Voyageur (Enigma album)

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

Voyageur
Studio album by
Enigma
ReleasedSeptember 30, 2003
RecordedA.R.T. Studios, Ibiza, 2003
GenreEuropop, new-age, ambient, electronic, experimental
Length47:18
LabelVirgin / EMI
ProducerMichael Cretu
Enigma chronology
Love Sensuality Devotion: The Remix Collection
(2001)		 Voyageur
(2003)		 15 Years After
(2005)

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 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
  • 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 (2003) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[2] 19
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[3] 39
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[4] 39
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[5] 13
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[6] 34
French Albums (SNEP)[7] 32
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[8] 6
Italian Albums (FIMI)[9] 17
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[10] 4
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[11] 31
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[12] 29
UK Albums (OCC)[13] 46
US Billboard 200[14] 94
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)[15] 1

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.

In May of 2018, the album got its first vinyl release as part of The Colours of Enigma series of reissues, which includes all other Enigma studio albums.

Reception

Notes
  • "Michael Cretu "Voyageur" Interviews Part 3". EnigmaMusic. EnigmaMusic.com. 2003. Retrieved 10 February 2011.
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References
  1. "Этот домен припаркован компанией Timeweb". Archived from the original on January 24, 2009. Retrieved April 9, 2012.
  2. "Austriancharts.at – Enigma – Voyageur" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved February 20, 2017.
  3. "Ultratop.be – Enigma – Voyageur" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved February 20, 2017.
  4. "Ultratop.be – Enigma – Voyageur" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved February 20, 2017.
  5. "Dutchcharts.nl – Enigma – Voyageur" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved February 20, 2017.
  6. "Enigma: Voyageur" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved February 20, 2017.
  7. "Lescharts.com – Enigma – Voyageur". Hung Medien. Retrieved February 20, 2017.
  8. "Offiziellecharts.de – Enigma – Voyageur" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved February 20, 2017.
  9. "Italiancharts.com – Enigma – Voyageur". Hung Medien. Retrieved February 20, 2017.
  10. "Portuguesecharts.com – Enigma – Voyageur". Hung Medien. Retrieved February 20, 2017.
  11. "Swedishcharts.com – Enigma – Voyageur". Hung Medien. Retrieved February 20, 2017.
  12. "Swisscharts.com – Enigma – Voyageur". Hung Medien. Retrieved February 20, 2017.
  13. "Enigma | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved February 20, 2017.
  14. "Enigma Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved February 20, 2017.
  15. "Enigma Chart History (Top Dance/Electronic Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 20, 2017.

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

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