC DeVille - guitar Bobby Dall - electric bass Rikki Rockett - drums
production	Ric Browde
Studio (s)	Music Grinder Studios
chronology - Look What the Cat Dragged In Open Up and Say ... Ahh! 1988

Look What the Cat Dragged In is the debut album by the American glam metal band Poison .

Emergence

Poison was founded in Harrisburg , Pennsylvania in 1983 under the name Paris. In addition to singer Bret Michaels , the band consisted of drummer Rikki Rockett, bassist Bobby Dall and guitarist Matt Smith. The band moved to Los Angeles and produced a demo tape for Atlantic Records after being renamed Poison , but could not convince the record company. Matt Smith left the band when his girlfriend was expecting a child and was replaced by CC DeVille .

In 1986 a self-financed album was created under the direction of producer Rik Browde, with Michael Wagener responsible for the sound mix . Following accompanied Poison as the opening act the tours of Quiet Riot , Loudness , Cheap Trick and Ratt .

For the record cover , the band used women's magazines such as Vogue , Elle and Cosmopolitan to explain to their photographer at the time what they wanted to look like; as a result, as her photographer at the time explains, "there were guys on the [Sunset] Strip who wanted to fuck Poison's slugs."

Track list

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Look What the Cat Dragged In   US 3 05/23/1987 (101 weeks)

Singles

Talk dirty to me   US 9 05/16/1987 (16 weeks)   UK 67 05/16/1987 (3 weeks) Cry Tough   UK 97 08/22/1987 (1 week) I want action   US 50 07/25/1987 (10 weeks) I won't forget you   US 13 10/17/1987 (42 weeks)

1. (3:17) Cry Tough
2. (3:05) I want action
3. (3:34) I won't forget you
4. (4:04) Play Dirty
5. (3:09) Look What the Cat Dragged In
6. (3:44) Talk Dirty to Me
7. (3:39) Want Some, Need Some
8. (2:33) Blame it on you
9. (3:14) No. 1 bad boy
10. (2:45) Let me go to the show

reception

Poison were successful from the start. The first released single , Talk Dirty to Me, reached the top ten of the US singles charts , I Won't Forget You made it to number 13, I Want Action reached number 50. In the UK , Talk Dirty to Me made it to number Number 67, Cry Tough , released a little later, reached number 97. In the USA, the album shot to number 3 in the album charts and was awarded a gold record in March 1987 . The platinum award followed in April 1987, and double platinum in September 1987. Look What the Cat Dragged In received triple platinum on August 7, 1990.

Holger Stratmann wrote in Rock Hard , which he edited, about the debut of Poison, "The cover, the lipstick, the lot of make-up ..." are "puke!" But he wanted to be "tolerant" and the album listen. He described the result with "Iiiiiiiiiiiihhhh!" It was about "Teeniesülzmetal as Sweet would have made him even harder and better years ago", "clichéd and stupid" is no longer possible.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sam Dunn , Scot McFadyen, Jessica Joy Wise: Metal - A Headbanger's Journey , 2005.
2. ↑ Charts UK Charts US
3. ↑ Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) awards database , accessed January 5, 2013
4. ↑ Holger Stratmann: Poison . Look What The Cat Dragged In . in Rock Hard , No. 18, accessed March 27, 2013.