Native tongue

This article covers the music album. For additional meanings, see Native Tongue (disambiguation) .

Native tongue
Studio album by Poison
Publication (s)	January 1, 1993 (D)
Label (s)	Capitol Records , Sony (Japan)
Format (s)	LP , CD
Genre (s)	Glam metal
Title (number)	15th
running time	56:20
occupation	Bret Michaels - vocals Richie Kotzen - guitar Bobby Dall - electric bass Rikki Rockett - drums
production	Richie Zito
chronology Swallow This Live 1991 Native tongue Greatest Hits 1986-1996 1997

Native Tongue is the fourth studio album by the American glam metal band Poison , released in 1993 .

Emergence

After the great success of the album Flesh & Blood, Poison had undertaken an extensive tour with Warrant in the opening act and also made recordings for the group's planned first live album. But problems arose even during this tour: The planned performance at the “Breaking the Ice” festival was canceled, and a little later the group's singer, Bret Michaels , who suffered from diabetes , collapsed. The bandmates Bobby Dall and CC DeVille , apparently struggling with serious drug problems, found opposing solutions: Dall went to a rehab clinic, DeVille left the band after a violent argument with Bret Michaels and founded the group "CC DeVille Experience", later Samantha 7.

As a replacement for the guitarist who left the band, the band hired guitarist Richie Kotzen . In collaboration with producer Richie Zito, the A&M Studios created the album Native Tongue after the group had worked on songwriting and preproduction in the studio of the band's drummer, who lives in Burbank . The group moved away from the well-known and successful typical poison sound and gave themselves a more serious look. Numerous guest musicians contributed to the recordings, including Timothy B. Schmit , Tommy Funderburk, Jai Winding, Billy Powell , Mike Finnegan, Sheila E. , the horn section of the band Tower of Power and the "First AME Church Choir".

The "First AME Church Choir" was used for the recordings for the first single , Stand, and, under the direction of Ricky Grundy, who was also responsible for the arrangement , contributed the choral singing in the chorus , which gave the title a gospel character .

The album was released on January 1, 1993; on the following tour, drummer Rikki Rockett and Richie Kotzen clashed when it was discovered that Kotzen had gotten into a relationship with Rockett's fiancé. For this reason, Kotzen was fired and had to leave the band during the tour. He was replaced by Blues Saraceno .

Track list

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Native tongue   US 16 03/06/1993 (13 weeks)   UK 20th 03/06/1993 (3 weeks)   DE 60 03/01/1993 (9 weeks)

Singles

was standing   US 50 03/13/1993 (10 weeks)   UK 25th 02/13/1993 (3 weeks) Until you Suffer Some (Fire and Ice)   UK 32 04/24/1993 (3 weeks)

1. Native Tongue (Bobby Dall / Richie Kotzen / Bret Michaels / Rikki Rockett)
2. The Scream (Bobby Dall / Richie Kotzen / Bret Michaels / Rikki Rockett)
3. Stand (Bobby Dall / Richie Kotzen / Bret Michaels / Rikki Rockett)
4. Stay Alive (Bobby Dall / Richie Kotzen / Bret Michaels / Rikki Rockett)
5. Until You Suffer Some (Fire and Ice) (Bobby Dall / Richie Kotzen / Bret Michaels / Rikki Rockett)
6. Body Talk (Bobby Dall / Richie Kotzen / Bret Michaels / Rikki Rockett)
7. Bring It Home (Bobby Dall / Richie Kotzen / Bret Michaels / Rikki Rockett)
8. 7 Days over You (Bobby Dall / Richie Kotzen / Bret Michaels / Rikki Rockett)
9. Richie's Acoustic Thang (Bobby Dall / Richie Kotzen / Bret Michaels / Rikki Rockett)
10. Ain't That the Truth (Bobby Dall / Richie Kotzen / Bret Michaels / Rikki Rockett)
11. Theater of the Soul (Bobby Dall / Richie Kotzen / Bret Michaels / Rikki Rockett)
12. Strike up the Band ( George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin )
13. Ride Child Ride (Bobby Dall / Richie Kotzen / Bret Michaels / Rikki Rockett)
14. Blind Faith (Bobby Dall / Richie Kotzen / Bret Michaels / Rikki Rockett)
15. Bastard Son of a Thousand Blues (Bobby Dall / Richie Kotzen / Bret Michaels / Rikki Rockett)

reception

Native Tongue reached number 16 on the US album charts , established itself at number 20 in Great Britain and at number 60 in the hit lists in Germany . The album was awarded a gold record in the USA in April 1993 , but could not repeat the success of the band's previous studio albums, which had been awarded multiple platinum marks.

The reviews of the album were mostly positive, Achim Karstens wrote for Rock Hard , for example , that the influence of the new guitarist Richie Kotzen made the band's material appear much more mature in “songwriting,” the arrangements were “significantly improved, the singing in places mercilessly good. “With regard to the 13 tracks on the album, he noted that“ at least half of them ”deserved“ the rating “good” to “very good”. ”The first single Stand probably“ most clearly documents the maturation process that the troupe has had since Flesh & Blood participated ". “Great vocals, brilliant arrangement, great use of gospel choirs and an intense blues guitar from Mr. Kotzen. Add an excellent chorus, ”and“ the hit is preprogrammed again. ”Among the other highlights were“ the two ballads Until You Suffer Some (Fire & Ice) and Theater Of Soul , of which at least the first was terrific ”. Seven Days Over You and Blind Faith walked “in the footsteps of Ride The Wind from the last album”, were “just a tad better.” It was “not all gold that glitters,” but with Native Tongue Poison “really did convincing album delivered. "

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Rock Hard Encyclopedia - 700 of the most interesting rock bands from the last 30 years, pages 300/301; Rock Hard GmbH, 1998; ISBN 3-9805171-0-1
2. ↑ Booklet of the CD
3. ↑ Charts DE Charts UK Charts US
4. ↑ Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) awards database , accessed January 4, 2013
5. ↑ Review in Rock Hard, issue 69 (1993)