POISON — Open Up And Say... Ahh! (review)

POISON — Open Up And Say... Ahh! album cover Album · 1988 · Glam Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
3.5/5 ·
Negoba
Full On Glam Hits the Big Time

While Poison had done quite well with their debut album, it was their sophomore effort that marked their place in history. The G-C-D power ballad "Every Rose Has It's Thorn" became probably the prototype of the glam power ballad, taking the standard and making all followups a cliche. The first single and video for "Nothin' but a Good Time" are glam party metal at it's best. Big production, fun riffs, loud guitars and singalong choruses. C.C. took a lesson or two and his soloing was getting slowly better, and the whole band kept doing their bad-boy swing.

Where some of the songs on the debut were so raw to seem almost punkish, the songwriting on Open Up is more melodic. Bret Michaels clearly was taking the lead of Bon Jovi and used a storytelling style in several of the songs ("Fallen Angel," "Look but You Can't Touch") that made the verses more memorable. This also softened the raw raucousness a bit, a trend that would continue. As before this was music for teenages and I was one of them at the time. It was a good time, luckily for me a much tamer good time than C.C. had.

Bottom Line: Party Rock Hits Pay Dirt.
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