Hell Freezes Over

Hell Freezes Over is the second live album by the Eagles, released in 1994. The album is the first to be released after Eagles had re-formed 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 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 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.^[1]

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 1994–1996 and became one of the most successful tours in music history.^[2]^[3]

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."^[3] Henley 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."^[4] 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.^[5] The former Eagles 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.^[5]

The band members performed live for the first time in April 1994 at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California for an MTV special.^[5] 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, Glenn Frey joked to the audience: "For the record, we never broke up; we just took a 14-year vacation." The tour began in May 27 and the Hell Freezes Over album was released on November 8, 1994.^[5] The album is the band's second live album. behind their live album in 1980.

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	^[6]
Rolling Stone	^[7]

Track listing

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

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

"Help Me Through the Night" (Walsh) 21.44
"The Heart of the Matter" (Henley, Mike Campbell, J.D. Souther)
"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

Don Felder – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, pedal steel guitar, mandolin, vocals
Glenn Frey – electric and acoustic guitar, piano, keyboards, vocals
Don Henley – drums, acoustic guitar, percussion, vocals
Timothy B. Schmit – bass guitar, vocals
Joe Walsh – electric and acoustic guitar, slide guitar, organ, vocals

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 "New York Minute"

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

Album

Chart (1994)	Peak position
Australian Top 50 Albums^[8]	23
French Top Albums^[9]	41
German Albums Chart^[10]	29
Japanese Albums Chart^[11]	6
Netherlands Top 100 Albums^[12]	10
Swedish Top 60 Albums^[13]	9
Swiss Top 100 Albums^[14]	26
US Billboard 200^[15]	1

Chart (1995)	Peak position
Austrian Top 75 Albums^[16]	24
New Zealand Top 50 Albums^[17]	13
Norwegian Top 40 Albums^[18]	3

Chart (1996)	Peak position
UK Albums Chart^[19]	18

Chart (1997)	Peak position
US Catalog Albums^[15]	6

Chart (2001)	Peak position
Finnish Top 40 Albums^[20]	16

End of decade charts

Chart (1990–1999)	Position
U.S. Billboard 200^[21]	37

Video/DVD

Chart (2002)	Peak position
Japanese DVDs Chart^[22]	151

Chart (2003)	Peak position
Netherlands Top 30 Music DVDs^[23]	3
Swedish Top 20 DVDs^[24]	1

Chart (2004)	Peak position
New Zealand Top 10 Music DVDs^[25]	1
Norwegian Top 10 DVDs^[26]	1
Portuguese Top 30 Music DVDs^[27]	3

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

Album


Region	Certification	Certified units/Sales
Canada (Music Canada)^[28]	7× Platinum	700,000^{^}
Japan (RIAJ)^[29]	Gold	286,000^[30]
Norway (IFPI Norway)^[31]	Platinum	50,000^*
Sweden (GLF)^[32]	Gold	50,000^{^}
United Kingdom (BPI)^[33]	Gold	100,000^{^}
United States (RIAA)^[34]	9× Platinum	10,000,000^[1]
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^{^}shipments figures based on certification alone

Video/DVD


Region	Certification	Certified units/Sales
Argentina (CAPIF)^[35]	Platinum	8,000^*
Australia (ARIA)^[36]	20× Platinum	300,000^{^}
Canada (Music Canada)^[37]	Platinum	100,000^{^}
Denmark (IFPI Denmark)^[38]	2× Platinum	80,000^{^}
New Zealand (RMNZ)^[39]	9× Platinum	45,000^{^}
Sweden (GLF)^[40]	Gold	10,000^{^}
United Kingdom (BPI)^[41]	2× Platinum	100,000^{^}
United States (RIAA)^[42]	8× Platinum	800,000^{^}
^{^}shipments figures based on certification alone

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Preceded by MTV Unplugged in New York by Nirvana	Billboard 200 number-one album November 26 – December 9, 1994	Succeeded by Miracles: The Holiday Album by Kenny G

Eagles

Glenn Frey Don Henley Bernie Leadon Randy Meisner Don Felder Joe Walsh Timothy B. Schmit

Studio albums	Eagles Desperado On the Border One of These Nights Hotel California The Long Run Long Road Out of Eden

Live albums	Eagles Live Hell Freezes Over Farewell 1 Tour-Live from Melbourne

Compilation albums	Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975) Eagles Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 The Very Best of the Eagles Selected Works: 1972–1999 The Very Best Of Eagles

Singles	"Take It Easy" "Witchy Woman" "Peaceful Easy Feeling" "Tequila Sunrise" "Outlaw Man" "Already Gone" "James Dean" "Best of My Love" "One of These Nights" "Lyin' Eyes" "Take It to the Limit" "New Kid in Town" "Hotel California" "Life in the Fast Lane" "Please Come Home for Christmas" "Heartache Tonight" "The Long Run" "I Can't Tell You Why" "Seven Bridges Road" "Get Over It" "Love Will Keep Us Alive" "Hole in the World" "How Long" "Busy Being Fabulous"

Other songs	"Desperado" "Ol' '55" "The Last Resort" "In the City"

Tours	Long Road Out of Eden Tour History of the Eagles Tour

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