Hell Freezes Over is the second live album by the American rock band the Eagles, released on November 8, 1994, by Geffen Records. The album is the first to be released after the Eagles had reformed following a 14-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.
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. 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.
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
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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!scope="row"|Australian Albums (ARIA)
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!scope="row"|Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)
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Decade-end charts
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Video/DVD
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!scope="row"|Japanese DVDs Chart
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!scope="row"|Portuguese Top 30 Music DVDs
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