Poison's best album still has a bit of filler that fails to deliver the big hooks and catchy riffs of their best material; when that happens, Bret Michaels' affected "rawk & rowl" singing accent begins to grate. But thankfully, that doesn't happen very often on Open Up and Say...Ahh!, which solidified the group's status as hair metal's top party band. The ballad "Every Rose Has Its Thorn," Poison's only number one hit, and the Top Ten "Nothin' But a Good Time" became their most widely recognized signature songs; a cover of Loggins & Messina's "Your Mama Don't Dance" also hit the Top Ten, and the sometimes-overlooked "Fallen Angel," one of their best songs, got plenty of MTV airplay. But the agreeable raunch of album tracks like "Love on the Rocks," "Good Love," and "Look But You Can't Touch" helps make Open Up and Say...Ahh! Poison's best overall album. ~ Steve Huey
Poison: Bret Michaels, C.C. Deville, Bobby Dall, Rikki Rockett.
Additional personnel: John Purdell (keyboards). Engineers: Duane Baron, John Purdell, Richard McKernan. Recorded at Conway Recording Studios and One On One Recording Studios.
- Format: Vinyl
- Genre: Rock
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Track Listing:
A1 Love On The Rocks
A2 Nothin' But A Good Time
A3 Back To The Rocking Horse
A4 Good Love
A5 Tearin' Down The Walls
B1 Look But You Can't Touch
B2 Fallen Angel
B3 Every Rose Has Its Thorn
B4 Your Mama Don't Dance
B5 Bad To Be Good
