Comments on: Cinderella – Long Cold Winter (1988)

By: jeremy (aka) SUPERMAN

jeremy (aka) SUPERMAN — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:26:31 +0000

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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Tania

Tania — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 01:54:16 +0000

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.

By: aXe mAn

aXe mAn — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 19:26:50 +0000

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.

By: TommyBoy68

TommyBoy68 — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 17:33:00 +0000

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.

By: Bic & Que

Bic & Que — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 14:25:50 +0000

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!

By: Chuck

Chuck — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 01:32:48 +0000

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.

By: rhodeislandrock

rhodeislandrock — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 17:17:35 +0000

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/

By: metalman777

metalman777 — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 14:15:33 +0000

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

By: COD

COD — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 13:58:11 +0000

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

By: bob_vinyl

bob_vinyl — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 13:27:24 +0000

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.

By: rockofages

rockofages — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 11:24:13 +0000

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