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For the song, see Heartbreak Station (song).

Heartbreak Station
Studio album by
Cinderella
ReleasedNovember 20, 1990[1]
Recorded1990
Studio
Genre
Length52:42
LabelMercury (USA)
Vertigo (Europe)
ProducerJohn Jansen & Tom Keifer
Cinderella chronology
Long Cold Winter
(1988) 		Heartbreak Station
(1990) 		Still Climbing
(1994)
Singles from Heartbreak Station
  1. "Shelter Me"
    Released: December 1990
  2. "Heartbreak Station"
    Released: March 1991

Heartbreak Station is the third studio album by American rock band Cinderella, released in 1990 through Mercury Records. It reached No.19 in the Billboard 200 US chart on December 21, 1990,[4] and went platinum for shipping a million albums on February 26, 1991.[1]

Three singles were released, two of which charted on the Billboard's Hot 100 in 1991. "Shelter Me" peaked at No. 36 and the title track climbed to No. 44.[5] "The More Things Change" did not chart.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal7/10[6]
LA Times[7]
Rolling Stone[8]

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic writes, "Cinderella reached back into the Stones and Aerosmith songbooks and created a sneering, raunchy hard rock album that was artistically their finest moment, even if it didn't reach the same commercial heights as its predecessors."[2]

This mentioned from the Chicago Tribune website, "The band's new PolyGram Records album, Heartbreak Station, features more rootsy blues rock (the disc is scheduled for a Nov. 20 release). Yet despite Cinderella's blues leanings, critics often lump the group in with party bands like Poison and Warrant."[3]

The LA Times writes, "Any band that can achieve a good approximation of the Stones' raw, cranking classic period--as Cinderella does here-- at least has the validity of a solid bar band. But Cinderella fails to justify and redeem its stylistic thefts by infusing a borrowed sound with a personal perspective."[7]

People begins their review with sarcasm, "The first thing that strikes you about this new album by Poison…er, uh, this new album by Cinderella…is how utterly original it is." They continue this theme throughout: "So as I was saying, you can’t go wrong if you buy this new Mötley Crüe record. Ask for it by name."[9]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Tom Keifer. He also wrote "Love's Got Me Doin' Time" with Eric Brittingham

No.TitleLength
1."The More Things Change"4:17
2."Love's Got Me Doin' Time"5:15
3."Shelter Me"4:42
4."Heartbreak Station"4:27
5."Sick for the Cure"3:58
6."One for Rock and Roll"4:26
7."Dead Man's Road"6:30
8."Make Your Own Way"4:11
9."Electric Love"5:16
10."Love Gone Bad"4:14
11."Winds of Change"5:26

Personnel

Track information and credits adapted from Discogs[10] and AllMusic,[11] then verified from the album's liner notes.[12]

Charts

Sales and certifications

Certifications for Heartbreak Station
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[26] Platinum 100,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[27] Gold 25,000^
United States (RIAA)[28] Platinum 1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ a b "RIAA - Gold & Platinum". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved June 18, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Cinderella - Heartbreak Hotel review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Cinderella Earns Respect, Gets Little, Doesn't Care". Los Angeles Daily News. October 18, 1990. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  4. ^ "Cinderella - Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved May 16, 2011.
  5. ^ "Cinderella - Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved May 16, 2011.
  6. ^ Popoff, Martin (August 1, 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. pp. 80–81. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
  7. ^ a b Boehm, Mike (January 20, 1991). "Cinderella - Heartbreak Station". LA Times. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  8. ^ Eddy, Chuck (January 10, 1991). "Cinderella - Heartbreak Station". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on August 25, 2006. Retrieved July 24, 2021.
  9. ^ Staff, People (March 4, 1991). "Picks and Pans Review: Heartbreak Station". People. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  10. ^ "Cinderella – Heartbreak Station". Discogs. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  11. ^ "Cinderella – Heartbreak Station". AllMusic. Retrieved March 18, 2020.
  12. ^ Heartbreak Station (liner notes). Cinderella. Mercury. 1990. 848 018-1.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  13. ^ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 1454". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  14. ^ Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
  15. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Cinderella – Heartbreak Station" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  16. ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Cinderella – Heartbreak Station". Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  17. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Cinderella – Long Cold Winter". Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  18. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Cinderella – Long Cold Winter". Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  19. ^ "Cinderella | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  20. ^ "Cinderella Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  21. ^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 1436." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  22. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
  23. ^ a b "Cinderella Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  24. ^ a b c "Cinderella Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  25. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
  26. ^ "Canadian album certifications – Cinderella – Heart Break Station". Music Canada. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
  27. ^ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards ('Heart Break Station')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
  28. ^ "American album certifications – Cinderella – Heartbreak Station". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
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