Eagles - Hell Freezes Over Liner Notes

Liner Notes

Booklet page 1: To listeners near and far, the Eagles were an American band. It wasn't simply a matter of birth or geography, but rather that their songs touched on much of the popular musical heritage of America. To this day, listeners here and elsewhere consider American pop music to be country, blues, folk, rockabilly, rhythm-and-blues, Motown. The Eagles were rooted in all of them. It is only appropriate that the name they took for themselves was that of the symbol of America.

Like most Americans, and most bands formed in California, the Eagles came from elsewhere. Their brand of rock'n'roll was nurtured in the heartland, not on the fringes. Early songs from "Take It Easy" to "Desperado" were dubbed "country rock." But, as the Seventies rolled on, the Eagles soared higher and wider. "Best of My Love" and "Lyin' Eyes" were rock and pop and country and the fans took them as their own. The distances between the country and the city, the redneck and the hippie, narrowed. In the Nineties, that gap would be forever closed by another generation of country rockers.

The Eagles evolved and grew. The same album that boasted "Take It To The Limit" also included the R&B-flavored title track "One of These Nights." Soon after, the band laid down harder rock with classics such as "Hotel California," "New Kid in Town" and "Life in the Fast Lane." In fact, the band was so inclusive that the only label that truly attached itself was "California rock." No one knew quite what that meant - except perhaps that, because in California anything was possible, music that came from that promising land was more free-spirited and free-ranging.

On six studio albums from 1972 - 1979, the Eagles reflected most of the spectrum of music then heard on American radio an din that decade sold more records than any other American band. The Eagles successfully and popularly fused disparate musical roots. That is their legacy, one which we continue to witness today.

- Sal Manna

Booklet pages 2-3:
1 get over it 3:29
WRITTEN BY DON HENLEY / GLENN FREY
©1994 Black Cyprus Music / Red Cloud Music ASCAP.
All rights on behalf of Black Cypress Music adm. by WB Music Corp.

2 love will keep us alive 4:00
WRITTEN BY PETE VALE / JIM CAPALDI / PAUL CARRACK
©1994 EMI Virgin Music Ltd. / Freedom Songs Limited PRS / Plangent Visions Music ASCAP

3 the girl from yesterday 3:21
WRITTEN BY GLENN FREY / JACK TEMPCHIN
©1994 Red Cloud Music / Night River Publishing ASCAP

4 learn to be still 4:27
WRITTEN BY DON HENLEY / STAN LYNCH
©1994 Black Cyprus Music / Matanzas Music / The Night Rainbox Music ASCAP.
All rights on behalf of Black Cypress Music adm. by WB Music Corp.

5 tequila sunrise 2:56
WRITTEN BY DON HENLEY / GLENN FREY
©1973 Cass County Music / Red Cloud Music ASCAP

6 hotel california 6:54
WRITTEN BY DON HENLEY / GLENN FREY / DON FELDER
©1976 Cass County Music / Red Cloud Music / Fingers Music ASCAP

7 wasted time 5:03
WRITTEN BY DON HENLEY / GLENN FREY
©1976 Cass County Music / Red Cloud Music ASCAP

8 pretty maids all in a row 4:15
WRITTEN BY JOE WALSH / JOE VITALE
©1976 Wow & Flutter Music ASCAP / Mentally Incompetent Music BMI

9 i can't tell you why 4:54
WRITTEN BY DON HENLEY / GLENN FREY / TIMOTHY B. SCHMIT
©1979 Cass County Music / Red Cloud Music / Jeddrah Music ASCAP

10 new york minute 6:16
WRITTEN BY DON HENLEY / DANNY KORTCHMAR / JAI WINDING
©1989 Woody Creek Music / WB Music Corp. / Dobbs Music ASCAP
All rights on behalf of Woody Creek Music adm. by WB Music Corp.

11 the last resort 7:00
WRITTEN BY DON HENLEY / GLENN FREY
©1976 Cass County Music / Red Cloud Music ASCAP

12 take it easy 4:24
WRITTEN BY JACKSON BROWNE / GLENN FREY
©1972 Swallow Turn Music ASCAP

13 in the city 3:54
WRITTEN BY JOE WALSH / BARRY DeVORZON
©1979 Wow & Flutter Music ASCAP / Mentally Incompetent Music BMI

14 life in the fast lane 5:05
WRITTEN BY DON HENLEY / GLENN FREY / JOE WALSH
©1976 Cass County Music / Red Cloud Music / Wow & Flutter Music ASCAP

15 desperado 3:43
WRITTEN BY DON HENLEY / GLENN FREY
©1973 Cass County Music / Red Cloud Music ASCAP

Booklet page 4-5:

get over it

I turn on the tube and what do I see
A whole lotta people cryin' "Don't blame me"
They point their crooked little fingers at everybody else
Spend all their time feelin' sorry for themselves
Victim of this, victim of that
Your momma's too thin; your daddy's too fat

Get over it
Get over it
All this whinin' and cryin' and pitchin' a fit
Get over it, get over it

You say you haven't been the same since you had your little crash
But you might feel better if they gave you some cash
The more I think about it, Old Billy was right
Let's kill all the lawyers -- kill 'em tonight
You don't want to work; you want to live like a king
But the big, bad world doesn't owe you a thing

Get over it
Get over it
If you don't want to play, then you might as well split
Get over it, get over it

It's like going to confession every time I hear you speak
You're makin' the most of your losin' streak
Some call it sick, but I call it weak

You drag it around like a ball and chain
You wallow in the guilt; you wallow in the pain
You wave it like a flag, you wear it like a crown
Got your mind in the gutter, bringin' everybody down
Complain about the present and blame it on the past
I'd like to find your inner child and kick its little ass

Get over it
Get over it
All this bitchin' and moanin' and pitchin'a fit
Get over it, get over it

Get over it
Get over it
It's gotta stop sometime, so why don't you quit
Get over it, get over it

 

love will keep us alive

I was standing
All alone against the world outside
You were searching
For a place to hide
Lost and lonely
Now you've given me the will to survive
When we're hungry... love will keeps us alive

Don't you worry
Sometimes you just gotta let it ride
The world is changing
Right before your eyes
Now I've found you
There's no more emptiness inside
When we're hungry... love will keeps us alive

I would die for you
Climb the highest mountain
Baby, there's nothing I wouldn't do

Now I've found you
There's no more emptiness inside
When we're hungry... love will keeps us alive

I would die for you
Climb the highest mountain
Baby, there's nothing I wouldn't do

I was standing
All alone against the world outside
You were searching
For a place to hide
Lost and lonely
Now you've given me the will to survive
When we're hungry... love will keeps us alive
When we're hungry... love will keeps us alive
When we're hungry... love will keeps us alive

 

the girl from yesterday

It wasn't really sad the way they said good-bye
Or maybe it just hurt so bad she couldn't cry
He packed his things, walked out the door and drove away
And she became the girl from yesterday

He took a plane across the sea to some foreign land
She stayed at home and tried so hard to understand
How someone who had been so close could be so far away
And she became the girl from yesterday

She doesn't know what's right
She doesn't know what's wrong
She only knows the pain that comes from waiting for so long
And she doesn't count the teardrops
That she's cried while he's away
Because she knows deep in her heart
That's he'll be back someday

The light's on in the window; she's waiting by the phone
Talking to a memory that's never coming home
She dreams of his returning and the things that he might say
But she'll always be the girl from yesterday
Yeh, she'll always be the girl from yesterday

 

learn to be still

It's just another day in paradise
As you stumble to your bed
You'd give anything to silence
Those voices ringing in your head
You thought you could find happiness
Just over that green hill
You thought you would be satisfied
But you never will --
Learn to be still

We are like sheep without a shepherd
We don't know how to be alone
So we wander 'round this desert
And wind up following the wrong gods home
But the flock cries out for another
And they keep answering that bell
And one more starry-eyed messiah
Meets a violent farewell --
Learn to be still
Learn to be still

Now the flowers in your garden
They don't smell so sweet
Maybe you've forgotten
The heaven lying at your feet

-Solo-

There are so many contradictions
In all these messages we send
(We keep asking)
How do I get out of here?
Where do I fit in?
Though the world is torn and shaken
Even if your heart is breakin'
It's waiting for you to awaken
And someday you will --
Learn to be still
Learn to be still

You just keep on runnin'
Keep on runnin'

 

Lyrics reprinted by Permission.
All Rights Reserved.

Booklet page 6:
Don Felder: guitars, vocals
Glenn Frey: guitars, piano, keyboards, vocals
Don Henley: drums, percussion, vocals
Timothy B. Schmit: bass, vocals
Joe Walsh: guitars, organ, vocals

Additional Musicians
John Carey: keyboards, guitar, vocals
Scott Crago: percussion, drums
Timothy Drury: keyboards, vocals
Stan Lynch: percussion
Jay Oliver: keyboards
Paulinho DaCosta: percussion
Gary Grimm: percussion

Produced by the Eagles with Elliot Scheiner and Rob Jacobs
"Learn To Be Still" Produced by the Eagles with Stan Lynch and Rob Jacobs
Live tracks Recorded and Mixed by Elliot Scheiner
Studio tracks Recorded and Mixed by Rob Jacobs
Horn and String arrangements by the Eagles, Jay Oliver and Don Davis

Second Engineers:
Tom Winslow, Barry Goldberg, Ken Villeneuve, Carl Glanville, Andy Grassi, Charlie Bouis, Tom Trafalski
Studio Tracks Recorded at The Village Recorder, Los Angeles; Sounds Interchange, Toronto
Mixed at The Village Recorder and A&M Recording Studios, Los Angeles; Hit Factory, NYC
Live Recording Coordinator: David Hewitt
Guitar Techs: Chris Buttleman, Mike Harlow, Tony LaCroix, Todd Bowie
Drum Tech: Gary Grimm
Keyboard Techs: Bill Lanham, Mike Rodriguez
Live tracks Recorded at Warner Burbank Studios with Le Mobile
House Mixer at Warner Burbank: Dave Kob
Monitor Mixer at Warner Burbank: Dave Reynolds
Edited and Mastered by Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound, NYC

Executive Producer: Joel Stillerman
Program Producer: Carol Donovan
Program Director: Beth McCarthy
Program Line Producer: Audrey Johns
An MTV Production

Special Thanks at MTV to:
Joni Abbott, John Cannelli, Tom Freston, Doug Herzog, Judy McGrath, Ed Paparo and Van Toffler

Personal Management: Irving Azoff
Peter Lopez

Art Direction: Robin Sloane and Janet Wolsborn
Cover Photography: David Skernick
Band Photography: John Halpen
Devil Illustration: Rodger Ferris

Joe Walsh appears courtesy of Pyramid Records

Booklet page 8: "This land is your land," Woody Guthrie sang, and so is its wildlife. From California, where more sea otters thrive today than at any time this century, to New York's Manhattan Island, where peregrine falcons soar overhead after an absence of decades, species once teetering on the bring of extinction are being given a second chance at life.

Our nation's symbol, the bald eagle, is among the species enjoying the second chance. Once reduced to only about 400 nesting pairs in the lower 48 states, the eagle has multiplied tenfold and is being taken off the endangered species list.

For these species and others like them, the Endangered Species Act has meant the difference between survival and extinction. This federal law protects mroe than 800 species of rare American animals and plants. Without the Endangered Species Act, many of these species would be gone forever.

The loss of biological diversity means more than just the loss of our natural heritage. Endangered species serve as beacons, warning us of threats to our environment that could ultimately inperil our own well being. The bald eagle's decline served as a barometer of environmental degredation, a signal that we were poisoning the very environment upon which we and other creatures depend.

The Endangered Species Act comes before Congress for reauthorization in 1995. Already, special interest groups are lobbying to weaken it. Your help is needed to protect and strengthen the Endangered Species Act. Please write: Environmental Defense Fund, 257 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10010 or call: 1-800-CALL-EDF.

On the Back:
[song listing]

PRODUCED BY THE EAGLES
WITH ELLIOT SCHEINER AND ROB JACOBS

GEFFEN
Geffen Records, 9130 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 900696197. Manufactured and Distributed in the United States by Uni Distribution Corp. ©1994 Eagles Recording Co. ©1994 Geffen Records, Inc. Made in U.S.A. All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized duplication is a violation of applicable laws.

On the CD Itself:
EAGLES
hell freezes over

[song listing]

PRODUCED BY THE EAGLES
WITH ELLIOT SCHEINER AND
ROB JACOBS

©1994 Eagles Recording Co. ©1994 Geffen Records, Inc. Manufactured and Distributed in the United States by Uni Distribution Corp. Made in USA GEFD-24725

 

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