Poison : Look What The Cat Dragged In (20th Anniversary Edition)

YOU NEVER ACT

 THE WAY YOU SHOULD

BUT I LIKE IT

Look What the Cat Dragged In 

is the 

debut

 studio album

 by American 

Glam Metal Band

 Poison 

released on

 August 2 1986, 

by Enigma Records 

and Capitol Records.

 Though not a

 success at first,

 it steadily 

built momentum 

and peaked at #3

 on the 

US Billboard 200 

on

 May 23, 1987. 

The album spawned

 three successful singles: 

"Talk Dirty to Me",

 "I Want Action", 

and

 "I Won't Forget You".

Look What the Cat Dragged In 

was certified Gold 

in 1987

 and

 3× Platinum

 in 1990 

by the Recording 

Industry Association

 of America (RIAA). 

It has also been 

certified silver 

by the 

British 

Phonographic Industry 

(BPI), 

and platinum

 in Canada.

Production and Marketing

The record was 

described by 

vocalist 

Bret Michaels

 as a

 "glorified demo". 

It was recorded in

 twelve days

 at Los Angeles' 

Music Grinder Studios 

with producer 

Ric Browde, 

for a cost of

 US$23,000, 

part of which was

 funded from

 the pockets

 of the 

band members 

and their families.

Background

It originally

 included only one single,

 "Cry Tough";

 however, 

Look What the Cat Dragged In 

became a

 surprise success 

and subsequently 

spawned three more

 charting hits: 

"Talk Dirty to Me",

 "I Want Action",

 and 

"I Won't Forget You", 

The record became the

 biggest-selling-album

 in Enigma's history. 

With heavy rotation on

 MTV,

 their debut earned

 the band tours

 with fellow

 glam rockers 

Ratt, 

Cinderella, 

and 

Quiet Riot, 

as well as a 

coveted slot

 in the

 Texxas Jam

 in Dallas. 

The album ultimately 

sold 4 million copies 

worldwide.

Reissues

In 2006,

 a 20th Anniversary Edition

 was released by

 Capitol; 

this version

 added single versions 

of two of the 

album's tracks 

and a cover of 

Jim Croce's 

"You Don't Mess Around with Jim" 

(Demo Version)

as 

bonus tracks

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