The reunion that made hell freeze over — unplugged, unfiltered, and unexpectedly intimate.
Following years of public speculation, the Eagles formally reunited in 1994, 14 years after splitting up in 1980. The ensuing tour spawned the live album, Hell Freezes Over, which debuted at number one on the Billboard album chart. It included four new studio songs, with 'Get Over It' and 'Love Will Keep Us Alive' both becoming Top 40 hits. The album - for which the live tracks were recorded at an MTV Special on April 24, 1994 - proved as successful as the tour, selling six million copies in the U.S. The following night - April 25, 1994 - the Eagles returned to Warner Brothers Studios in Burbank, CA, where they had recorded the previous night, and a second show was filmed and indeed transmitted on television. For the first time on vinyl, this release features this relaxed and quite extraordinary event in its entirety. Captured across two installments, this delightful and rare performance will prove a must have item for Eagles fans everywhere.
Sound
Those harmonies — four decades of bitterness melted away.
Production
The stripped-down intimacy exposes every vocal crack and guitar squeak.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'Hell Freezes Over' title came from Henley's 1980 quote that the band would reunite 'when hell freezes over' — he ate those words on MTV.
This second night was originally broadcast on Japanese TV only, making this vinyl release a resurrection of a ghost performance.
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