Long Cold Winter

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, and Deep Purple.

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.

Reception

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.

Singles

The album features four singles, which all charted in the US. "Don't Know What You Got (Till It's Gone)", which was to be Cinderella'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.

Track listing

All songs are written by Tom Keifer, except where noted. (Copyright Eve Songs, Inc. & Chappell & Co.-ASCAP)

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" - 4:10 (Tom Keifer/Eric Brittingham; Eve Songs, Inc.-Chappell & Co., Brittingham Music & PolyGram Music Publishing Inc.)
8. "Coming Home" - 4:56
9. "Fire and Ice" - 3:22
10. "Take Me Back" - 3:17

Cinderella

Additional personnel

Production