''A Letter from Death Row'' is a soundtrack album by Bret Michaels, the lead singer of the rock band Poison. The album was released August 25, 1998, and is the soundtrack to the movie '' A Letter from Death Row'' which Bret Michaels wrote, directed and starred in. Max T. Barnes worked as an engineer on the project which also featured guest musicians including Poison band members.

Content

The album features 13 new songs. The singles include the album titled track "A Letter from Death Row" and "Party Rock Band" which features

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on lead guitar. The recording of "Party Rock Band" was the first time Bret Michaels and C.C. DeVille played together since 1991 when Poison parted ways with C.C. DeVille. This recording eventually led to the reunion of the original Poison lineup.

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is on drums for the promo single "The Last Breath" and

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is on drums for the song "I'd Die for You" which was released as a Maxi single.

Film

'' A Letter from Death Row'' is a

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film directed by Marvin Baker and Bret Michaels. The film was released by Sheen Michaels Entertainment, a company created by Bret Michaels and actor

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. The film was produced by

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and also stars

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, and Kristi Gibson, who was Michaels' girlfriend at the time.

Track listing

# "Party Rock Band" (feat. C. C. DeVille) # "Human Zoo" # "The Last Breath" (feat.

) # "I'd Die for You" (feat.

) # "Times Like These" # "Little Willie" # "The Devil Inside" # "A Letter from Death Row" # "Sounds of Sex" (feat. The Hines Bros - Andra Hines & Dunkin Hines) # "69" # "Angst Mary" # "Steel Bar Blues # "Violent Endings"

References

External links

Bret Michaels Official Web Site

Bret Michaels
at MySpace
Official Poison Web Site

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