Hell Freezes Over [25th Anniversary Edition]

by Eagles

Overview

The Eagles' first newly recorded album in 14 years gets off to a good start with the rocker "Get Over It," a timely piece of advice about accepting responsibility, followed by the tender ballad "Love Will Keep Us Alive," the country-styled "The Girl from Yesterday," and "Learn to Be Still," one of Don Henley's more thoughtful statements. Unfortunately, that's the extent of the album's new material. Essentially, Hell Freezes Over contains an EP's worth of new material followed by a live album. The Eagles, known for meticulously re-creating their studio recordings in concert, nevertheless released an earlier concert recording, Eagles Live, in 1980. Six songs from that set reappear here, and only one is in a noticeably different arrangement, with "Hotel California" receiving the acoustic treatment. As was true on Eagles Live, the group remains most interested in their later material, redoing five songs from the Hotel California LP and two from its follow-up, The Long Run, but finding space for only three songs from their early days: "Tequila Sunrise," "Take It Easy," and "Desperado," the last two of which were also on Eagles Live. As such, Hell Freezes Over is hard to justify as anything other than a souvenir for the Eagles' reunion tour. That, however, did not keep it from topping the charts and selling in the millions. ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date:	03/08/2019
Label:	Geffen
UPC:	0602577302244
Rank:	2262

Tracks

1. Get Over It
2. Love Will Keep Us Alive
3. The Girl From Yesterday
4. Learn to Be Still
5. Tequila Sunrise
6. Hotel California
7. Wasted Time
8. Pretty Maids All in a Row
9. I Can't Tell You Why
10. New York Minute
11. The Last Resort
12. Take It Easy
13. In the City
14. Life in the Fast Lane
15. Desperado

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Eagles   Primary Artist
Scott Plunkett   Keyboards
Timothy Drury   Vocals,Keyboards
Gary Grimm   Percussion
Don Henley   Drums,Vocals,Percussion
John Corey   Guitar,Vocals,Keyboards
Stan Lynch   Percussion
Paulinho Da Costa   Percussion
Jay Oliver   Keyboards
Scott Crago   Drums,Percussion
Timothy B. Schmit   Bass,Vocals
Glenn Frey   Piano,Guitar,Vocals,Keyboards
Don Felder   Guitar,Vocals
Joe Walsh   Organ,Guitar,Vocals

Technical Credits

Joe Walsh   Composer
David Hewitt   Coordination
Peter Vale   Composer
Jim Capaldi   Composer
Tom Winslow   Second Engineer
Dave Kob   Mixing
David Skernick   Photography
Robin Sloane   Art Direction
Joel Stillerman   Executive Producer
Audrey Johns   Producer
John Halpern   Photography
Jack Tempchin   Composer
Jai Winding   Composer
Jackson Browne   Composer
Elliot Scheiner   Mixing,Engineer,Producer
Eagles   Producer,Performer,Horn Arrangements,String Arrangements
Don Davis   Horn Arrangements,String Arrangements
Carl Glanville   Second Engineer
Charlie Bouis   Second Engineer
Don Henley   Composer
Mad Lion   Composer
Carol Donovan   Producer
Janet Wolsborn   Art Direction
Barry Goldberg   Second Engineer
Stan Lynch   Composer,Producer
Ted Jensen   Editing,Mastering
Andy Grassi   Second Engineer
Jay Oliver   Horn Arrangements,String Arrangements
Duke Ellington   Composer
Barry De Vorzon   Composer
Rob Jacobs   Mixing,Engineer,Producer
Tom Trafalski   Second Engineer
Ken Villeneuve   Second Engineer
Timothy B. Schmit   Composer
Glenn Frey   Composer
Danny Kortchmar   Composer
Dave Reynolds   Mixing
Paul Carrack   Composer
Steve Young   Composer
Don Felder   Composer
Joe Vitale   Composer