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(s)	Michael Cretu
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Enigma chronology
Love Sensuality Devotion: The Remix Collection (2001)	Voyageur (2003)	15 Years After (2005)

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 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 3 Charts 4 Miscellanea 5 Album editions 6 References 7 External links

[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

• Ruth-Ann Boyle – lead vocals (for songs #5 and #11)
• Michael Cretu – record producer, lead vocals (for songs #6, #7 and #9)
• Sandra Cretu – lead vocals (for songs #2 and #4)
• Andru Donalds – lead vocals (for songs #3, #5 and #8)
• Jens Gad – guitars
• Johann Zambryski – artwork

[edit] Charts

Chart Peak Europe 12 Billboard Electronic 1 Arabia 2 Greece 3 Portugal 4 Germany 6 Netherlands 13 Italy 17 Austria 19 Agentina 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' . Alternate album cover of Voyageur. [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 EnigmaMusic.com (2003) Michael Cretu "Voyageur" Interviews Part 3. Retrieved Aug 3, 2005. [edit] External links Lyrics from EnigmaMusic.com Please note that the lyrics to some songs may not be entirely correct. Enigma Michael Cretu | Sandra Cretu | Jens Gad Guest singers: Ruth-Ann Boyle | Andru Donalds Former members: Peter Cornelius | David Fairstein | Frank Peterson Discography Studio albums: MCMXC a.D. | The Cross of Changes | Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi! | The Screen Behind the Mirror | Voyageur | A Posteriori Compilation albums: Trilogy | Love Sensuality Devotion: The Greatest Hits | Love Sensuality Devotion: The Remix Collection | 15 Years After Singles: "Sadeness (Part I)" | "Mea Culpa (Part II)" | "Principles of Lust" | "The Rivers of Belief" "Carly's Song" | "Return to Innocence" | "The Eyes of Truth" | "Age of Loneliness" | "Out from the Deep" "Beyond the Invisible" | "T.N.T. for the Brain" | "Gravity of Love" | "Push the Limits" "Turn Around" | "Voyageur" | "Following the Sun" | "Boum-Boum" | "Hello and Welcome" | "Goodbye Milky Way" DVDs: Remember the Future | MCMXC a.D.: The Complete Video Album Related projects Sandra | Cretu and Theirs | Cornelius and Cretu | Moti Special | Trance Atlantic Air Waves Related articles A.R.T. Studios | Enigma videography | The Dusted Variations