Cinderella – Long Cold Winter (1988)

Cinderella LCW 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: 9 Flying V's Out of 10Out of 10

Track Listing:CinderellaLCWBand
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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~ by Rob Rockitt on January 19, 2008.

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11 Responses to “Cinderella – Long Cold Winter (1988)”

  1. thanks for reviewing this Rob. One of my top 5 bands so it’s nice to see this particular disc remembered … one of their best along with heartbreak station I think. And Rhodeisland must say I always enjoy your comments – kudos to you.

    Tania said this on January 20, 2008 at 8:54 pm | Reply

  2. Great review Rob. This is also one of my favorites. A true classic…a must have for any fans of 80’s glam/hard rock.

    aXe mAn said this on January 20, 2008 at 2:26 pm | Reply

  3. This release is one of my all-time favorites. I liked Night Songs at first, but I thought it really paled when put up against this disc. For me, Long Cold Winter ranks just above Still Climbing, then Night Songs, then Heartbreak Station.

    I got to see Cinderella open up for DLR just after the release of Night Songs, and could tell they were still green, but going places. Talented musicians.

    TommyBoy68 said this on January 20, 2008 at 12:33 pm | Reply

  4. Love it or hate it…….

    Long Cold Winter influenced so many young Rockers, that it’s long term impact on Rock can not be denied……

    We personally love this cd and it will always be a part of our library!

    Bic & Que said this on January 20, 2008 at 9:25 am | Reply

  5. After years of listening to bob_vinyl (among many others) tell me how good this album is, I finally gave it a good listen a couple of weeks ago. After the first minute of the first song, I was pretty excited. It sounded like a solid and somewhat heartfelt bluesy hard rock album. But then it changed, and it was like having Jack Russell dig into my left ear with a power drill while Jeff Keith pounded into my right ear with a nail gun. And I don’t mean that in a good, Einsturzende Neubauten kind of way. It was awful. Awful with a capital F-U. AwFUl.

    Chuck said this on January 19, 2008 at 8:32 pm | Reply

  6. Long Cold Winter is definitely better than Night Songs. It’s got more blusey Hard Rock than the debut and it had four singles chart rather than the three from Night Songs. I thought it rocked harder and the image was toned down a bit.

    If Cinderella had one last great push from the label in ‘90, Heartbreak Station would’ve done better and I think that they would still be doing new material today instead of being stuck in legal battles with their label.

    Steve
    Heavy Metal Addiction
    http://hardrockheavymetal.wordpress.com/

    rhodeislandrock said this on January 19, 2008 at 12:17 pm | Reply

  7. Awesome album, still on my iPod actually! Still Climbing came out in ‘94 and was their last release, and it is very good too!

    metalman777 said this on January 19, 2008 at 9:15 am | Reply

  8. Agreed, although I think they peaked creatively with Heartbreak Station.

    COD said this on January 19, 2008 at 8:58 am | Reply

  9. This album is so much better than Night Songs, because I think they made the album they wanted to make instead of the synthetic piece of crap they thought would sell.

    bob_vinyl said this on January 19, 2008 at 8:27 am | Reply

  10. Agreed – one of the original “hair metal” bands to outgrow the rest, mature in sound and remain listenable. I reviewed it a while back on Rock Of Ages…

    http://rockofages.wordpress.com/2007/09/22/cinderella-long-cold-winter/

    Bill

    rockofages said this on January 19, 2008 at 6:24 am | Reply

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