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'''Open Up and Say… Ahh!''', was the second and most successful album by American [[hair metal]] band [[Poison (band)|Poison]].

The album, which ultimately sold eight million copies worldwide, was released on May 3, 1988 on the Enigma label of [[Capitol Records]]. Although stylistically similar to Poison’s debut album ''Look What the Cat Dragged In'', the record contained stronger song writing and spawned the major hits “Nothin’ But a Good Time”, “Your Mama Don’t Dance”, “Fallen Angel”, and the number one single “Every Rose Has Its Thorn”.

==Musical style==

Although stylistically similar to Poison’s debut album ''Look What the Cat Dragged In'', the record contained stronger song writing and spawned the major hits “Nothin’ But a Good Time”, “Your Mama Don’t Dance”, “Fallen Angel”, and the number one single “Every Rose Has Its Thorn”.

==Lyrical themes==

The album’s themes were partying (“Nothin’ But a Good Time”, “Your Mama Don’t Dance”), lost innocence (“Back to the Rocking Horse”, “Fallen Angel”), lost love (“Every Rose Has Its Thorn”) anti-social behaviour (“Bad to Be Good”), and, most importantly, sex (“Love on the Rocks”, “Good Love”, “Tearin’ Down the Walls”, “Look But You Can’t Touch”).

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The track “Your Mama Don’t Dance” was a cover version of the 1972 song written by [[Kenny Loggins]] and [[Jim Messina]].

==Production and marketing==

The front cover of the album, which featured model “Bambi” dressed as a luminous red [[demon]] with a protruding tongue, caused controversy amongst church and parental groups. In United States the album was released with a censored cover in which most of the model’s face was obscured (see further, [[censorship]]).