Venus Isle

Venus Isle
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 3, 1996 (1996-09-03)
Recorded1996
Studio
  • Saucer One, Austin
  • Arlyn, Austin
  • A&M, Hollywood
  • Digital Services, Houston
  • Rocket Ranch, Houston
  • Reelsound, Buda
GenreInstrumental rock, pop rock
Length58:23
LabelCapitol
ProducerEric Johnson, Richard Mullen
Eric Johnson chronology
Ah Via Musicom
(1990)
Venus Isle
(1996)
G3: Live in Concert
(1996)
Singles from Ah Via Musicom
  1. "Pavilion" / "S.R.V."
    Released: 1996

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, the highest position in Johnson's career, and remained on that chart for six weeks. "Pavilion" was released as a single and reached No. 33 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart, 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." Advance promotional CDs of Travel One Hope have since become a collector's item.