Once Upon A...

Cinderella | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 20, 1997)
• Original Release Date: May 20, 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Island / Mercury
• ASIN: B000001EUH
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #94,721 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good but missing a lot..., March 14, 2003

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"what_ever459" (IN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Once Upon A... (Audio CD)

The material here is all 5 star, but it's missing too many essential songs for me to rate the album as a whole a 5. "Night Songs" and "Push Push" from the debut and "Fallin' Apart At The Seams" and "Long Cold Winter" from their second album are missing here. Also, there's only 1 song from the underrated Still Climbing. However, the songs from Heartbreak Station are well chosen and the inclusion of "Move Over" (from the charity album Stairway to Heaven/Highway to Hell), "Hot & Bothered" (from Wayne's World), and a new song "War Stories" are very good. If you're new to Cinderella this is definitely the place to start. If you're a casual fan, it's probably all you'll need. Also check out the Live cd. Cinderella are one of the best live bands I've ever seen and the song selection is great.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Cinderella: Bluesy Hair Metal, June 6, 2000

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Joe White (Layton, Utah United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Once Upon A... (Audio CD)

Take the bluesy swagger of Aerosmith and the Rolling Stones, add a guitar sound similar to AC/DC's, throw in the sleaze metal of Motley Crue and pour it into a bag, shake it up and you get bluesy hair metal band Cinderella. The recipe works.

Some highlights on this wonderful "best of" collection include:

"Shake Me" - This song is very AC/DC-ish in style, nothing complicated on the guitar here, just a good, hard rocker. "Nobody's Fool" - "Nobody's Fool" really shows Cinderella's range as musicians. This is an excellent Def Leppard-like ballad. "Gypsy Road" - This is a swaggering rocker, sounding maybe a bit like Aerosmith and Motley Crue at times. Great song, maybe Cinderella's best. "Coming Home" - Cinderella at their best. This is an excellent ballad played with an acoustic guitar and may be my favorite Cinderella song. Very emotional and very moving.

This is one of the better compilation albums I've heard and, unlike many so-called "best of" albums, Once Upon A... is pretty much complete. Every song that should be on it is on it. So, if you are a casual Cinderella fan (like me), Once Upon A... is probably what you are looking for.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars RECOMMENDED!!!, February 18, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Once Upon A... (Audio CD)

This is a great album to have and it gives all of their best songs from the previous albums. The best would be, "Nobody's Fool, Coming Home, The Last Mile, Heartbreak Station, Somebody Save Me, Shelter Me, Through the Rain and the awesome ballad, Don't Know What You've Got (till it's gone). Definitely bang for your buck here folks...and check out Cinderella on TOUR WITH POISON THIS SUMMER! Leave the doom and gloom 90s behind...IT'S TIME TO ROCK AGAIN!!!