Cinderella - Rocked Wired & Bluesed: The Greatest Hits (CD)

All Music Guide

It seemed like just about every single glammetal outfit to surface in the '80s patterned its sound after two specific bands Kiss and Aerosmith. And while Cinderella were indeed influenced heavily by the latter band, they were one of the few groups of the genre to replace Kiss with the Rolling Stones resulting in a slightly rootsier brand of glam. But unlike, say, the Black Crowes, Cinderella had no problem smoothing out the rough edges for the mainstream pop crowd, as evidenced by just about any track included on the 17track compilation Rocked, Wired Bluesed: The Greatest Hits. Cinderella pretty much owned MTV through the late '80s, and all of their video hits are included here including the arena rockers ("Shake Me," "Somebody Save Me," "Last Mile," "Gypsy Road") and the ohsotender power ballads ("Nobody's Fool," "Don't Know What You Got 'Til It's Gone"). If you're looking for a trip down memory lane to when it seemed like just about every week there was another heavily madeup roc...ker posing on MTV, Rocked, Wired Bluesed: The Greatest Hits is a worthy set. - Greg Prato, All Music Guide Read more Less