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.