Cinderella – Long Cold Winter (1988) is the American glam metal/hard rock band’s second studio album.
Key details
Released: July 5, 1988 (US; some sources note May 21 internationally) on Mercury Records (Vertigo in the UK/Europe).
Catalog number (this CD): Mercury 834 612-2. The disc is marked “Made in Canada” and “STEREO.”
Genre: Glam metal / hard rock with a clear shift toward blues rock (influences include the Rolling Stones, Aerosmith, Bad Company, etc.).
Length: ~43:51.
Producers: Andy Johns, Tom Keifer, and Eric Brittingham.
Recorded: Mainly at Bearsville Studios (Woodstock, NY), with overdubs at Kajem Studios (Gladwyne, PA), 1987–1988.
Commercial performance
It peaked at No. 10 on the Billboard 200 and was certified 3× Platinum by the RIAA (over 3 million copies shipped in the US). It also went 2× Platinum in Canada and charted well internationally (e.g., No. 7 in Switzerland, No. 30 in the UK).
Track listing (matches the disc and booklet)
Bad Seamstress Blues / Fallin’ Apart at the Seams
Gypsy Road
Don’t Know What You Got (Till It’s Gone)
The Last Mile
Second Wind
Long Cold Winter
If You Don’t Like It
Coming Home
Fire and Ice
Take Me Back
(Most tracks written by Tom Keifer; “If You Don’t Like It” co-written with Eric Brittingham.)
Notable singles
“Don’t Know What You Got (Till It’s Gone)” – band’s highest-charting single (No. 12 Billboard Hot 100)
“Coming Home” (No. 20)
“The Last Mile” (No. 36)
“Gypsy Road” (No. 51)
Band & recording notes
Core lineup: Tom Keifer (vocals/guitars/harmonica), Jeff LaBar (guitar), Eric Brittingham (bass), Fred Coury (drums – credited, but session drummers Cozy Powell and Denny Carmassi played on the album).
This album marked a deliberate move away from pure glam/hair-metal toward a grittier, more blues-oriented hard-rock sound while still delivering big arena-friendly hooks and power ballads. It remains one of Cinderella’s most commercially successful and highly regarded records.