Poison
by Bell Biv DeVoe
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Poison is ranked as the best album by Bell Biv DeVoe.
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Poison track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Poison rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Helios | Top 100 Music Albums of 1990 | 51/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum year 1990 | 38/92 | - |
| 2026 |  ERadio | Top 60 Music Albums of 1990 | 57/60 | 0 |
| 2026 | Jakor | Top 40 Music Albums of 1990 | 20/40 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1990 | 49/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | Rivera | Best Of Rest 4 | 23/100 | - |
| 2026 | cicadelic | People Magazine Best Albums 1990 | 1/9 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1990 | 44/100 | - |
| 2025 |  paladisiac | top albums, #0401-0500* | 20/78 | - |
| 2025 | paladisiac | Top 100 Music Albums of 1990 | 6/100 | 5 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 33 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 53 | |||
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Poison ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/18/2026 23:04 | Helios | 6,265 | 69/100 |
| ! | 05/11/2026 17:37 | Jakor | 5,550 | 70/100 |
| ! | 06/17/2025 22:37 |  idiotican | 2,803 | 74/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 69.1/100, a mean average of 67.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 67.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.5.
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paladisiac 07/29/2014 18:19 in What album are you listening to right now?Poison comments
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paladisiac TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/17/2014 20:59 | #116959
One of the top "new jack swing" albums, bbd took their new edition flavor and added some cool hip-hop flair. Released in bobby brown's ("don't be cruel", another top new jack album) shadow, bbd hit the same kind of highs with "do me" and "poison" (while being a bit more funky to bobby's smooth), two inescapable pop/rap jams. Most of the rest of their debut album is nearly as strong.
junodog4 TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/09/2012 19:12 | #51991
Awww yeah... BBD. Just thinking of this takes me back to middle school dances. But it's still r&b fluff.
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