The Venus Trail
| The Venus Trail | ||||
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| Released | 1993 | |||
| Label | Flying Nun Records[1] | |||
| The 3Ds chronology | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Spin Alternative Record Guide | 7/10[3] |
The Venus Trail is an album by the New Zealand band the 3Ds, released in 1993.[4] The album was released by Merge Records in the United States.[5]
Production
[edit]The recording sessions took place at the Grand Masonic Lodge, in Dunedin, New Zealand.[6]
Critical reception
[edit]The New Zealand Herald called The Venus Trail "a more refined and accomplished album."[7] 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."[8] 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."[9] Spin wrote that "beautiful melodies fight to be recognized over the twin guitar delirium."[10]
Track listing
[edit]Side one
- "Hey Seuss" – 2:22
- "Philadelphia Rising" – 4:50
- "Cash None" – 3:08
- "The Golden Grove" – 2:45
- "The Venus Trail" – 2:12
- "Beautiful Things" – 3:32
Side two
- "Man on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown" – 4:07
- "Jane Air" – 3:08
- "The Young and the Restless" - 3:18
- "Summer Stone" – 2:40
- "Ice" – 6:05
- "Spooky" – 4:54
Personnel
[edit]- David Mitchell – guitar, vocals
- Denise Roughan – bass guitar, keyboards, vocals
- David Saunders – guitar, vocals
- Dominic Stones – drums
References
[edit]- ^ "FN281 3Ds - The Venus Trail (1993)". Flying Nun.
- ^ Raggett, Ned. "The 3Ds – The Venus Trail". AllMusic.
- ^ Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. p. 440.
- ^ "3Ds | Biography & History". AllMusic.
- ^ McGibney, Matthew (22 July 2009). "Merge's sizable discography". INDY Week.
- ^ "The 3Ds - AudioCulture". www.audioculture.co.nz.
- ^ "Return of the oddballs". NZ Herald. 6 October 2023.
- ^ "In Love With Those Times: Flying Nun and the Dunedin Sound - Article - Stylus Magazine". stylusmagazine.com. Archived from the original on 24 July 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
- ^ "3Ds". Trouser Press. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
- ^ "Heavy Rotation". SPIN. SPIN Media LLC. 24 December 1993 – via Google Books.
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