Night Songs (Cinderella album)

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Night Songs
Cinderella NightSongs.jpg
Studio album by
Cinderella
ReleasedJune 9, 1986 [1]
Studio
Genre Glam metal
Length36:05
Label Mercury
Producer Andy Johns
Cinderella chronology
Night Songs
(1986)		 Long Cold Winter
(1988)
Singles from Night Songs
  1. "Shake Me"
    Released: 9 August 1986 (USA), February 1987 (UK) [2]
  2. "Nobody's Fool"
    Released: October 1986
  3. "Somebody Save Me"
    Released: April 1987

Night Songs is the debut studio album by American glam metal band Cinderella. It was released on June 9, 1986, by Mercury Records. [3] Mercury issued the album worldwide, while Vertigo Records handled the album's release in the UK.

Contents

The album peaked at No. 3 on the US charts on February 7, 1987, [4] and was certified double platinum for shipping 2 million copies there twelve days later. In May 1991, it was certified triple platinum, having shipped 3 million copies. [1]

Leadoff single "Shake Me" failed to chart, but "Nobody's Fool" cracked the Top 20, reaching No. 13. Third single "Somebody Save Me" went to #66. On May 4, 1987, Cinderella filmed parts of their concert in Philadelphia. These live songs were, along with their three MTV videos, released on home video in August 1987 on Night Songs: The Videos.

Night Songs sold several million copies due to a combination of Cinderella's breakthrough single "Nobody's Fool", MTV airplay, and an opening slot on labelmates Bon Jovi's tour, in support of their album Slippery When Wet .

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 6/10 [6]

The album received mixed reviews. David Fricke, writing for Rolling Stone magazine, considered that "[Cinderella] need to jazz up their material and cut away the clichés if they're really interested in hard-rock immortality. Otherwise, their platinum dreams are going to turn into pumpkins". [7] AllMusic reviewer Steve Huey called it "not bad, just generic". [5] Canadian journalist Martin Popoff put on a par Cinderella's rise to prominence with Poison's success, judging them as "little more than vacant, colourful but life-affirming [Mötley] Crüe derivatives." He described the songs as "heavier than one might expect, but of course safe, shallow and watery like the kiddie pool." [6]

The album has been retrospectively considered a hair-metal classic, being ranked on a vast amount of "best of" lists. [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]

Legacy

After the release of this album, the band slightly changed their sound to fit a more blues rock direction. [13] In October 2014 for her birthday, guitarist Tom Keifer presented Lzzy Hale of Halestorm with the costume jewelry pin he wore on his right shoulder for the Night Songs album cover. Hale subsequently wore the pin on her right hip on the album cover for Halestorm's 2015 Into the Wild Life , to include a touch of tradition. [14]

Track listing

All songs written by Tom Keifer.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Night Songs"4:12
2."Shake Me"3:44
3."Nobody's Fool"4:49
4."Nothin' for Nothin'"3:33
5."Once Around the Ride"3:22
Side two
No.TitleLength
6."Hell on Wheels"2:49
7."Somebody Save Me"3:16
8."In from the Outside"4:07
9."Push, Push"2:52
10."Back Home Again"3:30
Total length:36:05

Personnel

Cinderella
Additional musicians
Production

Charts

Chart (1986)Peak
position
Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [18] 15
Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts) [19] 27
US Billboard 200 [20] 3

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [21] Platinum100,000^
United States (RIAA) [22] 3× Platinum3,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Accolades

PublicationYearCountryAccoladeRank
Metal Rules 2003USTop 50 Glam Metal Albums2
Metal Rules2006USTop 10 One Album Heavy Metal Wonders [13] 8
Guitar World 2008USTop 20 Hair Metal Albums of the Eighties [11] 8
L.A. Weekly 2011USTop 20 Hair Metal Albums of All Time [10] 11
Loudwire 2016USTop 30 Hair Metal Albums [12] 7
Consequence of Sound 2018US10 Hair Metal Albums That Don't Suck [8] 7
Rolling Stone 2019US50 Greatest Hair Metal Albums of All Time [9] 18

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