Eldorado (EP)

Eldorado
EP by
Neil Young
ReleasedApril 17, 1989 (1989-04-17)
RecordedDecember 13–15, 1988
StudioThe Hit Factory, New York City
GenreRock
Length25:30
LabelReprise
ProducerNeil Young, Niko Bolas
Neil Young chronology
This Note's for You
(1988) 		Eldorado
(1989) 		Freedom
(1989)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Robert ChristgauB+[2]

Eldorado is an EP released only in Japan and Australia by Neil Young backed by The Restless, which consisted of Chad Cromwell and Rick Rosas. The ep went long out of print, until April 29, 2022 when Neil Young reissued the ep on CD and vinyl for global release.

It contains different mixes of three songs that subsequently appeared on Young's 1989 album Freedom, "Don't Cry," "On Broadway," and "Eldorado," and two tracks not available on any other recording, "Cocaine Eyes" and "Heavy Love."

The "Don't Cry" track on Eldorado is longer than the later version published on Freedom, for which some of the more free-form guitar work was edited out (at the insistence of co-producers Niko Bolas and Frank Sampedro).

Track listing

All songs written by Neil Young, except "On Broadway" (Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller).

  1. "Cocaine Eyes" – 4:24
  2. "Don't Cry" – 5:00
  3. "Heavy Love" – 5:09
  4. "On Broadway" – 4:57
  5. "Eldorado" – 6:03

Personnel

Notes

Chad Cromwell and Rick Rosas also provided rhythm on 1989's Freedom, 2005's Prairie Wind, 2006's Living with War and 2009's Fork in the Road studio albums.

Charts

2022 chart performance for Eldorado
Chart (2022) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[3] 199
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[4] 44
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[5] 67

References

  1. ^ ruhlmann, William. Eldorado at AllMusic
  2. ^ Robert Christgau review
  3. ^ "Ultratop.be – Neil Young – Eldorado" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 11, 2022.
  4. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Neil Young – Eldorado" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved August 26, 2022.
  5. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Neil Young – Eldorado". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 28, 2022.