Night Songs (Cinderella album)

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Night Songs is the debut studio album by American rock band Cinderella. It was released on June 9, 1986, by Mercury Records.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Mercury issued the album worldwide, while Vertigo Records handled the album's release in the UK.

The album peaked at No. 3 on the US charts on February 7, 1987,<ref name="Billboard200">Template:Cite magazine</ref> and was certified double platinum for shipping 2 million copies. In May 1991, it was certified triple platinum, having shipped 3 million copies.<ref name="riaa" />

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

Template:Album reviews 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".<ref name="rs review">Template:Cite magazine</ref> AllMusic reviewer Steve Huey called it "not bad, just generic".<ref name="allmusic"/> 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."<ref name="martin"/>

The album has been retrospectively considered a hair-metal classic, being ranked on a vast amount of "best of" lists.<ref name="cos"/><ref name="rs"/><ref name="la"/><ref name="gw"/><ref name="lw"/>

Artwork

The album cover was photographed by Mark Weiss at the Head House in the New Market and Head House district in Philadelphia.

Legacy

After the release of this album, the band slightly changed their sound to fit a more blues rock direction.<ref name="heavy metal"/> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Track listing

All songs written by Tom Keifer.

Personnel

Cinderella

• Tom Keifer – lead vocals, guitar, piano
• Jeff LaBar – guitar, vocals
• Eric Brittingham – bass, vocals
• Fred Coury – drums (does not play on the album, joined shortly after it was recorded)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Additional musicians

• Barry Benedetta – lead guitar on "Back Home Again", "Nothin' for Nothin'" and "Push, Push"<ref name="cduniverse">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Jon Bon Jovi – background vocals on "Nothin' for Nothin'" and "In from the Outside"
• Bill Mattson – background vocals on "Shake Me"

Production

• Andy Johns – producer, engineer, mixing at the Record Plant, Los Angeles
• David Glover, Joe Hauserman, Mark McKenna, Nick Didia, Paul Wertheimer – assistant engineers
• Mark "Weissguy" Weiss – photography/cover concept

Charts

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Chart (1986)	Peak position
Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts)<ref name=FINI>Template:Cite book</ref>	27

Chart (2025)	Peak position
Greek Albums (IFPI)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	37

Accolades

Publication	Year	Country	Accolade	Rank
Metal Rules	2003	US	Top 50 Glam Metal Albums	2
Metal Rules	2006	US	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	8
Guitar World	2008	US	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	8
L.A. Weekly	2011	US	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	11
Loudwire	2016	US	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	7
Consequence of Sound	2018	US	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	7
Rolling Stone	2019	US	50 Greatest Hair Metal Albums of All Time<ref name="rs">Template:Cite magazine</ref>	18