Hell Freezes Over
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{{Infobox album
| name = Hell Freezes Over
| type = live
| longtype = (with studio tracks)
| artist = the Eagles
| cover = The Eagles Hell Freezes Over.jpg
| alt =
| caption = 1994 CD edition
| released = November 8, 1994
| recorded = April 25–26, 1994
| venue = Warner Bros. Studio (Burbank, California)
| studio = The Village Recorder (Los Angeles California)
Sounds Interchange (Toronto)
| genre = Rock
| length = 72:36
| label = {{hlist|Geffen|Eagles Recording Company}}
| producer = {{hlist|Eagles|Elliot Scheiner|Rob Jacobs|Stan Lynch}}
| prev_title = The Very Best of the Eagles
| prev_year = 1994
| next_title = Selected Works: 1972–1999
| next_year = 2000
| chronology = Eagles
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Hell Freezes Over
| type = live
| single1 = Get Over It
| single1date = 1994
| single2 = Love Will Keep Us Alive
| single2date = 1994
| single3 = The Girl from Yesterday
| single3date = 1994
| single4 = Learn to Be Still
| single4date = 1995
| single5 = Hotel California [Live]
| single5date = 1995
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite web |first=William |last=Ruhlmann |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r207141|pure_url=yes}}|title=Hell Freezes Over |website=AllMusic |access-date=September 10, 2013}}
|rev2 = Rolling Stone
}}
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.
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.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=The+eagles#search_section |title=Eagles: Gold & Platinum|magazine=Billboard }}
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.{{cite web |url=http://www.eaglesonlinecentral.com/tour/1994hfo.htm |title=1994–1996 Hell Freezes OverTour |work=Eagles Online Central }}
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".{{cite web |url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/eagles-hell-freezes-over-tour/ |title=20 Years Ago: The Eagles Release 'Hell Freezes Over' |author= Corbin Reiff|date= November 8, 2014 |work= Ultimate Classic Rock}} 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."{{cite web |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20083446,00.html |title=They Soared in the Seventies but the Eagles Are Now Following Separate Flight Plans|author= Fred Schruers |work=People magazine |date=November 1, 1982 }}
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.{{cite web|url=http://theboot.com/eagles-hell-freezes-over-tour/ |title=21 Years Ago: The Eagles Reunite for Hell Freezes Over Tour |author= Gayle Thompson |date=May 27, 2015 |work=The Boot }} 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.
The band members performed live for the first time in April 1994 at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California for an MTV special. 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. 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
{{Track listing
| all_writing =
| title1 = Get Over It
| length1 = 3:31
| title2 = Love Will Keep Us Alive
| length2 = 4:03
| title3 = The Girl from Yesterday
| length3 = 3:23
| title4 = Learn to Be Still
| length4 = 4:28
| title5 = Tequila Sunrise
| length5 = 3:28
| title6 = Hotel California
| length6 = 7:12
| title7 = Wasted Time
| length7 = 5:19
| title8 = Pretty Maids All in a Row
| length8 = 4:26
| title9 = I Can't Tell You Why
| length9 = 5:11
| title10 = New York Minute
| length10 = 6:37
| title11 = The Last Resort
| length11 = 7:24
| title12 = Take It Easy
| length12 = 4:36
| title13 = In the City
| length13 = 4:07
| title14 = Life in the Fast Lane
| length14 = 6:01
| title15 = Desperado
| length15 = 4:17
| writer1 = Don Henley, Glenn Frey
| writer2 = Pete Vale, Jim Capaldi, Paul Carrack
| writer3 = Frey, Jack Tempchin
| writer4 = Henley, Stan Lynch
| writer5 = Henley, Frey
| writer6 = Don Felder, Henley, Frey
| writer7 = Henley, Frey
| writer8 = Joe Walsh, Joe Vitale
| writer9 = Henley, Frey, Timothy B. Schmit
| writer10 = Henley, Danny Kortchmar, Jai Winding
| writer11 = Henley, Frey
| writer12 = Jackson Browne, Frey
| writer13 = Walsh, Barry De Vorzon
| writer14 = Henley, Frey, Walsh
| writer15 = Henley, Frey
| note1 = {{small|New song}}
| note2 = {{small|New song}}
| note3 = {{small|New song}}
| note4 = {{small|New song}}
| note5 = Originally from Desperado, 1973
| note6 = Originally from Hotel California, 1976
| note7 = Originally from Hotel California
| note8 = Originally from Hotel California
| note9 = Originally from The Long Run, 1979
| note10 = Originally from Don Henley's The End of the Innocence, 1989
| note11 = Originally from Hotel California
| note12 = Originally from Eagles, 1972
| note13 = Originally from The Long Run
| note14 = Originally from Hotel California
| note15 = Originally from Desperado
| headline = Original CD edition
| extra_column = Lead vocals
| extra1 = Henley
| extra2 = Schmit
| extra3 = Frey
| extra4 = Henley
| extra5 = Frey
| extra6 = Henley
| extra7 = Henley
| extra8 = Walsh
| extra9 = Schmit
| extra10 = Henley
| extra11 = Henley
| extra12 = Frey
| extra13 = Walsh
| extra14 = Henley
| extra15 = Henley
| total_length =
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = DVD-only tracks
| extra_column = Lead vocals
| title1 = Help Me Through the Night
| title2 = The Heart of the Matter
| title3 = Seven Bridges Road
| writer1 = Walsh
| writer2 = Henley, Mike Campbell, JD Souther
| note1 = Originally from Joe Walsh's So What, 1974
| length1 = 3:49
| note2 = Originally from Don Henley's The End of the Innocence
| length2 = 5:41
| writer3 = Steve Young
| note3 = Remixed recording from Eagles Live, 1980
| length3 = 3:14
| extra1 = Walsh
| extra2 = Henley
| extra3 = Felder, 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.{{Cite AV media notes |title=Hell Freezes Over |others=Eagles |year=1994 |type=CD booklet |publisher=Geffen Records |id=24725}}
Eagles
- Don Henley – vocals, drums, acoustic rhythm guitar, percussion
- Timothy B. Schmit – vocals, bass guitar
- Glenn Frey – vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, piano, keyboards
- Don Felder – harmony and backing vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, pedal steel guitar, mandolin
- Joe Walsh – vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, slide guitar, organ
Additional personnel
- John Corey – harmony and backing vocals, piano, guitar
- Scott Crago – percussion, drums
- Timothy Drury – harmony and backing vocals, keyboards
- 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 (CD); tracks 7–12, 17 (DVD)
- Will Hollis – keyboards, synthesizers 2–4 (CD)
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
- Marie NeJame - assistant 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
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=Weekly charts=
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| {{album chart|Australia|23|artist=Eagles|album=Hell Freezes Over|rowheader=true|access-date=May 31, 2024}} |
| {{album chart|Austria|24|artist=Eagles|album=Hell Freezes Over|rowheader=true|access-date=May 31, 2024}} |
| {{album chart|Canada|1|chartid=2675|artist=Eagles|album=Hell Freezes Over|rowheader=true|access-date=May 31, 2024}} |
| {{album chart|Netherlands|10|artist=Eagles|album=Hell Freezes Over|rowheader=true|access-date=May 31, 2024}} |
| {{album chart|Germany4|16|id=1967|artist=Eagles|album=Hell Freezes Over|rowheader=true|access-date=May 31, 2024}} |
| scope="row"|Japanese Albums (Oricon){{cite book|title=Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005|publisher=Oricon Entertainment|location=Roppongi, Tokyo|year=2006|isbn=4-87131-077-9|language=ja}}
| align="center"| 6 |
| {{album chart|New Zealand|3|artist=Eagles|album=Hell Freezes Over|rowheader=true|access-date=May 31, 2024}} |
| {{album chart|Norway|13|artist=Eagles|album=Hell Freezes Over|rowheader=true|access-date=May 31, 2024}} |
| {{album chart|Scotland|12|date=19960811|rowheader=true|access-date=May 31, 2024}} |
| {{album chart|Sweden|9|artist=Eagles|album=Hell Freezes Over|rowheader=true|access-date=May 31, 2024}} |
| {{album chart|Switzerland|26|artist=Eagles|album=Hell Freezes Over|rowheader=true|access-date=May 31, 2024}} |
| {{album chart|UK2|18|date=19960811|rowheader=true|access-date=May 31, 2024}} |
| {{album chart|Billboard200|1|artist=Eagles|rowheader=true|access-date=May 31, 2024}} |
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| scope="col"| Chart (2001)
! scope="col"| Peak |
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| {{album chart|Finland|16|artist=Eagles|album=Hell Freezes Over|rowheader=true|access-date=May 31, 2024}} |
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| scope="col"| Chart (2019)
! scope="col"| Peak |
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| {{album chart|Germany4|26|id=1967|artist=Eagles|album=Hell Freezes Over|rowheader=true|access-date=May 31, 2024|refname=ref1}} |
=Year-end charts=
=Decade-end charts=
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| scope="col"| Chart (1990–1999)
! scope="col"| Peak |
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| scope="row"| US Billboard 200{{cite book | author = Geoff Mayfield | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=9w0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA4 | title = 1999 The Year in Music Totally '90s: Diary of a Decade – The listing of Top Pop Albums of the '90s & Hot 100 Singles of the '90s | publisher = Billboard | date = December 25, 1999 | access-date = October 15, 2010}}
| style="text-align:center;"|37 |
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=Video/DVD=
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| scope="col"| Chart (2002)
! scope="col"| Peak |
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| scope="row"|Japanese DVDs Chart{{cite web |url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/40201/ranking/dvd/ |title=Artist Ranking DVD |work=Oricon Style |language=ja |access-date=August 7, 2011}}
|style="text-align:center;"|151 |
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| scope="col"| Chart (2003)
! scope="col"| Peak |
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| scope="row"|Netherlands Top 30 Music DVDs{{cite web |url=http://www.dutchcharts.nl/weekchart.asp?cat=d&year=2003&date=20030104 |title=GfK Dutch DVD Music Top 30 |work=Dutch Charts |publisher=Hung Medien |language=nl |format=ASP |access-date=August 7, 2011}}
|style="text-align:center;"|3 |
| scope="row"|Swedish Top 20 DVDs{{cite web |url=http://www.sverigetopplistan.se/ |title=Sverigetopplistan |language=sv}} Search for Eagles and click Sök.
|style="text-align:center;"|1 |
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Certifications
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=Album=
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=album|title=Hell Freezes Over|artist=Eagles|award=Platinum|certyear=1994|relyear=1995|accessdate=November 8, 2021}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|type=album|title=Hell Freezes Over|artist=Eagles|award=Platinum|number=7|relyear=1994}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|type=album|title=Hell Freezes Over|artist=Eagles|award=Gold|certyear=2023|relyear=1994|access-date=January 20, 2023}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Japan|type=album|title=ヘル・フリーゼス・オーヴァー|artist=イーグルス|award=Platinum|certyear=1995|certmonth=1|salesamount=286,000|salesref={{cite book|title=Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005|publisher=Oricon Entertainment|location=Roppongi, Tokyo|year=2006|isbn=4-87131-077-9}}|access-date=July 21, 2022}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Netherlands|type=album|title=Hell Freezes Over|artist=Eagles|award=Gold|certyear=1996|relyear=1994|access-date=February 28, 2019}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|type=album|title=Hell Freezes Over|artist=Eagles|award=Platinum|number=4|relyear=1994|id=2015-03-13|source=newchart|access-date=2024-11-20|certyear=2015}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Norway|type=album|title=Hell Freezes Over|artist=Eagles|award=Platinum|relyear=1994}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Spain|artist=Frank Sinatra|title=Duets|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=1994|certyear=1995|certref={{cite book |last=Salaverrie |first=Fernando |date=September 2005 |url=http://www.mediafire.com/file/vqzno2c0fe48zam/Spanish+Certifications+for+1991-1995.pdf |title=Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 |language=es |edition=1st |location=Madrid |publisher=Fundación Autor/SGAE |page=938 |isbn=84-8048-639-2 |access-date=September 17, 2019}}}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Sweden|type=album|title=Hell Freezes Over|artist=Eagles|award=Gold|certyear=1997|relyear=1994}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=album|title=Hell Freezes Over|artist=Eagles|award=Platinum|access-date=November 3, 2017|id=2833-663-2}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=album|title=Hell Freezes Over|artist=Eagles|award=Platinum|number=9|salesamount=9,000,000|salesref= }}
{{Certification Table Bottom|streaming=true}}
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=Video/DVD=
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Argentina|type=video|title=Hell Freezes Over|artist=Eagles|award=Platinum|relyear=2005}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=video|title=Hell Freezes Over|artist=Eagles|award=Platinum|number=20|certyear=2005}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|type=video|title=Hell Freezes Over|artist=Eagles|award=Platinum|relyear=1994}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Denmark|title=Hell Freezes Over|artist=Eagles|type=video|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=2004|certyear=2004|certref={{cite web |url=http://www.ifpi.dk/index.php?pk_menu=50 |title=Guld og platin i 2004 |work=IFPI Denmark |language=da |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070611180251/http://www.ifpi.dk/index.php?pk_menu=50 |archive-date=June 11, 2007 |access-date=July 14, 2022}}}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Sweden|type=video|title=Hell Freezes Over|artist=Eagles|award=Gold|relyear=2002|certref={{cite web|url=http://www.sverigetopplistan.se/|title=Sveriges Officiella Topplista|language=sv|publisher=sverigetopplistan.se|access-date=August 21, 2015}} Note: Search for "Eagles" and press "Sök". Then select the video album to see certification awards.}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=video|title=Hell Freezes Over|artist=Eagles|award=Platinum|number=3|id=2833-663-5}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=video|title=Hell Freezes Over|artist=Eagles|award=Platinum|number=8}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=yes}}
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References
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