Open Up and Say... Ahh!

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All tracks are written by Bret Michaels, C.C. DeVille, Bobby Dall and Rikki Rockett, except lyrics to "Your Mama Don't Dance" by Kenny Loggins and Jim Messina

Open Up and Say... Ahh!
Open Up and Say Ahh Cover.jpg
Original version of the cover art
Studio album by
Poison
ReleasedApril 27, 1988 (1988-04-27)
RecordedLate 1987 – early 1988
Studio Conway Recording, Los Angeles
Genre Glam metal [1] [2]
Length36:12
Label Enigma
Producer Tom Werman
Poison chronology
Look What the Cat Dragged In
(1986)		Open Up and Say... Ahh!
(1988)		 Flesh & Blood
(1990)
Censored cover
Open Up and Say Ahh Censored.png
No.TitleLength
1."Love on the Rocks"3:33
2."Nothin' But a Good Time"3:43
3."Back to the Rocking Horse"3:34
4."Good Love"2:51
5."Tearin' Down the Walls"3:50
6."Look but You Can't Touch"3:25
7."Fallen Angel"3:56
8."Every Rose Has Its Thorn"4:20
9."Your Mama Don't Dance" (Loggins and Messina cover)3:00
10."Bad to Be Good"4:03
Total length:36:11
2006 remastered edition bonus tracks:
No.TitleLength
11."Livin' for the Minute"2:41
12."World Premiere Interview" (radio interview)10:45

Personnel

Additional credits:

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [22] 3× Platinum210,000^
Canada (Music Canada) [23] 4× Platinum400,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ) [24] Platinum15,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [25] Gold100,000^
United States (RIAA) [26] 5× Platinum5,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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