Voyageur was considered to be Enigma's most distinctive album to date, due to Enigma's drastic changes in sound as compared to the previous four albums. The project's signature shakuhachi flutes, Gregorian chants and tribal chants found on the earlier albums were all but 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"; the latter of which interpolates the chorus of ABC's "The Look of Love". Michael Cretu described Voyageur's genre as "sophisticated pop". Only a few samples of previous works are retained; a familiar reversed cymbal rhythm appears in "Look of Today", while "Incognito" contains the chorus of previous single "Sadeness" buried in the bridge of the song. The "Enigma foghorn" also appears at the opening of the record.
Voyageur was released on the CD and cassette formats, while the CD cover art (done by Johann Zambryski) has two different versions:
A normal version with full paper inserts (which can be harder to find compared to the "special package" edition);
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.
In May 2018, the album received its first vinyl release as part of The Colours of Enigma series of reissues, which includes all other Enigma studio albums.
Track listingedit
All music is composed by Michael Cretu, except where noted
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External linksedit
. EnigmaMusic.com. 2003. Archived from the original on 18 May 2011. Retrieved 10 February 2011.
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Voyageur is the fifth studio album by the German musical project Enigma released on 8 September 2003 by Virgin Records VoyageurStudio album by EnigmaReleased8 September 2003Recorded2003StudioA R T Ibiza Spain GenreEuropop new age ambient electronic experimentalLength47 18LabelVirginProducerMichael CretuEnigma chronologyLove Sensuality Devotion The Remix Collection 2001 Voyageur 2003 15 Years After 2005 Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic 1 Voyageur was considered to be Enigma s most distinctive album to date due to Enigma s drastic changes in sound as compared to the previous four albums The project s signature shakuhachi flutes Gregorian chants and tribal chants found on the earlier albums were all but 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 the latter of which interpolates the chorus of ABC s The Look of Love Michael Cretu described Voyageur s genre as sophisticated pop Only a few samples of previous works are retained a familiar reversed cymbal rhythm appears in Look of Today while Incognito contains the chorus of previous single Sadeness buried in the bridge of the song The Enigma foghorn also appears at the opening of the record Contents 1 Release 2 Track listing 3 Personnel 4 Charts 4 1 Weekly charts 4 2 Year end charts 5 Certifications 6 References 7 External linksRelease editVoyageur was released on the CD and cassette formats while the CD cover art done by Johann Zambryski has two different versions A normal version with full paper inserts which can be harder to find compared to the special package edition 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 In May 2018 the album received its first vinyl release as part of The Colours of Enigma series of reissues which includes all other Enigma studio albums Track listing editAll music is composed by Michael Cretu except where notedNo TitleLyricsMusicLength1 From East to West 4 112 Voyageur CretuCretuJens Gad4 363 Incognito Cretu 4 234 Page of Cups CretuGad7 015 Boum Boum Cretu 4 296 Total Eclipse of the Moon Cretu 2 167 Look of Today Cretu 3 438 In the Shadow in the Light Cretu 5 359 Weightless Cretu 2 1510 The Piano CretuGad3 0011 Following the Sun Cretu 5 49Total length 47 18Personnel editCredits adapted from the liner notes of Voyageur 2 Ruth Ann Boyle lead vocals tracks 5 11 Andru Donalds lead vocals tracks 5 8 Michael Cretu lead vocals tracks 3 6 7 9 11 arrangements engineering production all tracks Sandra Cretu female voices Jens Gad arrangements engineering guitars Johann Zambryski artworkCharts editWeekly charts edit Weekly chart performance for Voyageur Chart 2003 Peakposition Austrian Albums O3 Austria 3 19 Belgian Albums Ultratop Flanders 4 39 Belgian Albums Ultratop Wallonia 5 39 Czech Albums CNS IFPI 6 20 Dutch Albums Album Top 100 7 13 Finnish Albums Suomen virallinen lista 8 34 French Albums SNEP 9 32 German Albums Offizielle Top 100 10 6 Hungarian Albums MAHASZ 11 29 Italian Albums FIMI 12 17 Portuguese Albums AFP 13 4 Scottish Albums OCC 14 69 Spanish Albums AFYVE 15 87 Swedish Albums Sverigetopplistan 16 31 Swiss Albums Schweizer Hitparade 17 29 UK Albums OCC 18 46 US Billboard 200 19 94 US Top Dance Electronic Albums Billboard 20 1 Year end charts edit 2003 year end chart performance for Voyageur Chart 2003 Position US Top Dance Electronic Albums Billboard 21 13 2004 year end chart performance for Voyageur Chart 2004 Position US Top Dance Electronic Albums Billboard 22 13Certifications editCertifications for Voyageur Region Certification Certified units sales Russia NFPF 23 Gold 10 000 Sales figures based on certification alone References edit Latham Aaron Voyageur Enigma AllMusic Retrieved 3 April 2022 Voyageur liner notes Enigma Virgin Records 2003 7243 591312 2 1 a href Template Cite AV media 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Voyageur in Russian National Federation of Phonogram Producers NFPF Retrieved 9 April 2012 External links edit Michael Cretu Voyageur Interviews Part 3 EnigmaMusic com 2003 Archived from the original on 18 May 2011 Retrieved 10 February 2011 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Voyageur Enigma album amp oldid 1122009130, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
