Eldorado (EP)

Eldorado
EP by
ReleasedApril 17, 1989 (1989-04-17)
RecordedDecember 13–15, 1988
StudioThe Hit Factory, New York City
GenreRock
Length25:30
LabelReprise
Producer
Neil Young chronology
This Note's for You
(1988)
Eldorado
(1989)
Freedom
(1989)
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Robert ChristgauB+

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 record 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).