Voyager (album)

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Voyager
Studio album by Mike Oldfield
Released	August 26, 1996 (1996-08-26)
Recorded	Roughwood Studio, Buckinghamshire Air studios
Genre	Celtic
Length	58:30
Label	Warner Bros. Records
Producer	Mike Oldfield
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Mike Oldfield chronology
The Songs of Distant Earth (1994) Voyager (1996) Tubular Bells III (1998)
Singles from Voyager
"Women of Ireland" Released: 1997 "The Voyager" Released: 1996 (Germany promo)

Voyager is a music album, written and mostly performed by Mike Oldfield, released in 1996 (see 1996 in music).

[edit] Celtic music

"The Hero", "Women of Ireland", and "She Moves Through the Fair" are traditional Irish songs, and "Dark Island" and "Flowers of the Forest" are traditional Scottish songs, which have been arranged by Mike Oldfield. "The Song of the Sun" is composed by Bieito Romero from Celtic band Luar na Lubre.

The music on this album is the most overtly Celtic music Mike Oldfield has produced. This caused some critics and reviewers, unfamiliar with the Celtic strands in his past output, to accuse him of "jumping on the Celtic bandwagon".

[edit] Track listing

1. "The Song of the Sun" (Bieito Romero) – 4:32
2. "Celtic Rain" (Mike Oldfield) – 4:41
3. "The Hero" (traditional arrangement by Oldfield) – 5:03
4. "Women of Ireland" (traditional arrangement by Oldfield) – 6:29
5. "The Voyager" (Oldfield) – 4:26
6. "She Moves Through the Fair" (traditional arrangement by Oldfield) – 4:06
7. "Dark Island" (traditional arrangement by Oldfield) – 5:43
8. "Wild Goose Flaps Its Wings" (Oldfield) – 5:04
9. "Flowers of the Forest" (traditional arrangement by Oldfield) – 6:03
10. "Mont St Michel" (Oldfield) – 12:18

[edit] Charts

The album peaked at #30 on Norway's album chart and at #12 on the UK Album Chart.

[edit] Singles

The German promo single for "The Voyager"

Mike Oldfield's rendition of "Women of Ireland" was released as a single in 1997. A promotional single for "The Voyager" was also released in Germany.

[edit] Other artists covers

The song "Celtic Rain" was covered in 2008 by Snoop Dogg, in the song "Why Did You Leave Me" of the album Ego Trippin'. The song was produced by Polow Da Don.

[edit] External links

• Voyager lyrics
• Mike Oldfield Discography - Voyager at Tubular.net