Night Songs is the debut studio album by American rock band Cinderella. It was released on June 9, 1986, by Mercury Records. 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, and was certified double platinum for shipping 2 million copies. In May 1991, it was certified triple platinum, having shipped 3 million copies.
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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". AllMusic reviewer Steve Huey called it "not bad, just generic".
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.
In 2015, "Sleazegrinder" of Louder included the song "Shake Me" in his list of "The 20 Greatest Hair Metal Anthems Of All Time", placing it at number 14. In 2018, Collin Brennan of Consequence included the album in his list of "10 Hair Metal Albums That Don’t Suck".
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)
;Additional musicians
- Barry Benedetta – lead guitar on "Back Home Again", "Nothin' for Nothin'" and "Push, Push"
- Jeff Paris – keyboards
- 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<br/>position
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! scope="row"| Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts)
| align="center"| 27
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! scope="col"| Chart (2025)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
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! scope="row"| Greek Albums (IFPI)
| 37
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Certifications
Accolades
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! Publication
! Year
! Country
! Accolade
! Rank
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| Metal Rules
|2003
| US
| Top 50 Glam Metal Albums
|align="center"|2
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|Metal Rules
|2006
|US
|Top 10 One Album Heavy Metal Wonders
|align="center"|8
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|Guitar World
|2008
|US
|Top 20 Hair Metal Albums of the Eighties
|align="center"|8
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|L.A. Weekly
|2011
|US
|Top 20 Hair Metal Albums of All Time
|align="center"|11
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|Loudwire
|2016
|US
|Top 30 Hair Metal Albums
|align="center"|7
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| Consequence of Sound
| 2018
| US
| 10 Hair Metal Albums That Don't Suck
|align="center"|7
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|Rolling Stone
|2019
|US
|50 Greatest Hair Metal Albums of All Time
|align="center"|18
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