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Venus Returning

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Venus Returning
Studio album by
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)
Singles from Venus Returning
  1. "Moon Drone Gold"
    Released: 1995
  2. "Thunder"
    Released: March 1996[2]
  3. "Box"
    Released: June 1996[2]
  4. "Lost"
    Released: 1996[2]

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).[3][4] 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)."[3] "Thunder" was listed on the national youth radio Triple J audience poll, Hottest 100 of 1996, at No. 92.[5][6] The album peaked at No. 76 on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart.[7]

Track listing

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  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

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Chart performance for Venus Returning
Chart (1996) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[7] 76

References

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  1. ^ a b "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. ^ a b c "The Mavis's ARIA Chart History (singles), received from ARIA in May 2024". ARIA. Retrieved 14 July 2024 – via Imgur.com. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.
  3. ^ a b 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Swift, Brendan. "Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  6. ^ "Hottest 100 Archive: Mavis's". Triple J (Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)). Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  7. ^ a b Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 180.