Voyageur (album)

Infobox Album|
Name = Voyageur


Type = Album
Artist = 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
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:xsxvad1kq8wj link]
Last album = ""
(2001)
This album = "Voyageur"
(2003)
Next album = "15 Years After"
(2005)

Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate cover
Type = studio


Lower caption = Alternate album cover of "Voyageur"

"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".

Track listing

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

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

Charts

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' .

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).

References

* EnigmaMusic.com (2003) [http://www.enigmamusic.com/interviews/voyageur-iv3.html Michael Cretu "Voyageur" Interviews Part 3] . Retrieved Aug 3, 2005.

External links

* [http://www.enigmamusic.com/lyrics/lyrics.html#E5 Lyrics from EnigmaMusic.com] :"Please note that the lyrics to some songs may not be entirely correct."