Cinderella – Long Cold Winter (1988)
Hot off the tails of their very successful multi platinum debut Night Songs, Cinderella released their sophomore effort Long Cold Winter in 1988.
While this disc is never considered as popular as their debut, Long Cold Winter offers a the listener a bunch of well crafted tunes with a bluesy rock edge.
Cinderella’s sound started growing away from the hair metal roots, and into a more bluesy sound, that seemed to bridge the gap in the sound difference between Night Songs, and the later release Heartbreak Station. Tom Keifer was developing as a better singer instead of a screamer, which he did more of on the debut.
While I have enjoyed all of Cinderella’s releases so far, Long Cold Winter is by far my
favorite of them all. This is one of those rare releases, where there are no filler tracks. I can play this one from beginning to end repeatedly, without finding the need to skip a track.
It took several years after its release, but the RIAA shows this disc along with Night Songs as selling over 3 Million copies now. It is hard to believe that disc is already 20 years old. It is a must own record in my collection, and is one that I would be happy to purchase again today.
Rating: 
Out of 10
Track Listing:
1. Bad Seamstress Blues, Fallin’ Apart At The Seams
2. Gypsy Road
3. Don’t Know What You Got (Till It’s Gone)
4. The Last Mile
5. Second Wind
6. Long Cold Winter
7. If You Don’t Like It
8. Coming Home
9. Fire And Ice
10. Take Me Back
Cinderella is:
Tom Keifer – Vocals
Jeff Labar – Guitars
Eric Brittingham – Bass
Fred Coury – Drums
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I’ve liked Cinderella since I first saw the “Shake Me” video in ’86.I helped bail hay for 5 hours to get the L.C.W cassette.Being only 13 at the time,I didn’t appreciate the acoustic guitars and all that.I was more into the heavier sounds.But after a year of listening, I grew to really dig the album.Especially Tom Kiefer’s “Joplin-like” vocals on the title track.And when Heartbreak Station came out, I rushed to get it, but to this day I never dug that entire album.I seen Cinderella 3x in concert,between ’87 and ’91.I now have all thier stuff and would love to hear new material someday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!