Flesh &amp; Blood (Poison album)Flesh &amp; Blood (Poison album) Flesh & Blood (Poison album) Flesh & Blood is the third studio album by American glam metal band Poison, released in 1990 through the Enigma label of Capitol Records. It peaked at #2 on the Billboard charts and more than 7.2 million copies were sold worldwide. It peaked at #1 on the Cash Box charts. It spawned two top 10 singles, "Unskinny Bop" and "Something to Believe In". Its three other hit singles are "Ride The Wind", "Life Goes On", and "(Flesh & Blood) Sacrifice". It was certified Platinum in 1990 and Triple Platinum in 1991 by the RIAA. It has been certified  by CAN 4× platinum and by BPI gold. Production and marketing. The album was recorded and mixed at Little Mountain Sound Studios, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with Canadian producer Bruce Fairbairn and mixer Mike Fraser. The front cover art features the Poison logo and album title as a tattoo on drummer Rikki Rockett's arm. The cover was originally planned to have a slightly different version of the tattoo after being freshly inked, with inflamed red skin with dripping ink or blood. The original cover was released for the initial pressing in Japan but was removed from all later pressings  including those in Japan. The record's marketing reflected the end of the more extreme elements in Poison's glam image, including excessive make-up and teased, girlish hair as with "Look What the Cat Dragged In", instead being similar to Guns N' Roses. Songs. Parts of the album are darker and more serious, including overcoming hard times, missing loved ones, long-term relationships, and mass sociopolitical disillusionment. Fun topics include sex, exhilaration from music or motorbikes, and tongue-in-cheek poverty. The meaning of "Unskinny Bop", one of the band's most popular songs, is obscure. DeVille later confessed  that the phrase "unskinny bop" has no particular meaning. He devised it as a temporary measure while writing the song, before vocalist Bret Michaels had begun working on the lyrics. The phrase was used on the basis that it was phonetically suited to the music. The song was later played to producer Fairbairn, who stated that although he did not know what an "unskinny bop" was, the phrase was perfect. Accolades. "Flesh & Blood" was voted Best Album in "Circus" magazine's 1990 Readers' Poll, and "Something to Believe In" was voted Best Single. The album yielded three "Metal Edge" Readers ' Choice Awards in 1990: Album of the Year, and "Something to Believe In" for Song of the Year and Best Video. Video album. "Flesh, Blood, & Videotape" is the second video compilation released by Poison, featuring the music videos from "Flesh & Blood". Flesh & Blood (Poison album) Flesh & Blood is the third studio album by American glam metal band Poison, released in 1990 through the Enigma label of Capitol Records. It peaked at #2 on the Billboard charts and more than 7.2 million copies were sold worldwide. It peaked at #1 on the Cash Box charts. It spawned two top 10 singles