My first love in music was the thrash and hair metal my brother listened to in junior high and high school. I've embraced other genres and styles of music as the years have gone by, but this stuff will always be what I go back to. I've distanced myself from many of the hair bands of this era, as it got way out of control near the end. Cinderella, however, is one of the "hair" bands that will forever be a favorite. They had a bluesier sound to them than most of the bands of that era, particularly on this album and on 1990's Heartbreak Station. Tom Keifer's gritty, raspy voice fit that sound perfectly. This album just rocks, I don't know how else to put it. There is of course the mandatory ballad of that time period, "Don't Know What You Got ('Till It's Gone)" which became one of their biggest hits. "Fallin' Apart at the Seams," "Gypsy Road," "Long Cold Winter," and "If You Don't Like It" are my favorite tracks, but I can listen to this front and back and not want to skip a song. Long live hair metal!
Side note: When I was in elementary school, we had button day once a year, where we would wear all the buttons we could (think flair from Office Space). I had a little Cinderella button and I wore that with pride.
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