Eldorado (EP)

Eldorado
EP by Neil Young
Released	April 17, 1989 (1989-04-17)
Recorded	December 13–15, 1988
Studio	The Hit Factory, New York City
Genre	Rock
Length	25:30
Label	Reprise
Producer	Neil Young, Niko Bolas
Neil Young chronology
This Note's for You (1988) Eldorado (1989) Freedom (1989)

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Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	B+[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).

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

• Neil Young – guitar, vocals
• Chad Cromwell – drums
• Rick "The Bass Player" Rosas – bass
• Frank "Poncho" Sampedro – guitar on "Eldorado"

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.

• Official website