Hell Freezes Over

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Hell Freezes Over
File:The Eagles Hell Freezes Over.jpg
Live album / studio album by Eagles
Released November 8, 1994
Recorded The Village Recorder, Los Angeles, Sound Interchange, Toronto (Studio tracks)
Warner Burbank Studios, Burbank, California (Live tracks)
Genre Rock
Length 72:36
Label Geffen
Producer Eagles, Elliot Scheiner, Rob Jacobs, Stan Lynch, Carol Donovan
Eagles chronology
The Very Best of the Eagles
(1994)The Very Best of the Eagles1994		 Hell Freezes Over
(1994)		 Selected Works: 1972–1999
(2000)Selected Works: 1972–19992000
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

Hell Freezes Over is the second live album by the Eagles, released in 1994. It contains four new studio tracks and eleven tracks recorded live in April 1994 for an MTV special. The album went to No. 1 on the Billboard album chart upon its release where it stayed for two weeks. It is the band's second live album behind their live album in 1980. The Eagles had reformed after a fourteen-year-long break up. The album proved to be as successful as the tour, selling over six million copies and releasing two Top 40 singles in "Get Over It" and "Love Will Keep Us Alive". The band's lineup consisted of the Long Run era: Don Henley, Glenn Frey, Joe Walsh, Don Felder, and Timothy B. Schmit. The tour would last from 1994–96 and became one of the most successful tours in music history. The album also features an acoustic version of "Hotel California". Hell Freezes Over was also released in video form on VHS, LaserDisc and DVD.

Background

The album name is in reference to a quote by Don Henley after the band's breakup in 1980; he commented that the band would play together again "when Hell freezes over." One of the most notable tracks is a new arrangement of "Hotel California" that features an extended acoustic guitar and percussion opening. At the beginning of the concert, Glenn Frey joked to the audience: "For the record, we never broke up; we just took a 14-year vacation."

The 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 has also been released as DTS CD in 1997.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3/5 stars[1]
Rolling Stone 3.5/5 stars[2]

Track listing

  1. "Get Over It" dagger (Don Henley, Glenn Frey) – 3:31
  2. "Love Will Keep Us Alive"dagger (Pete Vale, Jim Capaldi, Paul Carrack) – 4:03
  3. "The Girl from Yesterday"dagger (Frey, Jack Tempchin) – 3:23
  4. "Learn to Be Still"dagger (Henley, Stan Lynch) – 4:28
  5. "Tequila Sunrise" (Henley, Frey) – 3:28
  6. "Hotel California" (Don Felder, Henley, Frey) – 7:12
  7. "Wasted Time" (Henley, Frey) – 5:19
  8. "Pretty Maids All in a Row" (Joe Walsh, Joe Vitale) – 4:26
  9. "I Can't Tell You Why" (Henley, Frey, Timothy B. Schmit) – 5:11
  10. "New York Minute" (Henley, Danny "Kootch" Kortchmar, Jai Winding) – 6:37
  11. "The Last Resort" (Henley, Frey) – 7:24
  12. "Take It Easy" (Jackson Browne, Frey) – 4:36
  13. "In the City" (Walsh, Barry De Vorzon) – 4:07
  14. "Life in the Fast Lane" (Henley, Frey, Walsh) – 6:01
  15. "Desperado" (Henley, Frey) – 4:17

dagger All new songs were released as studio recordings on the album, but can be seen live on the VHS and DVD versions.

DVD-only tracks

  1. "Help Me Through the Night" (Walsh) 21.44
  2. "The Heart of the Matter" (Henley, Mike Campbell, J.D. Souther)
  3. "Seven Bridges Road" (Steve Young) – DTS – A remastered version of the recording featured on Eagles Live, with a clearer separation of the four vocal parts to exploit the full potential of a 5.1 speaker set-up: Timothy B. Schmit is on the front-left, Glenn Frey on the front-right, Don Henley on the rear-left and Joe Walsh on the rear-right. Frey, as the singer of the song's main melody, is also featured on the front-center channel.

Personnel

Additional personnel
Production
  • Eagles, Elliot Scheiner, Rob Jacobs, Stan Lynch – producers
  • 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, 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

Chart positions

Singles

Year Single Chart Position
1994 "Get Over It" Adult Contemporary 21
1994 "Get Over It" Mainstream Rock Tracks 4
1994 "Get Over It" The Billboard Hot 100 31
1994 "Get Over It" Top 40 Mainstream 26
1994 "Love Will Keep Us Alive" Adult Contemporary 1
1994 "The Girl from Yesterday" Hot Country Singles & Tracks 58
1995 "Learn to Be Still" Adult Contemporary 15
1995 "Learn to Be Still" Mainstream Rock Tracks 33
1995 "Love Will Keep Us Alive" Adult Top 40 37
1995 "Love Will Keep Us Alive" Top 40 Mainstream 27

Certifications

References

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Preceded by Billboard 200 number-one album
November 26 – December 9, 1994		 Succeeded by
Miracles: The Holiday Album by Kenny G
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