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Voyageur
Studio album by Enigma
Released8 September 2003
Recorded2003
StudioA.R.T. (Ibiza, Spain)
Genre
Length47:18
LabelVirgin
ProducerMichael Cretu
Enigma chronology
Love Sensuality Devotion: The Remix Collection
(2001)
Voyageur
(2003)
15 Years After
(2005)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic

Voyageur is the fifth studio album by the German musical project Enigma, released on 8 September 2003 by Virgin Records.

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.

Release

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 listing

All music is composed by Michael Cretu, except where noted

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."From East to West"  4:11
2."Voyageur"Cretu4:36
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

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Voyageur.

  • 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 – artwork

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for Voyageur
Chart (2003) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) 19
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) 39
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) 39
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI) 20
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) 13
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) 34
French Albums (SNEP) 32
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) 6
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ) 29
Italian Albums (FIMI) 17
Portuguese Albums (AFP) 4
Scottish Albums (OCC) 69
Spanish Albums (AFYVE) 87
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) 31
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) 29
UK Albums (OCC) 46
US Billboard 200 94
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard) 1

Year-end charts

2003 year-end chart performance for Voyageur
Chart (2003) Position
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard) 13
2004 year-end chart performance for Voyageur
Chart (2004) Position
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard) 13

Certifications

Certifications for Voyageur
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Russia (NFPF) Gold 10,000

Sales figures based on certification alone.

References

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  17. "Swisscharts.com – Enigma – Voyageur". Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
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  19. "Enigma Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Archived from the original on 29 January 2020. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
  20. "Enigma Chart History (Top Dance/Electronic Albums)". Billboard. Archived from the original on 29 January 2020. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
  21. "Year in Music – Top Electronic Albums". Billboard. Vol. 115, no. 52. 27 December 2003. p. YE-66. ISSN 0006-2510 – via Google Books.
  22. "2004 The Year in Music – Top Electronic Albums". Billboard. Vol. 116, no. 52. 25 December 2004. p. YE-61. ISSN 0006-2510 – via Google Books.
  23. "Russian album certifications – Enigma – Voyageur" (in Russian). National Federation of Phonogram Producers (NFPF). Retrieved 9 April 2012.

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