Venus Isle is the third studio album by guitarist Eric Johnson, released on September 3, 1996, through Capitol Records. The album reached No. 51 on the U.S. Billboard 200,[4] the highest position in Johnson's career, and remained on that chart for six weeks.[5] "Pavilion" was released as a single and reached No. 33 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart,[4] while its B-side "S.R.V." is a tribute to guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan and features his elder brother Jimmie Vaughan as a guest soloist. "Camel's Night Out" is featured as downloadable content for the video game Guitar Hero World Tour (2008) and can also be exported to Guitar Hero 5 (2009).
The album's original title was to be Travel One Hope, but this was changed at the last minute by Capitol for "being too oblique."[6] Advance promotional CDs of Travel One Hope have since become a collector's item.
Stephen Thomas Erlewine at AllMusic gave Venus Isle three stars out of five, describing Johnson as a "consummate guitarist" and "a joy to hear him play". However, he criticized the album for not breaking any new ground following the six-year gap from its 1990 predecessor Ah Via Musicom, remarking that it "reveals no new insights about the guitarist, it only offers a new spin on the territory Ah! Via Musicom covered."[1]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Eric Johnson, except where noted.
No.
Title
Length
1.
"Venus Isle"
5:29
2.
"Battle We Have Won"
5:59
3.
"All About You"
8:20
4.
"S.R.V."
3:02
5.
"Lonely in the Night" (Vince Mariani)
6:05
6.
"Manhattan"
4:52
7.
"Camel's Night Out" (Kyle Brock, Mark Younger-Smith)
5:16
8.
"Song for Lynette"
4:54
9.
"When the Sun Meets the Sky" (Johnson, Steve Barber)
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