The Venus Trail Explained

The Venus Trail
Type:studio
Artist:The 3Ds
Cover:The Venus Trail.jpg
Released:1993
Label:Flying Nun Records[1]
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Prev Year:1993
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The Venus Trail is an album by the New Zealand band the 3Ds, released in 1993.[2] The album was released by Merge Records in the United States.[3]

Production

The recording sessions took place at the Grand Masonic Lodge, in Dunedin, New Zealand.[4]

Critical reception

The New Zealand Herald called The Venus Trail "a more refined and accomplished album."[5] Stylus Magazine called the album's first single, "Hey Seuss", "a fantastic scuzzed-up pop song of a track built around a simple descending guitar riff, but for all the sophistication of its recording, it still sound like it was done on Chris Knox’s four track."[6] Trouser Press wrote that the album "can’t match Hellzapoppin’s amazing gusts of energy — not even with the angry, two-minute sock in the face 'Hey Seuss' — yet it attains nearly the same level of accomplishment in the expanded range of sounds."[7] Spin wrote that "beautiful melodies fight to be recognized over the twin guitar delirium."[8]

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Hey Seuss" – 2:22
  2. "Philadelphia Rising" – 4:50
  3. "Cash None" – 3:08
  4. "The Golden Grove" – 2:45
  5. "The Venus Trail" – 2:12
  6. "Beautiful Things" – 3:32

Side two

  1. "Man on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown" – 4:07
  2. "Jane Air" – 3:08
  3. "The Young and the Restless" - 3:18
  4. "Summer Stone" – 2:40
  5. "Ice" – 6:05
  6. "Spooky" – 4:54

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. Web site: FN281 3Ds - The Venus Trail (1993). Flying Nun.
  2. Web site: 3Ds | Biography & History. AllMusic.
  3. Web site: Merge's sizable discography. Matthew. McGibney. July 22, 2009. INDY Week.
  4. Web site: The 3Ds - AudioCulture. www.audioculture.co.nz.
  5. Web site: Return of the oddballs. NZ Herald. 6 October 2023 .
  6. Web site: In Love With Those Times: Flying Nun and the Dunedin Sound - Article - Stylus Magazine. stylusmagazine.com. 24 February 2021. 24 July 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200724214223/http://stylusmagazine.com/articles/weekly_article/in-love-with-those-times-flying-nun-and-the-dunedin-sound.html. dead.
  7. Web site: 3Ds . Trouser Press . 24 February 2021.
  8. Web site: Heavy Rotation. SPIN. December 24, 1993. SPIN Media LLC. Google Books.

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