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Added a contemporaneous citation for the cover change. Kinda' conflicts with the currently published reason that parent groups were upset. This is a couple weeks at most after release. Seems harder to believe parents had time to process the cover and mobilize a response. |
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==Cover==
The original front cover of the album, which featured model Bambi dressed as a luminous red [[demon]] with a protruding [[tongue]], caused controversy among parental groups. The band changed the cover so that only the model's eyes were visible.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Compact Data: Short Cuts |journal=Radio & Records |date=1988-05-06 |issue=736 |page=38 |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922152001/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Archive-RandR/1980s/1988/RR-1988-05-06.pdf |access-date=18 July 2023 |publisher=Radio & Records, Inc. |___location=Los Angeles, California, USA |issn=0277-4860 |quote=Poison (who had to change the cover of their new LP after the Wal-mart chain refused to carry it) perform Loggins & Messina's "Your Mama Don't Dance" on their "Open Up And Say Ahh" LP.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/poison-open-up-and-say-ahh/|title=30 Years Ago: Poison Break Through on 'Open Up and Say … Ahh!'|first=Mary|last=Ouellette|website=Ultimate Classic Rock|date=May 3, 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/banned-in-the-u-s-a-20-wildest-censored-album-covers-154101/|title=Banned in the U.S.A.: 20 Wildest Censored Album Covers|first1=Gavin|last1=Edwards|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=January 15, 2015}}</ref>
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