EAGLES – Hell Freezes Over [25th Anniversary Edition Remastered] (2019) *EXCLUSIVE*
Originally released in 1994 following EAGLES‘ 14 year-long break up, “Hell Freezes Over” celebrates its 25th anniversary with a remastered release. Long out of print on vinyl and never before released in the US on this format, the reissue is available on CD and digital as well.
The album has been lovingly remastered by legend Bob Ludwig. It contains four studio tracks and eleven tracks recorded live in April 1994 for MTV. The band’s lineup of this era was Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Don Felder, Joe Walsh, and Timothy B. Schmit.
Two Top 40 singles, the rocking ‘Get Over It’ and ‘Love Will Keep Us Alive’, were released from the record.
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”.
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 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.
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 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 album went to No. 1 on the Billboard album chart upon its release where it stayed for two weeks, and has sold over 9 million copies in the United States alone.
I love “Hell Freezes Over”. I have loved this album since appearedm and regularly visits my CD player. This is classic rock in its purest form. Classic songs in refreshed arrangements, and 4 new stupendous tracks.
Now it’s time to raplace it with this fresh remaster.
This “Hell Freezes Over [25th Anniversary Edition Remastered]” sounds awesome. There’s better instrument separation, and percussion is cleared, defined.
This is, in my humble opinion, one of the greatest Eagles albums.
A MUST HAVE
You’ve seen it first here, at 0dayrox
01 – Get Over It
02 – Love Will Keep Us Alive
03 – The Girl From Yesterday
04 – Learn To Be Still
05 – Tequila Sunrise
06 – Hotel California
07 – Wasted Time
08 – Pretty Maids All In A Row
09 – 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
Don Felder – electric / acoustic guitar, mandolin, vocals
Glenn Frey – electric / acoustic guitar, piano, keyboards, vocals
Don Henley – drums, acoustic guitar, percussion, vocals
Timothy B. Schmit – bass, vocals
Joe Walsh – electric / 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
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