Still Climbing (Cinderella album)
Still Climbing is the fourth and final studio album by the American rock band Cinderella, released in 1994 by Mercury Records. The release of "Still Climbing" was delayed due to Tom Keifer losing his voice in 1991. The album peaked at No. 178 on the "Billboard" 200. Production. "Talk Is Cheap" first appeared during a Cinderella show in 1987, although the version on the album is longer than the original, with slower vocals. "Freewheelin" was an older song that had been written and demoed by the band in 1985, prior to the recording of their first  album. "Hot & Bothered" had first appeared on ". Critical reception. "The Encyclopedia of Popular Music" called "Still Climbing" "a strong comeback." AllMusic deemed it "a gritty record that shows them building upon the bluesy hard rock of "Heartbreak Station"." "The Morning Call" described the songs as "glossy blues- and pop-oriented heavy metal." "The Hamilton Spectator" wrote: "While the music's hot, the messages are not. Keifer has simply run out of things to say aside from the coming-of-youth wisdom of 'The Road's Still Long'." "The Indianapolis Star" wrote that the songs "are 90 percent chorus ('Hot & Bothered ' and 'Freewheelin') - and not even particularly creative ones at that; they're just repetitive phrases that might manage to come off well with a concert crowd." Track listing. All songs are written by Tom Keifer, except "The Road's Still Long" by Keifer and Andy Johns, and "Hot & Bothered" by Keifer and Eric Brittingham.