Long Cold Winter

Long Cold Winter is the second studio album by American glam metal band Cinderella. It was released in 1988 on Mercury Records.

For the Laura Ingalls Wilder novel, see The Long Winter.
Long Cold Winter
Studio album by
Cinderella
ReleasedMay 21, 1988
RecordedRecorded & mixed 1987-1988 at Bearsville Studios, Bearsville, New York;
Overdubs recorded at Kajem Studios, Gladwyne, Pennsylvania
Genre
Length43:51
LabelMercury (USA)
Vertigo (Europe)
ProducerAndy Johns, Tom Keifer, Eric Brittingham
Cinderella chronology
Night Songs
(1986)		 Long Cold Winter
(1988)		 Heartbreak Station
(1990)
Singles from Long Cold Winter
  1. "Gypsy Road"
    Released: June 1988
  2. "Don't Know What You Got (Till It's Gone)"
    Released: August 1988
  3. "Coming Home"
    Released: January 1989
  4. "The Last Mile"
    Released: March 1989

Background

With Long Cold Winter, Cinderella started to move away from the glam metal music of their previous album and into a more blues rock-oriented direction, akin to early 1970s Rolling Stones, Aerosmith, Humble Pie, Bad Company, .[1][2]

The record reached No. 10 in the US and became double-platinum for shipping 2 million copies in the US by the end of the year, just as their debut album Night Songs had done earlier. It was later certified triple platinum.[3]

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Classic Rock[4]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal5/10[5]
Kerrang![6]
Rock Hard8.5/10[7]
Rolling Stone[2]

In 2005, Long Cold Winter was ranked number 457 in Rock Hard magazine's book of The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time.[8]

Singles

The album features four singles, which all charted in the US. "Don't Know What You Got (Till It's Gone)", which is the band's highest-charting single, reached No. 12, "The Last Mile", reached No. 36, "Coming Home" reached No. 20, and "Gypsy Road" hit No. 51, a year after the release of the album.[9]

Track listing

All music is composed by Tom Keifer except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Bad Seamstress Blues/Fallin' Apart at the Seams" 5:19
2."Gypsy Road" 3:55
3."Don't Know What You Got (Till It's Gone)" 5:56
4."The Last Mile" 3:51
5."Second Wind" 3:59
6."Long Cold Winter" 5:24
7."If You Don't Like It"Keifer, Brittingham4:10
8."Coming Home" 4:56
9."Fire and Ice" 3:22
10."Take Me Back" 3:17
Total length:43:51

Personnel

Cinderella

Additional personnel

Production
  • Produced by Andy Johns, Tom Keifer and Eric Brittingham
  • Engineered by Thom Cadley, Ryan Dorn and Andy Johns
  • Mixed by Steve Thompson, Michael Barbiero and George Cowan

Charts

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[3] 3× Platinum 3,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References
  1. Huey, Steve. "Cinderella - Long Cold Winter review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-09-26.
  2. Neely, Kim (3 November 1988). "Cinderella - Long Cold Winter". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2006-08-26. Retrieved 2011-09-26.
  3. "American album certifications – Cinderella – Long Cold Winter". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH. 
  4. Barton, Geoff (January 2011). "Cinderella - Long Cold Winter". Classic Rock. No. 153. London, UK: Future plc. p. 113.
  5. Popoff, Martin (November 1, 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 73. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.
  6. Hotten, Jon (2 July 1988). "Cinderella - 'Long Cold Winter'". Kerrang!. No. 194.
  7. Stratmann, Holger (1988). "Review Album: Cinderella - Long Cold Winter". Rock Hard (in German). No. 28. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
  8. [...], Rock Hard (Hrsg.). [Red.: Michael Rensen. Mitarb.: Götz Kühnemund] (2005). Best of Rock & Metal die 500 stärksten Scheiben aller Zeiten. Königswinter: Heel. p. 25. ISBN 3-89880-517-4.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. "Cinderella Album & Song Chart History | Billboard.com". billboard.com. Retrieved 16 May 2011.
  10. "Long Cold Winter - Cinderella | Billboard.com". billboard.com. Retrieved May 16, 2011.
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