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Released
  
September 30, 2003

Voyageur (2003)
  
15 Years After (2005)

Release date
  
30 September 2003

Producer
  
Michael Cretu

Length
  
47:18

Artist
  
Enigma

Label
  
Virgin Records

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Recorded
  
A.R.T. Studios, Ibiza, 2003

Genres
  
New-age music, Ambient music, Europop

Similar
  
Enigma albums, Ambient music albums

Enigma from east to west


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

Contents

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.

Enigma voyageur


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

    • 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

    • Songs

    1From East to West4:12
    2Voyageur4:36
    3Incognito4:23

    References

    Voyageur (Enigma album) Wikipedia
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