Album
Open Up and Say… Ahh!
Open Up and Say… Ahh! is the second studio album by American glam metal band Poison, following their 1986 debut Look What the Cat Dragged In. It came out in April 1988 on Capitol Records, and it turned out to be the biggest record of their career, reaching number two on the US Billboard 200.
The album produced four hit singles. "Nothin' But a Good Time" and "Fallen Angel" sit alongside their take on Loggins and Messina's "Your Mama Don't Dance", but the one most people remember is "Every Rose Has Its Thorn", the band's only number one single. If you want to hear glam metal at its commercial peak, with big hooks and a ballad that crossed well beyond the rock crowd, this is the place to start. It went five times platinum in the US and four times platinum in Canada.
Open Up and Say… Ahh!: tracklist, credits and charts
10 tracks · 36:27Tracklist
- 1Love on the RocksDall, DeVille, Michaels, Rockett3:34
- 2Nothin’ but a Good TimeDall, DeVille, Michaels, Rockett3:45
- 3Back to the Rocking HorseDall, DeVille, Michaels, Rockett3:36
- 4Good LoveDall, DeVille, Michaels, Rockett2:52
- 5Tearin’ Down the WallsDall, DeVille, Michaels, Rockett3:51
- 6Look but You Can’t TouchDall, DeVille, Michaels, Rockett3:26
- 7Fallen AngelDall, DeVille, Michaels, Rockett3:58
- 8Every Rose Has Its ThornKhosla, Dall, DeVille, Michaels, Rockett4:20
- 9Your Mama Don’t DanceKenny Loggins and Jim Messina3:01
- 10Bad to Be GoodDall, DeVille, Michaels, Rockett4:04
- Produced by
- Tom Werman
- Recorded at
- Conway Recording, Los Angeles
- Recorded
- Late 1987 – early 1988
- Mixed by
- Duane Baron, John Purdell, Tom Werman
- Engineered by
- Duane Baron
- Labels
- Capitol Records, Enigma, Capitol
- Length
- 36:27
Line-up
- Bobby Dall · bass guitar
- C.C. DeVille · guitar
- Rikki Rockett · drums (drum set)
- Bret Michaels · lead vocals
- Poison
Singles
- “Nothin' But a Good Time” · 6 April 1988
- “Fallen Angel” · 6 July 1988
- “Every Rose Has Its Thorn” · 12 October 1988
- “Your Mama Don't Dance” · 1 February 1989
Peak chart positions
| Chart | Peak |
|---|---|
| US Billboard 200 · 1988–1989 | 2 |
| UK Albums Chart · 1988–1989 | 18 |
| New Zealand Albums · 1988–1989 | 1 |
| Australian Albums (ARIA) · 1988–1989 | 7 |
| Canadian Albums (RPM) · 1988–1989 | 10 |
| Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts) · 1988–1989 | 16 |
| Swiss Albums · 1988–1989 | 30 |
| Japanese Albums (Oricon) · 1988–1989 | 35 |
| Swedish Albums · 1988–1989 | 37 |
Certifications
| Region | Certification |
|---|---|
| Australia · 1989 | 3× Platinum |
| Canada | 4× Platinum |
| New Zealand | Platinum |
| United Kingdom · 1989 | Gold |
| United States | 5× Platinum |
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Releases and pressings
How we know the release date wikipedia 1988-04-27 vs 1988-05-03 (musicbrainz)
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 3 May 1988 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 27 April 1988 | |
| Wikidata | 1988 | |
| US release | 3 May 1988 | earliest US date |
12 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | US | Capitol Records | 0208313686288 | other |
| 1988 | CA | Capitol Records | 077774849326 | other |
| 1988 | JP | CBS/Sony | 4988009605753 | other |
| 1988 | US | Capitol Records | 077774849326 | other |
| 1988 | US | Capitol Records | 077774849326 | other |
| 1988 | US | BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. | other | |
| 1988 | AU | Liberation Records | other | |
| 3 May 1988 | US | Capitol Records | 020831368629 | original |
| 19 July 2000 | JP | Capitol Records | 4988006781092 | other |
| 31 December 2005 | XW | Capitol Records | 094634572057 | deluxe |
| 1 August 2006 | US | Capitol Records | 094634572125 | other |
| — | — | — | 00602567447061 | other |
Cover art sources
deezer · upscaled: major: best source 1200x1200, upscaled to 1500 (x1.25)
| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| deezer ✓ | 1200×1200 | upscaled: major: best source 1200x1200, upscaled to 1500 (x1.25) |
| fanarttv | 1000×1000 | upscaled |
| coverartarchive | 600×525 | rejected |