The Venus Trail

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]

The Venus Trail
Studio album by
The 3Ds
Released1993
LabelFlying Nun Records[1]
The 3Ds chronology
Beautiful Things EP
(1993)		 The Venus Trail
(1993)		 Caterwauling
(1994)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Spin Alternative Record Guide7/10[3]

Production

The recording sessions took place at the Grand Masonic Lodge, in Dunedin, New Zealand.[6]

Critical reception

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

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
  • David Mitchell – guitar, vocals
  • Denise Roughan – bass guitar, keyboards, vocals
  • David Saunders – guitar, vocals
  • Dominic Stones – drums

References
  1. "FN281 3Ds - The Venus Trail (1993)". Flying Nun.
  2. Raggett, Ned. "The 3Ds – The Venus Trail". AllMusic.
  3. Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. p. 440.
  4. "3Ds | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  5. McGibney, Matthew (22 July 2009). "Merge's sizable discography". INDY Week.
  6. "The 3Ds - AudioCulture". www.audioculture.co.nz.
  7. "Return of the oddballs". NZ Herald. 6 October 2023.
  8. "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.
  9. "3Ds". Trouser Press. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  10. "Heavy Rotation". SPIN. SPIN Media LLC. 24 December 1993 – via Google Books.
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