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Long Cold Winter

January 01, 1970

For the Laura Ingalls Wilder novel, see The Long Winter (novel).

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

Long Cold Winter
Studio album by
Cinderella
ReleasedJuly 5, 1988[1]
Recorded1987–1988
Studio
Genre
Length43:51
Label
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: July 1988[3]
  2. "Don't Know What You Got (Till It's Gone)"
    Released: August 1988
  3. "The Last Mile"
    Released: January 1989
  4. "Coming Home"
    Released: March 1989

The record reached No. 10 in the US and became double-platinum for shipping two 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.[1] The album features four singles, which all charted on the Billboard Hot 100. "Don't Know What You Got (Till It's Gone)", 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, more than a year after the release of the album.[4]

Reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [5]
Classic Rock          [6]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal5/10[7]
Kerrang!     [8]
Rock Hard8.5/10[9]
Rolling Stone     [10]

The album received mixed-to-positive reviews. Music critics remarked the shift of the band's musical style from the clichéd glam metal of their debut to more blues-oriented compositions,[5][6][8][9][10] but they did not agree in the evaluation of the songs' quality. Contemporary reviewers criticized the album for being "too bluesy"[8] and too derivative of other more famous bands' influences.[10] Only Rock Hard reviewer considered Long Cold Winter "a surprisingly strong rock'n'roll album, rough, unpolished, powerful, but still melodious", and praised Keifer's vocals and the level of songwriting.[9]

Modern reviews are similarly polarized. Steve Huey of AllMusic reviewed Long Cold Winter as "a transition album for Cinderella, mixing pop-metal tunes with better hooks than those on Night Songs with a newfound penchant for gritty blues-rock à la the Stones or Aerosmith", and further explained his rating by saying "[not] all of the songs are memorable, but most of them are".[5] Canadian journalist Martin Popoff was harsher in his judgement and wrote that Cinderella strived to be "a next Stones or Aerosmith, not realizing that such talents are both rare and natural, and that without the gift and conviction, [their] attempt reeks of imitation and crass commercialism."[7] Twenty-two years after its release, Geoff Barton re-evaluated the album for the British magazine Classic Rock, praised the band for their change of musical style and called Long Cold Winter "a minor classic."[6] In 2019, Chuck Eddy of Rolling Stone also praised the album and wrote that "in retrospect Long Cold Winter ranks with any blues-rock of the Eighties".[2]

Track listing edit

All music is composed by Tom Keifer except "If You Don't Like It" by Keifer and Eric Brittingham

Side one
No.TitleLength
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
Side two
No.TitleLength
6."Long Cold Winter"5:24
7."If You Don't Like It"4:10
8."Coming Home"4:56
9."Fire and Ice"3:22
10."Take Me Back"3:17
Total length:43:51

Personnel edit

Cinderella
  • Tom Keifer – electric, acoustic and steel guitars, harmonica, vocals, producer
  • Jeff LaBar – guitar (lead guitar on "Falling Apart at the Seams" and "Coming Home")
  • Eric Brittingham – bass, backing vocals, producer
  • Fred Coury – drums (credited but does not play on the album)
Additional musicians
Production

Charts edit

Chart (1988) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[11] 32
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[12] 24
Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts)[13] 15
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[14] 24
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[15] 19
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[16] 7
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[17] 38
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[18] 7
UK Albums (OCC)[19] 30
US Billboard 200[20] 10

Certifications edit

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[21] 2× Platinum 200,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[22] Gold 25,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[23] Silver 60,000^
United States (RIAA)[24] 3× Platinum 3,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Accolades edit

Publication Year Country Accolade Rank
Metal Rules 2003 US Top 50 Glam Metal Albums[25] 15
Rock Hard 2005 Germany The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time[26] 457
L.A. Weekly 2011 US Chuck Klosterman's Favorite Hair Metal Albums[27] 9
Rolling Stone 2014 US 50 Rock Albums Every Country Fan Should Own[28] 42
Rolling Stone 2019 US 50 Greatest Hair Metal Albums of All Time[2] 10

References edit

  1. ^ a b "RIAA - Gold & Platinum". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved June 18, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Eddy, Chuck (August 31, 2019). "Rolling Stone - 50 Greatest Hair Metal Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. Retrieved June 18, 2021.
  3. ^ "Great Rock discography". p. 145.
  4. ^ "Cinderella - Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved May 16, 2011.
  5. ^ a b c Huey, Steve. "Cinderella - Long Cold Winter review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved September 26, 2011.
  6. ^ a b c Barton, Geoff (January 2011). "Cinderella - Long Cold Winter". Classic Rock. No. 153. London, UK: Future plc. p. 113.
  7. ^ a b Popoff, Martin (November 1, 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 73. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.
  8. ^ a b c Hotten, Jon (July 2, 1988). "Cinderella - 'Long Cold Winter'". Kerrang!. No. 194.
  9. ^ a b c Stratmann, Holger (1988). "Review Album: Cinderella - Long Cold Winter". Rock Hard (in German). No. 28. Retrieved May 22, 2013.
  10. ^ a b c Neely, Kim (November 3, 1988). . Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on August 26, 2006. Retrieved September 26, 2011.
  11. ^ "Australiancharts.com – Cinderella – Long Cold Winter". Hung Medien. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
  12. ^ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 8567". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
  13. ^ Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
  14. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Cinderella – Long Cold Winter" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
  15. ^ Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
  16. ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Cinderella – Long Cold Winter". Hung Medien. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
  17. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Cinderella – Long Cold Winter". Hung Medien. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
  18. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Cinderella – Long Cold Winter". Hung Medien. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
  19. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
  20. ^ "Cinderella Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
  21. ^ "Canadian album certifications – Cinderella – Long Cold Winter". Music Canada. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
  22. ^ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards ('Long Cold Winter')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
  23. ^ "Cinderella: Long Cold Winter".
  24. ^ "American album certifications – Cinderella – Long Cold Winter". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
  25. ^ . Metal Rules. December 2003. Archived from the original on November 26, 2017. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
  26. ^ Best of Rock & Metal - Die 500 stärksten Scheiben aller Zeiten (in German). Rock Hard. 2005. p. 25. ISBN 3-89880-517-4.
  27. ^ Westhoff, Ben (December 6, 2011). "Chuck Klosterman's Favorite Hair Metal Albums". LA Weekly. Retrieved March 4, 2021.
  28. ^ Eddy, Chuck (November 12, 2014). "50 Rock Albums Every Country Fan Should Own". Rolling Stone. Retrieved June 19, 2021. here's where hair-metal found its roots — which, oddly enough for suburban Philly boys, turned out mainly to be in Seventies Southern rock

External links edit

  • "Long Cold Winter" at discogs

January 01, 1970
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For the Laura Ingalls Wilder novel see The Long Winter novel Long Cold Winter is the second studio album by American glam metal band Cinderella It was released in July 1988 on Mercury Records Long Cold WinterStudio album by CinderellaReleasedJuly 5 1988 1 Recorded1987 1988StudioBearsville Studios Woodstock New York Kajem Studios Gladwyne Pennsylvania overdubs GenreGlam metal blues rock 2 Length43 51LabelMercury US Vertigo UK ProducerAndy Johns Tom Keifer Eric BrittinghamCinderella chronologyNight Songs 1986 Long Cold Winter 1988 Heartbreak Station 1990 Singles from Long Cold Winter Gypsy Road Released July 1988 3 Don t Know What You Got Till It s Gone Released August 1988 The Last Mile Released January 1989 Coming Home Released March 1989 The record reached No 10 in the US and became double platinum for shipping two 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 1 The album features four singles which all charted on the Billboard Hot 100 Don t Know What You Got Till It s Gone 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 more than a year after the release of the album 4 Contents 1 Reception 2 Track listing 3 Personnel 4 Charts 5 Certifications 6 Accolades 7 References 8 External linksReception editProfessional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 5 Classic Rock nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 6 Collector s Guide to Heavy Metal5 10 7 Kerrang nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 8 Rock Hard8 5 10 9 Rolling Stone nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 10 The album received mixed to positive reviews Music critics remarked the shift of the band s musical style from the cliched glam metal of their debut to more blues oriented compositions 5 6 8 9 10 but they did not agree in the evaluation of the songs quality Contemporary reviewers criticized the album for being too bluesy 8 and too derivative of other more famous bands influences 10 Only Rock Hard reviewer considered Long Cold Winter a surprisingly strong rock n roll album rough unpolished powerful but still melodious and praised Keifer s vocals and the level of songwriting 9 Modern reviews are similarly polarized Steve Huey of AllMusic reviewed Long Cold Winter as a transition album for Cinderella mixing pop metal tunes with better hooks than those on Night Songs with a newfound penchant for gritty blues rock a la the Stones or Aerosmith and further explained his rating by saying not all of the songs are memorable but most of them are 5 Canadian journalist Martin Popoff was harsher in his judgement and wrote that Cinderella strived to be a next Stones or Aerosmith not realizing that such talents are both rare and natural and that without the gift and conviction their attempt reeks of imitation and crass commercialism 7 Twenty two years after its release Geoff Barton re evaluated the album for the British magazine Classic Rock praised the band for their change of musical style and called Long Cold Winter a minor classic 6 In 2019 Chuck Eddy of Rolling Stone also praised the album and wrote that in retrospect Long Cold Winter ranks with any blues rock of the Eighties 2 Track listing editAll music is composed by Tom Keifer except If You Don t Like It by Keifer and Eric BrittinghamSide oneNo TitleLength1 Bad Seamstress Blues Fallin Apart at the Seams 5 192 Gypsy Road 3 553 Don t Know What You Got Till It s Gone 5 564 The Last Mile 3 515 Second Wind 3 59 Side twoNo TitleLength6 Long Cold Winter 5 247 If You Don t Like It 4 108 Coming Home 4 569 Fire and Ice 3 2210 Take Me Back 3 17Total length 43 51Personnel editCinderella Tom Keifer electric acoustic and steel guitars harmonica vocals producer Jeff LaBar guitar lead guitar on Falling Apart at the Seams and Coming Home Eric Brittingham bass backing vocals producer Fred Coury drums credited but does not play on the album Additional musicians Jay Levin steel guitar Cozy Powell drums on all tracks except 5 Denny Carmassi drums on track 5 Rick Criniti piano organ synthesizer Kurt Shore John Webster keyboards Paulinho Da Costa percussion Production Andy Johns producer engineer Thom Cadley assistant engineer Ryan Dorn overdubs engineer Steve Thompson Michael Barbiero mixing George Cowan mixing assistantCharts editChart 1988 Peakposition Australian Albums ARIA 11 32 Canada Top Albums CDs RPM 12 24 Finnish Albums The Official Finnish Charts 13 15 German Albums Offizielle Top 100 14 24 Japanese Albums Oricon 15 19 Norwegian Albums VG lista 16 7 Swedish Albums Sverigetopplistan 17 38 Swiss Albums Schweizer Hitparade 18 7 UK Albums OCC 19 30 US Billboard 200 20 10Certifications editRegion Certification Certified units sales Canada Music Canada 21 2 Platinum 200 000 Switzerland IFPI Switzerland 22 Gold 25 000 United Kingdom BPI 23 Silver 60 000 United States RIAA 24 3 Platinum 3 000 000 Shipments figures based on certification alone Accolades editPublication Year Country Accolade Rank Metal Rules 2003 US Top 50 Glam Metal Albums 25 15 Rock Hard 2005 Germany The 500 Greatest Rock amp Metal Albums of All Time 26 457 L A Weekly 2011 US Chuck Klosterman s Favorite Hair Metal Albums 27 9 Rolling Stone 2014 US 50 Rock Albums Every Country Fan Should Own 28 42 Rolling Stone 2019 US 50 Greatest Hair Metal Albums of All Time 2 10References edit a b RIAA Gold amp Platinum Recording Industry Association of America Retrieved June 18 2021 a b c Eddy Chuck August 31 2019 Rolling Stone 50 Greatest Hair Metal Albums of All Time Rolling Stone Retrieved June 18 2021 Great Rock discography p 145 Cinderella Hot 100 Billboard Retrieved May 16 2011 a b c Huey Steve Cinderella Long Cold Winter review AllMusic Rovi Corporation Retrieved September 26 2011 a b c Barton Geoff January 2011 Cinderella Long Cold Winter Classic Rock No 153 London UK Future plc p 113 a b Popoff Martin November 1 2005 The Collector s Guide to Heavy Metal Volume 2 The Eighties Collector s Guide Publishing p 73 ISBN 978 1 894959 31 5 a b c Hotten Jon July 2 1988 Cinderella Long Cold Winter Kerrang No 194 a b c Stratmann Holger 1988 Review Album Cinderella Long Cold Winter Rock Hard in German No 28 Retrieved May 22 2013 a b c Neely Kim November 3 1988 Cinderella Long Cold Winter Rolling Stone Archived from the original on August 26 2006 Retrieved September 26 2011 Australiancharts com Cinderella Long Cold Winter Hung Medien Retrieved December 11 2023 Top RPM Albums Issue 8567 RPM Library and Archives Canada Retrieved December 11 2023 Pennanen Timo 2006 Sisaltaa hitin levyt ja esittajat Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 in Finnish 1st ed Helsinki Kustannusosakeyhtio Otava ISBN 978 951 1 21053 5 Offiziellecharts de Cinderella Long Cold Winter in German GfK Entertainment Charts Retrieved December 11 2023 Oricon Album Chart Book Complete Edition 1970 2005 in Japanese Roppongi Tokyo Oricon Entertainment 2006 ISBN 4 87131 077 9 Norwegiancharts com Cinderella Long Cold Winter Hung Medien Retrieved December 11 2023 Swedishcharts com Cinderella Long Cold Winter Hung Medien Retrieved December 11 2023 Swisscharts com Cinderella Long Cold Winter Hung Medien Retrieved December 11 2023 Official Albums Chart Top 100 Official Charts Company Retrieved December 11 2023 Cinderella Chart History Billboard 200 Billboard Retrieved December 11 2023 Canadian album certifications Cinderella Long Cold Winter Music Canada Retrieved July 15 2022 The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community Awards Long Cold Winter IFPI Switzerland Hung Medien Retrieved July 15 2022 Cinderella Long Cold Winter American album certifications Cinderella Long Cold Winter Recording Industry Association of America Retrieved July 15 2022 Metal Rules Top 50 Glam Metal Albums Metal Rules December 2003 Archived from the original on November 26 2017 Retrieved February 24 2021 Best of Rock amp Metal Die 500 starksten Scheiben aller Zeiten in German Rock Hard 2005 p 25 ISBN 3 89880 517 4 Westhoff Ben December 6 2011 Chuck Klosterman s Favorite Hair Metal Albums LA Weekly Retrieved March 4 2021 Eddy Chuck November 12 2014 50 Rock Albums Every Country Fan Should Own Rolling Stone Retrieved June 19 2021 here s where hair metal found its roots which oddly enough for suburban Philly boys turned out mainly to be in Seventies Southern rockExternal links edit Long Cold Winter at discogs Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Long Cold Winter amp oldid 1221434464, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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