Heartbreak Station is the third studio album by American rock band Cinderella, released in 1990 through Mercury Records.

Heartbreak Station marked a shift in the band's sound, wherein they moved further away from the glam metal style they had in Night Songs and Long Cold Winter and took a bluesier, stripped-down approach.

[2] In a retrospective interview with Classic Rock Revisited in 2013, Keifer reflected on his songwriting approach and his feelings towards the band's sound in Heartbreak Station, stating that, "We grew out of those '80s' processed slick things.

"[7] In 2017, Keifer gave an interview with a radio host working for the Detroit-based rock radio station WRIF wherein he stated, "In terms of production, which is something that is a learning experience as you go, of the Cinderella stuff, I think Heartbreak Station [is] my favorite because I just love how dry and how raw that record is.

"[8] In a positive review, Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic wrote, "Cinderella reached back into the Stones and Aerosmith songbooks and created a sneering, raunchy hard rock album that was artistically their finest moment, even if it didn't reach the same commercial heights as its predecessors.

"[3] The Chicago Tribune wrote a review that stated, "The band's new PolyGram Records album, Heartbreak Station, features more rootsy blues rock... .

But Cinderella fails to justify and redeem its stylistic thefts by infusing a borrowed sound with a personal perspective.