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00:00Night Songs is the debut studio album by American glam metal band Cinderella.
00:12It was released on June 9, 1986.
00:15The album peaked at No. 3 on the U.S. charts on February 7, 1987, and was certified double
00:20platinum for shipping 2 million copies there 12 days later.
00:24In May 1991, it was certified triple platinum, having shipped 3 million copies.
00:30Lead-off single, Shake Me, failed to chart, but, Nobody's Fool, cracked the top 20, reaching
00:36No. 13.
00:38Third single, Somebody Save Me, went to No. 66.
00:42On May 4, 1987, Cinderella filmed parts of their concert in Philadelphia.
00:48These live songs were, along with their three MTV videos, released on home video in August
00:531987 on Night Songs, The Videos.
00:57Night Songs sold several million copies due to a combination of Cinderella's breakthrough
01:01single, Nobody's Fool, MTV Airplay, and an opening slot on Labelmate's Bon Jovi's Tour,
01:07in support of their album Slippery When Wet.
01:10After the release of this album, the band slightly changed their sound to fit a more
01:14blues rock direction.
01:16In October 2014 for her birthday, guitarist Tom Kiefer presented Z Hale of Hailstorm with
01:21the costume jewelry pin he wore on his right shoulder for the Night Songs album cover.
01:26Hale subsequently wore the pin on her right hip on the album cover for Hailstorm's 2015
01:31Into the Wildlife, to include a touch of tradition.
01:34The album has been retrospectively considered a hair metal classic, being ranked on a vast
01:38amount of, best of, lists.