Voyageur (Enigma album)

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.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"From East to West"	Michael Cretu	4:11
2.	"Voyageur"	Cretu, Jens Gad	4:36
3.	"Incognito"	Cretu	4:23
4.	"Page of Cups"	Cretu, Gad	7:01
5.	"Boum-Boum"	Cretu	4:29
6.	"Total Eclipse of the Moon"	Cretu	2:16
7.	"Look of Today"	Cretu	3:43
8.	"In the Shadow, in the Light"	Cretu	5:35
9.	"Weightless"	Cretu	2:15
10.	"The Piano"	Cretu, Gad	3:00
11.	"Following the Sun"	Cretu	5:49
Total length:			47:18

Personnel

Michael Cretu – music, lyrics, record producer, arrangements, engineering, lead vocals (for songs #3, #6, #7, #9 and #11)
Sandra Cretu – back vocals (for songs #2, #4, #7)
Ruth-Ann Boyle – lead vocals (for songs #5 and #11)
Andru Donalds – lead vocals (for song #5 and #8)
Jens Gad – guitars, arrangements, engineering, music

Additional personnel

Johann Zambryski – artwork

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:

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.

Reception

allmusic link

Notes

"Michael Cretu "Voyageur" Interviews Part 3". EnigmaMusic. EnigmaMusic.com. 2003. Retrieved 10 February 2011.

References

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

External links

Lyrics from EnigmaMusic.com

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

Enigma

Michael Cretu David Fairstein Frank Peterson Sandra Cretu Louisa Stanley Peter Cornelius Jens Gad Andreas Harde Ruth-Ann Boyle Andru Donalds Elizabeth Houghton

Studio albums	MCMXC a.D. The Cross of Changes Le Roi est mort, vive le Roi! The Screen behind the Mirror Voyageur A posteriori Seven Lives, Many Faces The Fall of a Rebel Angel

Compilation albums	Love, Sensuality, Devotion: The Greatest Hits The Platinum Collection The Enigma Collection

Remix albums	Love, Sensuality, Devotion: The Remix Collection

Singles and EPs	"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" "Eppur si muove (EP)" "La puerta del Cielo / Seven Lives" "The Same Parents" "MMX (The Social Song)"

Box sets	Trilogy 15 Years After Classic Album Selection

DVDs	Remember the Future MCMXC a.D.: The Complete Video Album A posteriori Seven Lives, Many Faces

Related projects	Sandra Cretu and Thiers Cornelius and Cretu Moti Special Trance Atlantic Air Waves Andru Donalds Ruth-Ann Boyle

Related articles	Discography A.R.T. Studios Videography The Dusted Variations

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