Cinderella - Long Cold Winter

Long Cold Winter is a transition album for Cinderella, mixing pop-metal tunes with better hooks than those on Night Songs with a newfound penchant for gritty blues-rock à la the Stones or Aerosmith. The ballads -- the grandiose "Don't Know What You Got (Till It's Gone)" and the excellent, lower-key "Coming Home" -- are what made the album Cinderella's most commercially successful, but the effective combination of pop hooks and tough, swaggering rock & roll on songs like "Gypsy Road" and "Fallin' Apart at the Seams" prevents the album from becoming simply a vehicle for hit singles and keeps it interesting. Not all of the songs are memorable, but most of them are. ~ Steve Huey, All Music Guide

Name Credits Andy Johns Engineer, Producer Cozy Powell Drums Denny Carmassi Drums Eric Brittingham Vocals (Background), Bass, Producer Fred Coury Drums George Cowan Mixing Assistant Jay Levin Pedal Steel Jeff LaBar Guitar John Webster Keyboards Kelly Quan Make-Up Kurt Shore Keyboards Michael Barbiero Mixing Michael Bays Art Direction Mitchell Kanner Design Patti Drosins Art Direction Paulinho Da Costa Percussion Rick Criniti Piano, Vocals (Background), Synthesizer, Organ (Hammond) Russell Ward Photo Assistance Ryan Dorn Assistant Engineer Steve Thompson Mixing Thom Cadley Assistant Engineer Tim White Photography Tom Keifer Vocals, Guitar (Acoustic), National Steel Guitar, Guitar (Electric), Keyboards, Producer, Harmonica, Guitar (Steel)