The album's master copy championship was to travel Travel One Hope, but this was changed at the final infinitesimal past times Capitol for "being equally good oblique." Advance promotional CDs of Travel One Hope choose since dice a collector's item.
The vivid musician, composer, too guitar virtuoso Eric Johnson comes shining through amongst a tape breathing amongst aura of romance, sweeping melodicisms, too breathtaking mystical quality. Venus Isle, released past times Capitol records gave a genuine too much deserved positive boost to the popularity too picture of Johnson. This is for certain is most enduring too captivating operate since his grammy nominated gem, Cliffs of Dover. The songs are stringed together perfectly too spontaneously glide inward too out of other, too the album equally a whole sizzles amongst musical lineament throughout. Venus Isle is a bold, haunting opening rails that gracefully flows into the next song, Battle We Have Won. All About You, possibly the vocal that most fits the mold equally a radio-friendly single, is a romantic vocal filled amongst shimmering scale passages too Johnson's signature guitar tone. This vocal closely reflects through means too grace a reminiscence of Cliffs of Dover. Track 4 is a captivating scheme amongst a tapestry of engaging rhythms too a guitar musical note inward dedication to the cracking blues legend Stevie Ray Vaughn, inward which S.R.V. is appropriately named after. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 vivid composition, it spills out all of Johnson's appreciation too honor for a truthful musical friend he hopes to dice on travel e'er through song. Stevie's brother, Jimmy Vaughn steps inward cordially amongst a guitar improvisation inward dearest for his brother. The hush-hush of her dearest is locked away too her smile-Mona Lisa means is the message eloquently lay to music inward Lonely inward the Night, credited to songwriter Vince Mariani. Manhattan actually is the most ethereal too dreamy slice of the record. It's atmosphere is hence visionary that the listener tin truly experience the vista of the cracking isle urban amount of New York too it's abundant nightlife. Camel's Night Out sincerely reflects a Mediterranean appearance inward percussive beat too through it's tonal melodic shifts. Song for Lynette is the most striking too romantic vocal of it's form, filled amongst heartwarming pianoforte too a message of hope, a house too a fourth dimension for everything too everyone, too the excitement of anticipation or accomplishment. It also seems to convey nigh moods of "even if all is going wrong, too the heaven is a rainy greyness everyday, only beingness travel too total of spirit is fulfilling enough." When the Sunday Meets the Sky breathes life into the mortal amongst it's chilling, haunting string opening, too hence of a abrupt rolling into a optimistic chorus-filled guitar statement. "It's black here, if I don't choose you lot around, hence I hoped today would atomic number 82 me variety of your way, too the Sun would travel shining on my face," charms the listener amongst the thrilling hopes of a fresh novel love. Rounding off this 11 vocal experience is Pavilion too the Venus Reprise, which puts Johnson's operate his futurity musical ambitions inward perspective, possibly to help his adjacent loose develop too menstruum from the gifted work, Venus Isle. Full of dashing guitar virtuosity, orchestral prowess too poems of the romantic, this tape is a gratifying heed from foremost to end, fifty-fifty for the non hence devoted Eric Johnson fans.
Track listing:
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 inward 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 Sunday Meets the Sky" (Johnson, Steve Barber) 7:54
10. "Pavilion" 5:02
11. "Venus Reprise" 1:30
Total length: 58:23
Personnel:
Eric Johnson – atomic number 82 vocals (tracks 1–3, 5, 9), guitar (all tracks), guitar synthesizer, synthesizer (track 2), piano, electrical sitar, arrangement, engineering, production
Amit Chatterjee – vocals (tracks 1, 3)
Christopher Cross – vocals (tracks 3, 5)
Jimmie Vaughan – additional guitar solos (track 4)
Steve Barber – synthesizer (tracks 1–5, 8–10), Hammond B3, arrangement
Tommy Taylor – drums (tracks 1–7, 9–11), percussion (tracks 3, 11), arrangement
Bill Maddox – drums (track 8), engineering
James Fenner – percussion (tracks 2, 5, 6)
Chris Searles – percussion (tracks 3, 5)
Kyle Brock – bass (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5–7, 10), arrangement
Roscoe Beck – bass (tracks 3, 9, 10, 11), engineering
Chris Maresh – bass (track 8)
Richard Kilmer – strings (track 5)
Bruce Williams – strings (track 5)
Jennifer Bourianoff – strings (track 5)
Anthony Stogner – strings (track 5)
Scott McIntosh – trumpet
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