Music Review

Venus Isle (1996)

Eric Johnson
Reviewed by Tony Scherman | Sep 06, 1996
EW's GRADE
A-

Details Lead Performance: Eric Johnson

One of the world's reigning guitar gods, 41-year-old Eric Johnson weighs in with only his third album in 10 years. Here in Venus Isle lies layer upon layer of pure, high-caloric sonic nourishment: fat, gorgeous melodies and hair-raising feats of digital (as in fingers, not bytes) dexterity. A-

Originally posted Sep 06, 1996 Published in issue #343 Sep 06, 1996 Order article reprints

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