Hell Freezes Over

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Hell Freezes Over
The Eagles Hell Freezes Over.jpg
1994 CD edition
Live album by
the Eagles
ReleasedNovember 8, 1994
RecordedApril 25–26, 1994
VenueWarner Bros. Studio (Burbank, California)
Studio The Village Recorder (Los Angeles California)
Sounds Interchange (Toronto)
Genre Rock
Length72:36
Label
  • Geffen
  • Eagles Recording Company
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
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]

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 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.

Contents

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. [3]

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. [4] [5]

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". [5] Glenn Frey also said in 1982 on the breakup: "I just rule out the possibility of putting the Eagles back together for a Lost Youth and Greed tour." [6]

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. [7] The band members agreed, and it would be the first time the group had appeared together in 13 years. Two months later, Frey and Henley had lunch with their management and decided to reunite. [7]

The band members performed live for the first time in April 1994 at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California for an MTV special. [7] The recording sessions produced 11 tracks for the Hell Freezes Over album, including a new arrangement of "Hotel California" that featured 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. [7] The album is the band's second live album, after 1980's Eagles Live .

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 Frey Henley3:31
2."Love Will Keep Us Alive" (New song)Pete Vale, Jim Capaldi, Paul Carrack Schmit4:03
3."The Girl from Yesterday" (New song)Frey, Jack Tempchin Frey3:23
4."Learn to Be Still" (New song)Henley, Stan Lynch Henley4:28
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 Vitale Walsh4:26
9."I Can't Tell You Why" (Originally from The Long Run , 1979)Henley, Frey, Timothy B. Schmit Schmit5:11
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 Vorzon Walsh4:07
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)WalshWalsh3:49
2."The Heart of the Matter" (Originally from Don Henley's The End of the Innocence)Henley, Mike Campbell, J.D. Souther Henley5:41
3."Seven Bridges Road" (Remixed recording from Eagles Live , 1980) Steve Young Felder, Frey, Henley, Schmit, Walsh3:54

Personnel

Compiled from Hell Freezes Over liner notes. [8]

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