Voyageur (album)

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Voyageur
Studio album by Enigma
Released September 30, 2003
Recorded A.R.T. Studios, Ibiza
Genre Europop, New Age, Ambient, Electronic music
Length 47:22
Label Virgin/EMI
Producer Michael Cretu
Professional reviews
Enigma chronology
Love Sensuality Devotion: The Remix Collection
(2001)
Voyageur
(2003)
15 Years After
(2005)
Alternate cover
Alternate album cover of Voyageur
For the music album by Mike Oldfield, see Voyager (album).

Voyageur is an album created by the musical project Enigma. It is Enigma's fifth album and released in 2003.

Due to Enigma's drastic changes as compared to their previous four albums, Voyageur was considered to be Enigma's most different album ever created. The project's signature shakuhachi flutes, Gregorian chants and tribal chants found on the earlier albums were completely gone on Voyageur. Instead most of the songs found on the album were more pop-oriented, such as "Voyageur", "Incognito", "Boum-Boum" and "Look of Today". In fact, Michael Cretu, the producer of Enigma described Voyageur's genre as "sophisticated pop".

This album has been released with the Copy Control protection system in some regions.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "From East to West" (Cretu) – 4:10
  2. "Voyageur" (Cretu, Jens Gad) – 4:36
  3. "Incognito" (Cretu) – 4:24
  4. "Page of Cups" (Cretu, Gad) – 7:00
  5. "Boum-Boum" (Cretu) – 4:30
  6. "Total Eclipse of the Moon" (Cretu) – 2:16
  7. "Look of Today" (Cretu) – 3:44
  8. "In the Shadow, In the Light" (Cretu) – 5:33
  9. "Weightless" (Cretu) – 2:18
  10. "The Piano" (Cretu, Gad) – 3:00
  11. "Following the Sun" (Cretu) – 5:48

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Charts

Chart Peak
Europe 12
Billboard Electronic 1
Arabia 2
Greece 3
Portugal 4
Germany 6
Netherlands 13
Italy 17
Austria 19
Argentina 20
Switzerland 29
Hungary 29
Sweden 31
France 32
Finland 34
Czech Republic 39
Belgium 40
UK 46
Denmark 52
Canada 61
Norway 71
Spain 87
USA Billboard Top 200 94

[edit] Miscellanea

  • Before the title of Voyageur was first announced, it was rumoured that the name of the album would be "Incognito".
  • The chorus to Enigma's first hit, "Sadeness (Part I)" from MCMXC a.D., can be heard in the middle of "Incognito" at 2"05' and 2"19' .

[edit] Album editions

Voyageur was released on the compact disc and cassette formats, while the CD cover art (done by Johann Zambryski) has two different versions:

  • A "special package" edition with a transparent CD cover, with the album art printed on the inside of the CD case and partly on the CD itself, and a ring-shaped booklet placed under the CD;
  • A normal version with full paper inserts (which can be harder to find compared to the "special package" edition).

[edit] References

[edit] External links

Please note that the lyrics to some songs may not be entirely correct.