Rocked, Wired & Bluesed: The Greatest Hits

by Cinderella

Overview

Cinderella's Rocked, Wired & Bluesed: The Greatest Hits is intended to replace the 1997 compilation Once Upon A ... as a full-length, single-disc retrospective on the group. Like Once Upon A ..., it contains all eight of Cinderella's Billboard Hot 100 hits and 11 of its 12 entries in Billboard's Mainstream Rock radio chart. (In both cases, the exception is "Bad Attitude Shuffle.") But the newer collection adds the album tracks "Night Songs" from the debut album of the same name; "Bad Seamstress Blues/Fallin' Apart at the Seams," "Long Cold Winter," and "If You Don't Like It," from the second album, Long Cold Winter, and "Winds of Change" from the third album, Heartbreak Station. And instead of including "Through the Rain" from the disappointing fourth album, Still Climbing, it chooses "Blood From a Stone." The rarities "War Stories" and "Move Over" are also missing, along with "Love's Got Me Doin' Time" from Heartbreak Station. In total, Rocked, Wired & Bluesed: The Greatest Hits is two tracks and ten minutes longer than Once Upon A ... and is a marginal improvement over its predecessor. But fans who already own the earlier compilation don't have much reason to plump for the newer one. ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date:	01/25/2005
Label:	Mercury
UPC:	0602498641996
Rank:	1908

Tracks

1. Night Songs
2. Shake Me
3. Nobody's Fool
4. Somebody Save Me
5. Bad Seamstress: Fallin' Apart at the Seams
6. Gypsy Road
7. Don't Know What You Got (Till It's Gone)
8. The Last Mile
9. Long Cold Winter
10. If You Don't Like It
11. Coming Home
12. The More Things Change
13. Shelter Me
14. Heartbreak Station
15. Winds of Change
16. Blood From a Stone
17. Hot and Bothered

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Cinderella   Primary Artist
Eric Brittingham   Bass (Electric),Vocals (Background),Bass
Denny Carmassi   Drums
John Webster   Keyboards
Jeff Paris   Keyboards
Jay Davidson   Saxophone
Jeff LaBar   Guitar,Slide Guitar,Vocals (Background)
Tony Mills   Vocals (Background)
Paulinho Da Costa   Percussion
Kenny Aronoff   Drums
Jody Cortez   Drums
Cozy Powell   Drums
Bashiri Johnson   Percussion
Carla Benson   Vocals (Background)
Fred Coury   Drums,Percussion,Vocals (Background)
Tom Keifer   Dobro,Piano,Vocals,Harmonica,Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric),National Steel Guitar,Guitar (12 String Acoustic)
Evette Benton   Vocals (Background)
Tara Pellerin   Vocals (Background)
Rod Roddy   Piano
Rick Criniti   Piano,Synthesizer,Organ (Hammond),Vocals (Background)
Elaine Foster   Vocals (Background)
Jay Levin   Pedal Steel
Bill Mattson   Vocals (Background)
Kurt Shore   Keyboards
Sharon Foster   Vocals (Background)

Technical Credits

Eric Brittingham   Composer,Producer,Group Member
Erick Labson   Mastering
Duane Baron   Engineer,Remixing
John Purdell   Remixing
John Jansen   Producer
Michael Barbiero   Mixing
Mike Ragogna   Compilation Producer
Jeff LaBar   Group Member
Kevin Reeves   Transfers
Emily Cagan   Product Manager
Gary Lyons   Engineer,Producer
Andy Johns   Mixing,Engineer,Producer
Barry Korkin   Editorial Assistant
Fred Coury   Group Member
Tom Keifer   Composer,Producer,Group Member
Roy McDonald   Synthesizer Programming
Scott Schinder   Liner Notes
Beth Stempel   Production Coordination
Ross Halfin   Photography
Ryan Null   Photo Research