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Venus Isle by Eric (Guitar) Johnson (CD, Sep-1996, Capitol/EMI Records) 
Venus Isle by Eric (Guitar) Johnson (CD, Sep-1996, Capitol/EMI Records)

 
Venus Isle by Eric (Guitar) Johnson (CD, Sep-1996, Capitol/EMI Records)

Release Date: Sep 1996
Format: CD
Record Label: Capitol/EMI Records
Genre: Guitar Rock Instruml, Instrumental
UPC: 077779833122
Product ID: EPID3215441
Description: Personnel: Eric Johnson (vocals, classical, electric & lap steel guitars, piano, synthesizers); Amit Chatterjee (vocals); Jimmie Vaughan (guitar); Richard Kilmer, Bruce Williams, Jennifer Bourianoff, Anthony Stogner (strings); Scott McIn...
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Track Listing
1. Venus Isle
2. Battle We Have Won
3. All About You
4. S.R.V.
5. Lonely in the Night
6. Manhattan
7. Camel's Night Out
8. Song For Lynette
9. When the Sun Meets the Sky
10. Pavilion
11. Venus Reprise

Details
Contributing Artists:Christopher Cross, Jimmie Vaughan
Producer:Eric Johnson, Richard Mullen
Distributor:EMI Music Distribution
Recording Type:Studio
Recording Mode:Stereo
SPAR Code:n/a

Album Notes
Personnel: Eric Johnson (vocals, classical, electric & lap steel guitars, piano, synthesizers); Amit Chatterjee (vocals); Jimmie Vaughan (guitar); Richard Kilmer, Bruce Williams, Jennifer Bourianoff, Anthony Stogner (strings); Scott McIntosh (trumpet); Steve Barber (Hammond B-3 organ, synthesizer); Kyle Brock, Roscoe Beck, Chris Maresh (bass); Bill Maddox (drums); Tommy Taylor (drums, percussion); Chris Searles, James Fenner (percussion); Christopher Cross (background vocals).
Recorded at Saucer Studios, Austin, Texas.
"Pavilion" was nominated for a 1997 Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance. "S.R.V." was nominated for a 1998 Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance.
VENUS ISLE heralds the return of Zippo-waving, head-bobbing AOR and the larger-than-life guitar god. Eric Johnson is fully capable of accepting that lofty mantle. He combines dizzying dexterity with a harmonically advanced compositional style that encompasses progressive rock, blues and jazz fusion.
Disdaining the shred-and-burn approach favored by many of his peers, Johnson opts instead for an atmospheric, delicately textured sound on VENUS ISLE. This sonic featherbed is realized with the help of synth player Steve Barber, whose keyboard washes and arpeggios shadow Johnson's guitar throughout the album. Johnson himself contributes a fair amount of synth (triggered by both guitar and keyboards), a testament to the fact that he is a texturalist first and a chopsmeister second--though his storied axemanship is featured prominently on tunes like "Camel's Night Out" and "All About You." Johnson has put as much care into his arrangements, lyrics and composition as his guitar playing on VENUS ISLE. For a guitarist on his level, that's quite a bit of care.

Editorial Reviews
...Here lies layer upon layer of pure, high-caloric sonic nourishment: fat, gorgeous melodies and hair-raising feats of digital (as in fingers, not bytes) dexterity. - Rating: A-
Entertainment Weekly (09/06/1996)

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