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Release Date: Mar 23, 2018
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Cinderella: Tom Keifer (vocals, electric, acoustic & slide guitars); Jeff Labar (guitar); Eric Brittingham (bass).
Additional personnel: Rosanna McNamara (fiddle, violin); Jay Davidson (tenor & baritone saxophone); Steve Jankowski (trumpet, trombone); John Purdell (Hammond B-3, percussion, background vocals, piano); Gary Corbett (keyboards); Kenny Aronoff, Fred Coury (drums); Evette Benton, Carla Benson, Luana Norman, Annette Hardeman, Charlene Halloway (background vocals).
Producers: Duane Baron, John Purdell (tracks 1-10); Gary Lyons, Tom Keifer (track 11).
Engineers: Duane Baron, John Purdell (tracks 1-10); Gary Lyons (track 11).
Recorded at Devonshire Studios, Los Angeles, California and Kajem Studios, Gladwyne, Pennsylvania.
Like 1991's HEARTBREAK STATION, STILL CLIMBING continues Cinderella's incorporation of the blues into their sound. Despite the absence of longtime drummer Fred Coury (who departed for the band Arcade), Tom Keifer and company haven't lost a step, putting together an album gilded with confectionary ballads, but containing rock 'n' roll at its core. Mellencamp traps man Kenny Aronoff fills the chair and punches up Cinderella's sound, particularly on "All Comes Down" and "Freewheelin'." The big ballad on this record is "Hard To Find The Words" which Keifer wrote after his mother was diagnosed with cancer. With its raspy vocals and "Freebird"-inspired intro, the song fits in perfectly with the rest of this collection. Jeff Lebar and Keifer remain a formidable duo on guitar, particularly on the free-flying epic "The Road's Still Long," which has the two layering on slide and acoustic guitars.
Additional personnel: Rosanna McNamara (fiddle, violin); Jay Davidson (tenor & baritone saxophone); Steve Jankowski (trumpet, trombone); John Purdell (Hammond B-3, percussion, background vocals, piano); Gary Corbett (keyboards); Kenny Aronoff, Fred Coury (drums); Evette Benton, Carla Benson, Luana Norman, Annette Hardeman, Charlene Halloway (background vocals).
Producers: Duane Baron, John Purdell (tracks 1-10); Gary Lyons, Tom Keifer (track 11).
Engineers: Duane Baron, John Purdell (tracks 1-10); Gary Lyons (track 11).
Recorded at Devonshire Studios, Los Angeles, California and Kajem Studios, Gladwyne, Pennsylvania.
Like 1991's HEARTBREAK STATION, STILL CLIMBING continues Cinderella's incorporation of the blues into their sound. Despite the absence of longtime drummer Fred Coury (who departed for the band Arcade), Tom Keifer and company haven't lost a step, putting together an album gilded with confectionary ballads, but containing rock 'n' roll at its core. Mellencamp traps man Kenny Aronoff fills the chair and punches up Cinderella's sound, particularly on "All Comes Down" and "Freewheelin'." The big ballad on this record is "Hard To Find The Words" which Keifer wrote after his mother was diagnosed with cancer. With its raspy vocals and "Freebird"-inspired intro, the song fits in perfectly with the rest of this collection. Jeff Lebar and Keifer remain a formidable duo on guitar, particularly on the free-flying epic "The Road's Still Long," which has the two layering on slide and acoustic guitars.