Voyageur (Enigma album)

Voyageur
Studio album by Enigma
Released September 30, 2003
Recorded A.R.T. Studios, Ibiza, 2003
Genre Europop, new-age, ambient, electronic music, experimental
Length 47:18
Label Virgin / EMI
Producer Michael Cretu
Enigma chronology
Love Sensuality Devotion: The Remix Collection
(2001)
Voyageur
(2003)
15 Years After
(2005)

Voyageur is the fifth studio album by the German musical project Enigma and released in 2003.

Voyageur was considered to be Enigma's most different album ever created, 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 hit "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 hit "Sadeness" buried in the bridge of the song. The "Enigma foghorn" also appears at the opening of the record.

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

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."From East to West"  Michael Cretu4:11
2."Voyageur"  Cretu, Jens Gad4:36
3."Incognito"  Cretu4:23
4."Page of Cups"  Cretu, Gad7:01
5."Boum-Boum"  Cretu4:29
6."Total Eclipse of the Moon"  Cretu2:16
7."Look of Today"  Cretu3:43
8."In the Shadow, in the Light"  Cretu5:35
9."Weightless"  Cretu2:15
10."The Piano"  Cretu, Gad3:00
11."Following the Sun"  Cretu5:49
Total length:47:18

Personnel

Additional personnel

Certifications

Country Certification
Russia Gold[1]

Charts

Chart Peak
Europe 12
Billboard Electronic Albums 1[2]
Arabia 1
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[2]

Album editions

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

Reception

Notes

References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on January 24, 2009. Retrieved April 9, 2012.
  2. 1 2 Billboard.com

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

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