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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
Released	1993
Label	Flying Nun Records[1]
The 3Ds chronology
Beautiful Things EP (1993) The Venus Trail (1993) Caterwauling (1994)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Spin Alternative Record Guide	7/10[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

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