''Still Climbing'' is the fourth and final studio album by the American

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, released on November 8, 1994 by

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. The release of ''Still Climbing'' was delayed due to

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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 '' Wayne's World: Music from the Motion Picture.

Critical reception

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'' called ''Still Climbing'' "a strong comeback."

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deemed it "a gritty record that shows them building upon the bluesy

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'' described the songs as "glossy blues- and pop-oriented heavy metal." ''

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'' 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'." ''

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'' 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

, except "The Road's Still Long" by Keifer and

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, and "Hot & Bothered" by Keifer and

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Personnel

;Cinderella *

–

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, co–producer *

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– bass ;Additional musicians *

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– drums on "Hot & Bothered" *

John Purdell John Purdell (July 8, 1959 – July 10, 2003) was an American musician and multi-platinum rock music record producer who is credited on such albums as Ozzy Osbourne's ''No More Tears'' (1991) and Dream Theater's ''Awake (Dream Theater album), ...

– Hammond B3, piano, percussion, backing vocals *Jay Davidson – tenor and baritone saxophones (tracks 2, 9) *Steve Jankowski – trumpet and trombonium (track 2) *Rosanna McNamara – fiddle/violin (track 4) *Gary Corbett – keyboards (track 11) *Annette Hardeman, Charlene Holloway – backing vocals (tracks 4 to 6) *Luana Norman – backing vocals (track 10) *Carla Benson, Evette Benton – backing vocals (track 11) ;Production *Duane Baron, John Purdell – producers, engineers, mixing at Unique Recording, New York *Brian Stover, Eric Gobel – assistant engineers *

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– mastering at Sterling Sound, New York

Charts

Album

Singles

Hot And Bothered Bad Attitude Shuffle

References

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