Heartbreak Station
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Heartbreak Station is Cinderella
's third studio album, released in 1990 through Mercury Records
. It hit #19 in the US and went platinum for shipping a million albums there the same year. The band's two previous efforts, Night Songs
and Long Cold Winter
, had both gone double platinum and reaching triple during the 1990s, and had each landed in the US top ten while featuring a US top 20 hit, Heartbreak Station achieved none of these things. Vocalist Tom Keifer
has stated on several occasions that this is his favorite Cinderella record . The album featured three singles, which were "Shelter Me
", hitting #36 in the US, the title track
, which made #44, and "The More Things Change
", which didn't chart. If compared to the two previous records, this album presents some differences in its musical style, being more oriented towards blues heavy hard rock
instead of glam metal and being more evidently influenced by The Rolling Stones
and Aerosmith
.
Other musicians:
Studio crew: Bobby Schumann - Guitars, J. Harman - Drums
Cinderella (band)
Cinderella is an American heavy metal band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They emerged in the mid-1980s with a series of multi-platinum albums and hit singles whose music videos received heavy MTV rotation. They were famous for being a glam metal band, but then shifted over towards a more hard...
's third studio album, released in 1990 through Mercury Records
Mercury Records
Mercury Records is a record label operating as a standalone company in the UK and as part of the Island Def Jam Motown Music Group in the US; both are subsidiaries of Universal Music Group. There is also a Mercury Records in Australia, which is a local artist and repertoire division of Universal...
. It hit #19 in the US and went platinum for shipping a million albums there the same year. The band's two previous efforts, Night Songs
Night Songs
Night Songs is Cinderella's debut album, released in 1986 through Mercury Records in America and Vertigo Records in Europe. It sold several million copies due to a combination of their breakthrough single "Nobody's Fool", MTV airplay, and an opening slot on labelmates Bon Jovi's tour, in support of...
and Long Cold Winter
Long Cold Winter
Long Cold Winter is Cinderella's second studio album, released in 1988 through Mercury Records. It reached #10 in the US and became double-platinum for shipping 2 million copies in the US by the end of the year, just as their debut album Night Songs had done earlier. It was later certified triple...
, had both gone double platinum and reaching triple during the 1990s, and had each landed in the US top ten while featuring a US top 20 hit, Heartbreak Station achieved none of these things. Vocalist Tom Keifer
Tom Keifer
Carl Thomas Keifer is an American vocalist for the band Cinderella.-Early life:Keifer grew up in a musical family and began playing guitar at a young age. Keifer soon fell in love with the blues and was heavily influenced by this kind of music.Keifer joined his first rock band while in junior high...
has stated on several occasions that this is his favorite Cinderella record . The album featured three singles, which were "Shelter Me
Shelter Me (Cinderella song)
"Shelter Me" was the lead single from Cinderella's third album, Heartbreak Station. It peaked at #36 on the Billboard Hot 100....
", hitting #36 in the US, the title track
Heartbreak Station (song)
"Heartbreak Station" is a song by glam metal band Cinderella from their 1990 album of the same name. As a single, it peaked at #44 on the Hot 100....
, which made #44, and "The More Things Change
The More Things Change (Cinderella song)
"The More Things Change" is the lead-off track from Cinderella's third album Heartbreak Station. It was the subject of a music video, the third from the album, showing the band playing live on the Heartbreak Station tour, featuring two backing singers and a saxophonist as well as the band...
", which didn't chart. If compared to the two previous records, this album presents some differences in its musical style, being more oriented towards blues heavy hard rock
Hard rock
Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...
instead of glam metal and being more evidently influenced by The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones are an English rock band, formed in London in April 1962 by Brian Jones , Ian Stewart , Mick Jagger , and Keith Richards . Bassist Bill Wyman and drummer Charlie Watts completed the early line-up...
and Aerosmith
Aerosmith
Aerosmith is an American rock band, sometimes referred to as "The Bad Boys from Boston" and "America's Greatest Rock and Roll Band". Their style, which is rooted in blues-based hard rock, has come to also incorporate elements of pop, heavy metal, and rhythm and blues, and has inspired many...
.
Track listing
All songs are written by Tom Keifer, except for "Love's Got Me Doin' Time" by Tom Keifer/Eric Brittingham.- "The More Things ChangeThe More Things Change (Cinderella song)"The More Things Change" is the lead-off track from Cinderella's third album Heartbreak Station. It was the subject of a music video, the third from the album, showing the band playing live on the Heartbreak Station tour, featuring two backing singers and a saxophonist as well as the band...
" – 4:22 - "Love's Got Me Doin' Time" – 5:19
- "Shelter MeShelter Me (Cinderella song)"Shelter Me" was the lead single from Cinderella's third album, Heartbreak Station. It peaked at #36 on the Billboard Hot 100....
" – 4:47 - "Heartbreak StationHeartbreak Station (song)"Heartbreak Station" is a song by glam metal band Cinderella from their 1990 album of the same name. As a single, it peaked at #44 on the Hot 100....
" – 4:28 - "Sick for the Cure" – 3:59
- "One for Rock and Roll" – 4:29
- "Dead Man's Road" – 6:38
- "Make Your Own Way" – 4:15
- "Electric Love" – 5:23
- "Love Gone Bad" – 4:20
- "Winds of Change" – 5:34
Album credits
- Tom KeiferTom KeiferCarl Thomas Keifer is an American vocalist for the band Cinderella.-Early life:Keifer grew up in a musical family and began playing guitar at a young age. Keifer soon fell in love with the blues and was heavily influenced by this kind of music.Keifer joined his first rock band while in junior high...
- lead vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
, GuitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, DobroDobroDobro is a registered trademark, now owned by Gibson Guitar Corporation and used for a particular design of resonator guitar.The name has a long and involved history, interwoven with that of the resonator guitar...
, MandolinMandolinA mandolin is a musical instrument in the lute family . It descends from the mandore, a soprano member of the lute family. The mandolin soundboard comes in many shapes—but generally round or teardrop-shaped, sometimes with scrolls or other projections. A mandolin may have f-holes, or a single...
, PianoPianoThe piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal... - Eric BrittinghamEric BrittinghamEric Brittingham is a bass guitarist most famous for playing in the band Cinderella. He also was in a side-band with Cinderella bandmate Jeff LaBar simultaneously, called Naked Beggars, of which his wife, Inga Brittingham, is the lead vocalist.Brittingham suffered a 'mild heart attack' in...
- BassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick.... - Jeff LaBarJeff LaBarJeffrey Philip LaBar is an American guitarist most famous for playing in the band Cinderella, in which he replaced original guitarist Michael Smerick, also known as Michael Kelly Smith. LaBar also has a side band with Cinderella bandmate Eric Brittingham called Naked Beggars...
- Guitar - Fred CouryFred CouryFred Coury is best known as the drummer for the glam metal band Cinderella. Coury lists Neil Peart, Peter Criss, Bobby Blotzer, Eric Carr, Tommy Lee and Tommy Aldridge as his drumming inspirations....
- drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
, PercussionPercussion instrumentA percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...
, backing Vocals
Other musicians:
- The Memphis Horns: Andrew Love saxophoneSaxophoneThe saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
, Dennis Ruello baritone saxophoneBaritone saxophoneThe baritone saxophone, often called "bari sax" , is one of the largest and lowest pitched members of the saxophone family. It was invented by Adolphe Sax. The baritone is distinguished from smaller sizes of saxophone by the extra loop near its mouthpiece...
, Wayne Jackson trumpetTrumpetThe trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air... - Jay Levin - steel guitarSteel guitarSteel guitar is a type of guitar or the method of playing the instrument. Developed in Hawaii in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, a steel guitar is usually positioned horizontally; strings are plucked with one hand, while the other hand changes the pitch of one or more strings with the use...
- Jay Davidson - saxophone, piano
- Ken Hensley - organOrgan (music)The organ , is a keyboard instrument of one or more divisions, each played with its own keyboard operated either with the hands or with the feet. The organ is a relatively old musical instrument in the Western musical tradition, dating from the time of Ctesibius of Alexandria who is credited with...
- Rod Roddy - keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
- Brian O'Neal - keyboards
- Rick Criniti - keyboards
- Bashiri Johnson - percussion
- Roy McDonald - programming
- Elaine Foster, Sharon Foster, Tara Pellerin, Carla Benson, Evette Benton, Curtis King, Brenda King, Tawatha Agee, Eric Troyer - backing vocals
Studio crew: Bobby Schumann - Guitars, J. Harman - Drums
- Produced by John Jansen and Tom Keifer
- Engineered by Gary Lyons
Charts
| Chart (1987) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
19 |
Certifications
Singles
| Year | Single | Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Shelter Me Shelter Me (Cinderella song) "Shelter Me" was the lead single from Cinderella's third album, Heartbreak Station. It peaked at #36 on the Billboard Hot 100.... |
36 |
| 1991 | The More Things Change The More Things Change (Cinderella song) "The More Things Change" is the lead-off track from Cinderella's third album Heartbreak Station. It was the subject of a music video, the third from the album, showing the band playing live on the Heartbreak Station tour, featuring two backing singers and a saxophonist as well as the band... |
— |
| 1991 | Heartbreak Station Heartbreak Station (song) "Heartbreak Station" is a song by glam metal band Cinderella from their 1990 album of the same name. As a single, it peaked at #44 on the Hot 100.... |
44 |