Venus Returning

Venus Returning is the debut studio album by Australian pop band The Mavis's, released in May 1996 by record label Mushroom.[1] It was produced by Kalju Tonuma (Nick Barker).[2][3] Australian musicologist, Ian McFarlane, described how it "highlighted the band's brash sound, which mixed the Thomas siblings' idiosyncratic, imperfect vocal blend, crashing guitars, sugar-frosted melodies, goofy keyboard embellishments and odd instrumentation (sitar, Tibetan bells and Indian banjo)."[2] The album provided three singles, "Thunder" (March 1996), "Box" (June) and "Lost" (November).[2] "Thunder" was listed on the national youth radio Triple J audience poll, Hottest 100 of 1996, at No. 92.[4][5] The album peaked at No. 76 on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart.[6]

Venus Returning
Studio album by
The Mavis's
Released20 May 1996[1]
RecordedSing Sing Studios
GenreIndie rock
LabelMushroom
ProducerKalju Tonuma, The Mavis's
The Mavis's chronology
Venus Returning
(1996)		 Pink Pills
(1998)

Track listing
  1. "Moon Drone Gold" – 3:10
  2. "Thunder" – 3:32
  3. "Box" – 3:59
  4. "Giant" – 3:32
  5. "Do You Have a Brother?" – 2:54
  6. "Supa*Star" – 3:28
  7. "See-Saw" – 3:06
  8. "The Land That Time Forgot" – 2:59
  9. "Sleep" – 2:51
  10. "Lost" – 3:55
  11. "Ribcage" – 3:53
  12. "Ghosts of the Night" – 3:09

Charts
Chart (1996) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[6] 76

References
  1. "New Releases – Product Available from: 20/5/96 (from The ARIA Report No. 326)". Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA). Retrieved 24 June 2018.
  2. McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Encyclopedia entry for 'The Mavisis'". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86508-072-1. Archived from the original on 15 June 2004.
  3. Holmgren, Magnus. "The Mavis's". hem.passagen.se. Australian Rock Database (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from the original on 5 August 2011. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  4. Swift, Brendan. "Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  5. "Hottest 100 Archive: Mavis's". Triple J (Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)). Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  6. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 180.
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