Hell Freezes Over

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". 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." 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. 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==

• 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. 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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