Long Cold Winter


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

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 ", which is 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, a year after the release of the album.

Track listing

All songs are written by Tom Keifer, except where noted
  1. "Bad Seamstress Blues/Fallin' Apart at the Seams" - 5:19
  2. "Gypsy Road" - 3:55
  3. "Don't Know What You Got " - 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
  8. "Coming Home" - 4:56
  9. "Fire and Ice" - 3:22
  10. "Take Me Back" - 3:17

    Personnel

Cinderella

;Album
Chart Peak
position
Billboard 20010

;Singles
SingleChart Peak
position
"Gypsy Road"US Billboard Hot 10051
"Don't Know What You Got "US Billboard Hot 10012

Certifications