10 Hard Rock Songs That Were Supposed To Be Classics (But Tanked)

10. Night Songs - Cinderella

From the cover alone, you can pretty much tell what this is going to be, right? Considering this came out at the height of hair metal and had 4 guys dressed to the nines in sequins and studs, the opening of Cinderella's first album is probably just the same kind glammified stuff that was becoming a tired trope at this point. What we got instead was one of the most down and dirty blues dirges of the entire '80s.

Starting off with a massive slide guitar riff, the title track from Cinderella's first record pulls none of its punches, as Tom Keifer lets his massive vocals soar over his riffs. Fitting somewhere between the vocals of Janis Joplin and Steven Tyler, the entire atmosphere of Night Songs makes you feel like you're on a runaway train with Keifer at the helm, as you ride down a dusty terrain in the middle of the night.

Given how much makeup they piled on for this one album, it's also no surprise that the label went with the more laid back tracks for the singles though, with Nobody's Fool being the main ballad that sold the rest of the record. If you're looking to do some digging though, this is one of the saving graces of hair metal's final days and a hook that AC/DC wishes they could have written.