Long Cold Winter

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Long Cold Winter
Studio album by Cinderella
Released	July 5, 1988
Genre	Hard rock, blues-rock
Length	43:51
Label	Mercury (USA) Vertigo (Europe)
Producer	Andy Johns
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Cinderella chronology
Night Songs (1986) Long Cold Winter (1988) Heartbreak Station (1990)

Long Cold Winter is Cinderella's second studio album, released in 1988 through Mercury Records. It reached #10 in the US and became double-platinum for selling 2 million copies in the US by the end of the year, just as their debut album Night Songs had done earlier. Currently both albums are certified triple platinum.

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 #12, "The Last Mile", reached #36, "Coming Home" reached #20, and "Gypsy Road" hit #51, a year after the release of the album itself.

With Long Cold Winter, Cinderella started to move away from the glam metal-territory of their previous album and into a more blues-rock direction, akin to early 70's Rolling Stones, Humble Pie, Bad Company, and Deep Purple.

Track listing

All songs are written by Tom Keifer, except for "If You Don't Like It" Tom Keifer/Eric Brittingham.

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)" - 5:54
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

Credits

• Tom Keifer - vocals, various electric, acoustic, and steel guitars, harmonica
• Eric Brittingham - bass, backing vocals
• Jeff LaBar - guitar
• Fred Coury - drums

Additional personnel

• Jay Levin - steel guitar
• Joseph Starns- drums
• Rick Criniti - piano, organ, synthesizer
• Kurt Shore - keyboards
• John Webster - keyboards
• Cozy Powell - drums
• Denny Carmassi - drums
• Paulinho Da Costa - percussion
• Produced By Cinderella & Andy Johns
• Mixed By Steve Thompson, Michael Barbiero & George Cowan
• Engineered By Thom Cadley, Ryan Dorn & Andy Johns

Singles

• 1988: "Gypsy Road"
• 1988: "Don't Know What You Got (Till It's Gone)"
• 1989: "Coming Home"
• 1989: "The Last Mile"