Long Cold Winter
Long Cold Winter is the second studio album by American glam metal band Cinderella, released on 5 July 1988. It followed their debut, Night Songs, from 1986, and it did at least as well: it reached No. 10 in the US and went double platinum there by the end of the year, matching what the first record had done. It was later certified triple platinum.
The album produced four singles, and all of them charted on the Billboard Hot 100. "Don't Know What You Got (Till It's Gone)" was the band's highest-charting single at No. 12, while "Coming Home" reached No. 20, "The Last Mile" No. 36 and "Gypsy Road" No. 51, more than a year after the album appeared. In 2017 Metal Hammer picked it as one of the ten hair metal albums you need in your collection, which says plenty about its standing.
Long Cold Winter: tracklist, credits and charts
10 tracks · 43:51Tracklist
- 1Bad Seamstress Blues / Fallin’ Apart at the SeamsTom Keifer5:23
- 2Gypsy RoadTom Keifer4:05
- 3Don’t Know What You Got (Till It’s Gone)Tom Keifer5:56
- 4The Last MileTom Keifer3:25
- 5Second WindTom Keifer3:57
- 6Long Cold WinterTom Keifer5:22
- 7If You Don’t Like ItEric Brittingham and Tom Keifer4:13
- 8Coming HomeTom Keifer4:55
- 9Fire and IceTom Keifer3:19
- 10Take Me BackTom Keifer3:16
- Produced by
- Eric Brittingham, Andy Johns, Tom Keifer
- Recorded at
- Bearsville Studios, Kajem/Victory Studios, Bearsville Studios (Woodstock, New York), Kajem Studios (Gladwyne, Pennsylvania) (overdubs)
- Recorded
- 1987–1988
- Mixed by
- Michael Barbiero, Steve Thompson
- Mixed at
- Bearsville Studios
- Engineered by
- Andy Johns
- Labels
- Vertigo, Mercury (US)
- Length
- 43:51
Line-up
- Eric Brittingham · bass guitar, electric bass guitar, background vocals
- Denny Carmassi · drums (drum set)
- Paulinho da Costa · percussion
- Fred Coury · drums (drum set)
- Rick Criniti · Hammond organ, piano, synthesizer · guest
- Tom Keifer · electric guitar, acoustic guitar, harmonica, steel guitar, lead vocals
- Jeff LaBar · electric guitar
- Jay Levine · pedal steel guitar
- Cozy Powell · drums (drum set)
- Kurt Shore · keyboard
- John Webster · keyboard
Singles
- “Gypsy Road” · July 1988
- “Don't Know What You Got (Till It's Gone)” · August 1988
- “The Last Mile” · January 1989
- “Coming Home” · March 1989
Peak chart positions
| Chart | Peak |
|---|---|
| US Billboard 200 · 1988 | 10 |
| UK Albums Chart · 1988 | 30 |
| Swiss Albums · 1988 | 7 |
| Norwegian Albums · 1988 | 13 |
| Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts) · 1988 | 15 |
| Japanese Albums (Oricon) · 1988 | 19 |
| Canadian Albums (RPM) · 1988 | 24 |
| German Albums · 1988 | 24 |
| Australian Albums (ARIA) · 1988 | 32 |
| Swedish Albums · 1988 | 38 |
Certifications
| Region | Certification |
|---|---|
| Canada · 1991 | 2× Platinum |
| Switzerland · 1991 | Gold |
| United Kingdom · 1990 | Silver |
| United States · 1997 | 3× Platinum |
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How we know the release date wikipedia only
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 1 July 1988 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 5 July 1988 | |
| Wikidata | 1988 | |
| US release | 5 July 1988 | earliest US date |
| UK / Europe release | 1988 | earliest UK or European date |
9 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | GB | Vertigo | 042283461215 | other |
| 1988 | NL | Mercury Records | 042283461215 | other |
| 1988 | US | Mercury Records | other | |
| 1 July 1988 | JP | Mercury Records | 4988011311390 | original |
| 5 July 1988 | US | Mercury Records | 042283461222 | other |
| 1 December 1988 | JP | Mercury Records | 4988011313141 | other |
| 4 July 2007 | JP | Mercury Records | 4988005472106 | other |
| 10 September 2010 | FR | Bad Reputation | 3341348048864 | other |
| — | — | Mercury Records | 0602567830788 | other |
Cover art sources
coverartarchive · cropped: cropped from 1621x1649 to 1621x1621
| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| coverartarchive ✓ | 1621×1649 | cropped: cropped from 1621x1649 to 1621x1621 |
| deezer | 1200×1200 | upscaled |
| fanarttv | 1000×1000 | upscaled |