Eldorado (Electric Light Orchestra album)

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Eldorado
Elo Eldorado.jpg
Studio album by
Electric Light Orchestra
ReleasedSeptember 1974
RecordedFebruary–August 1974
Studio De Lane Lea Studios, London
Genre
Length38:42
Label Warner Bros., United Artists
Producer Jeff Lynne
Electric Light Orchestra chronology
The Night the Light Went On in Long Beach
(1974)		Eldorado
(1974)		 Showdown
(1974)
Electric Light Orchestra studio album chronology
On the Third Day
(1973)		Eldorado
(1974)		 Face the Music
(1975)
Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Eldorado Overture" (instrumental)2:12
2."Can't Get It Out of My Head"4:21
3."Boy Blue"5:18
4."Laredo Tornado"5:29
5."Poor Boy (The Greenwood)"2:57
Side two
No.TitleLength
6."Mister Kingdom"5:50
7."Nobody's Child"3:40
8."Illusions in G Major"2:36
9."Eldorado"5:20
10."Eldorado Finale"1:20
Total length:39:03
CD reissue bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
11."Eldorado Instrumental Medley"7:56
12."Dark City"0:46

Personnel

Additional personnel

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [23] Platinum100,000^
United States (RIAA) [24] Gold500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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