Venus Isle
| Venus Isle | ||||
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| Released | September 3, 1996 | |||
| Recorded | 1996 | |||
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| Genre | Instrumental rock, pop rock | |||
| Length | 58:23 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Producer | Eric Johnson, Richard Mullen | |||
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| Singles from Ah Via Musicom | ||||
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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.