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Long Cold Winter by Cinderella
Long Cold Winter is an album by Cinderella, released in 1988. 5 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 9 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Gypsy Road”, on 4 lists with a best position of #74.
Long Cold Winter, Cinderella's second album, came out on Mercury in July 1988, and it's where the Philadelphia band started trading some of their hairspray for grit. Andy Johns produced, and under the glam-metal shine you can hear Tom Keifer's rasp dragging the band toward the blues-rock they would fully embrace a few years later: the title track is a slow, smoky grind, and "Gypsy Road" rolls on a rootsy, rambling swagger. Keifer and Jeff LaBar on guitars, Eric Brittingham on bass and Fred Coury on drums play it tougher than the look suggested.
All four singles made the Hot 100, the ballad "Don't Know What You Got (Till It's Gone)" climbing highest, and "Gypsy Road" was still making noise more than a year after the album landed. Before 1988 was out it had gone double platinum in the US, and it later climbed to triple.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Long Cold Winter on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gypsy Road | 4 | #74 | – | 1990–2023 | |
| 2 | Coming Home | 2 | #188 | – | 1990–2023 | |
| 3 | If You Don't Like It | 1 | #399 | – | 1990 | |
| 4 | Long Cold Winter | 1 | #459 | – | 1990 | |
| 5 | Fire and Ice | 1 | #769 | – | 1990 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.