Venus Isle

Infobox Album | Name = Venus Isle
Type = Album
Artist = Eric Johnson


Released = September 1996
Recorded = 1996 at Austin's
Saucer One Studio

Genre = Instrumental Rock
Rock
Length = 58:28
Label = Capitol Records
Producer = Eric Johnson and Richard Mullen
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:0zfixq8hldhe link]
Last album = "Ah Via Musicom"
(1990)
This album = "Venus Isle"
(1996)
Next album = ""
(1996)

"Venus Isle" is Eric Johnson's third solo album, released in 1996.

The song "S.R.V." is a tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughan. It features his brother, Jimmie Vaughan, as a guest soloist.

Track listing

All songs written by Eric Johnson, except where noted.
# "Venus Isle" - 5:28
# "Battle We Have Won" - 5:59
# "All About You" - 8:20
# "S.R.V." - 3:03
# "Lonely in the Night" (Vince Mariani) - 6:04
# "Manhattan" - 4:52
# "Camel's Night Out" (Kyle Brock, Mark Younger-Smith) - 5:17
# "Song for Lynette" - 4:54
# "When the Sun Meets the Sky" (Johnson, Stephen Barber) - 7:54
# "Pavilion" - 5:02
# "Venus Reprise" - 1:29

Personnel

* Eric Johnson - guitars, piano, pedal steel guitar, vocals, electric sitar
* Tommy Taylor - percussion, drums
* Kyle Brock - bass
* Stephen Barber - synthesizers, keyboards, Hammond B3 organ
* C. Roscoe Beck - bass
* James Fenner - percussion
* Steven Hennig - guitar
* Christopher Cross - additional vocals