Hell Freezes Over

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Hell Freezes Over
The Eagles Hell Freezes Over.jpg
1994 CD edition
Live album / studio album by
the Eagles
ReleasedNovember 8, 1994
RecordedApril 25–26, 1994
VenueWarner Bros. Studio
StudioThe Village Recorder, Los Angeles, Sounds Interchange, Toronto (Studio tracks)
Warner Burbank Studios, Burbank, California (Live tracks); mixed at A&M Studios, Los Angeles; The Hit Factory, New York City and Village Recorders, Los Angeles[1]
GenreRock
Length72:36
Label
Producer
Eagles chronology
The Very Best of the Eagles
(1994) 		Hell Freezes Over
(1994) 		Selected Works: 1972–1999
(2000)
Singles from Hell Freezes Over
  1. "Get Over It"
    Released: 1994
  2. "Love Will Keep Us Alive"
    Released: 1994
  3. "The Girl from Yesterday"
    Released: 1994
  4. "Learn To Be Still"
    Released: 1995
  5. "Hotel California [Live]"
    Released: 1995
Alternative cover
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic3/5 stars[2]
Rolling Stone2/5 stars[3]

Hell Freezes Over is the second live album by the Eagles, released in 1994. The album is the first to be released after the Eagles had reformed following a fourteen-year-long break up. The band's lineup was that of the Long Run era: Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Don Felder, Joe Walsh, and Timothy B. Schmit. It contains four new studio tracks and eleven tracks recorded live in April 1994 for an MTV special. Two Top 40 Mainstream singles, "Get Over It" and "Love Will Keep Us Alive", were released from the album. It also features an acoustic version of "Hotel California". The four new studio recordings are the last to feature Don Felder, who was fired from the band in 2001.

The album went to No. 1 on the Billboard album chart upon its release where it stayed for two weeks. The album has sold over 9 million copies in the United States.[4]

Hell Freezes Over was also released in video form on VHS, LaserDisc and DVD. Before the album was released, the Eagles also started a tour, which would last from 1994 to 1996 and became one of the most successful tours in music history.[5][6]

Background[]

The album name is in reference to a quote by Don Henley after the band's breakup in 1980. Henley was asked in an interview about when the band would play together again, to which he responded "when Hell freezes over".[6] Glenn Frey also said in 1982 on the break-up: "I just rule out the possibility of putting the Eagles back together for a Lost Youth and Greed tour."[7]

In 1993, an Eagles tribute album, Common Thread: The Songs of the Eagles, was recorded by several country artists. Travis Tritt, who covered "Take It Easy" in the album, asked the band to appear in his video for the song.[8] The former Eagles band members agreed, and it would be the first time the group had appeared together in 13 years. Two months later, Glenn Frey and Henley had lunch with their management and decided to reunite.[8]

The band members performed live for the first time in April 1994 at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California for an MTV special.[8] The recording sessions produced 11 tracks for the Hell Freezes Over album, including a new arrangement of "Hotel California" that features an extended acoustic guitar and percussion opening. At the beginning of the concert, Frey joked to the audience: "For the record, we never broke up; we just took a 14-year vacation". The tour began on May 27, and the Hell Freezes Over album was released on November 8, 1994.[8] The album is the band's second live album, after their live album in 1980.

A new song "Get Over It" became a modest hit and another new song, "Love Will Keep Us Alive", reached No. 1 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.

The DVD is one of the first music releases to feature a DTS format soundtrack in addition to a PCM stereo soundtrack. The DVD also featured the song "Seven Bridges Road" in DTS audio only. The DVD has since been re-released with an additional Dolby Digital soundtrack. The album was also released as a DTS CD in 1997.

Track listing[]

Original CD edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
1."Get Over It" (New song)Don Henley, Glenn FreyHenley3:31
2."Love Will Keep Us Alive" (New song)Pete Vale, Jim Capaldi, Paul CarrackSchmit4:03
3."The Girl from Yesterday" (New song)Frey, Jack TempchinFrey3:23
4."Learn to Be Still" (New song)Henley, Stan LynchHenley4:28
5."Tequila Sunrise" (Originally from Desperado, 1973)Henley, FreyFrey3:28
6."Hotel California" (Originally from Hotel California, 1976)Don Felder, Henley, FreyHenley7:12
7."Wasted Time" (Originally from Hotel California)Henley, FreyHenley5:19
8."Pretty Maids All in a Row" (Originally from Hotel California)Joe Walsh, Joe VitaleWalsh4:26
9."I Can't Tell You Why" (Originally from The Long Run, 1979)Henley, Frey, Timothy B. SchmitSchmit5:11
10."New York Minute" (Originally from Don Henley's The End of the Innocence, 1989)Henley, Danny Kortchmar, Jai WindingHenley6:37
11."The Last Resort" (Originally from Hotel California)Henley, FreyHenley7:24
12."Take It Easy" (Originally from Eagles, 1972)Jackson Browne, FreyFrey4:36
13."In the City" (Originally from The Long Run)Walsh, Barry De VorzonWalsh4:07
14."Life in the Fast Lane" (Originally from Hotel California)Henley, Frey, WalshHenley6:01
15."Desperado" (Originally from Desperado)Henley, FreyHenley4:17
DVD-only tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
1."Help Me Through the Night" (Originally from Joe Walsh's So What, 1974)WalshWalsh 
2."The Heart of the Matter" (Originally from Don Henley's The End of the Innocence)Henley, Mike Campbell, J.D. SoutherHenley 
3."Seven Bridges Road" (Remixed recording from Eagles Live, 1980)Steve YoungFelder, Frey, Henley, Schmit, Walsh 
  • All new songs were released as studio recordings on the album, but can be seen live on the VHS and DVD versions.
  • "Seven Bridges Road" – DTS – A remastered version of the recording featured on Eagles Live, with a clearer separation of the five vocal parts to exploit the full potential of a 5.1 speaker set-up: Timothy B. Schmit is on the rear-right, Glenn Frey as the singer of the song's main melody on the front-right, Don Henley on the front-left and Joe Walsh on the rear-left. Don Felder is on the front-center channel.

Personnel[]

Compiled from Hell Freezes Over liner notes.[9]

Eagles

Additional personnel

  • John Corey – piano
  • Scott Crago – percussion, drums
  • Timothy Drury – keyboards, vocals
  • Stan Lynch – percussion
  • Jay Oliver – organ, keyboards, piano
  • Paulinho Da Costa – percussion
  • Gary Grimm – percussion
  • Brian Matthews – Electro-Theremin
  • Al Garth – trumpet on "New York Minute"
  • Burbank Philharmonic Orchestra – backup on tracks 7-11, 15

Production

  • Eagles – production (all tracks)
  • Elliot Scheiner – production (all tracks except "Learn to Be Still")
  • Rob Jacobs – production (all tracks)
  • Stan Lynch – production ("Learn to Be Still" only)
  • Joel Stillerman – executive producer
  • Carol Donovan – program producer
  • Beth McCarthy – program director
  • Audrey Johns – program line producer
  • Rob Jacobs, Elliot Scheiner – engineers
  • Charlie Bouis, Carl Glanville, Barry Goldberg, Andy Grassi, Tom Trafalski,Ken Villeneuve, Tom Winslow – second engineers
  • Todd Bowie and Chris Buttleman – guitar technician
  • Ted Jensen – mastering
  • Rob Jacobs, Dave Kob, Dave Reynolds, Elliot Scheiner – mixing
  • Adam Armstrong – vocal technician
  • Ted Jensen – editing
  • Don Davis, The Eagles, Jay Oliver – horn and string arrangements
  • David Hewitt – live recording coordinator
  • John Halpern, David Skernick – photography
  • Keith Raywood – production design
  • Robin Sloane, Janet Wolsborn – art direction
  • Dwaine "The Peachin' Trucker" Wise – road manager
  • Andrew Lopez – head driver

Charts[]

Certifications[]

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