Voyageur (Enigma album)

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

Voyageur
Studio album by Enigma
Released	8 September 2003
Recorded	2003
Studio	A.R.T. (Ibiza, Spain)
Genre	Europop new-age ambient electronic experimental
Length	47:18
Label	Virgin
Producer	Michael Cretu
Enigma chronology
Love Sensuality Devotion: The Remix Collection (2001) Voyageur (2003) 15 Years After (2005)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

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

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"From East to West"			4:11
2.	"Voyageur"	Cretu	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

All music is composed by Michael Cretu, except where noted

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Voyageur.^[2]

• 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)[3] 19 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[4] 39 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[5] 39 Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[6] 20 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[7] 13 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[8] 34 French Albums (SNEP)[9] 32 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[10] 6 Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[11] 29 Italian Albums (FIMI)[12] 17 Portuguese Albums (AFP)[13] 4 Scottish Albums (OCC)[14] 69 Spanish Albums (AFYVE)[15] 87 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[16] 31 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[17] 29 UK Albums (OCC)[18] 46 US Billboard 200[19] 94 US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)[20] 1

Year-end charts 2003 year-end chart performance for Voyageur Chart (2003) Position US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)[21] 13 2004 year-end chart performance for Voyageur Chart (2004) Position US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)[22] 13

Certifications

Certifications for Voyageur

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Russia (NFPF)[23]	Gold	10,000*
* Sales figures based on certification alone.

References

1. Latham, Aaron. "Voyageur – Enigma". AllMusic. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
2. Voyageur (liner notes). Enigma. Virgin Records. 2003. 7243 591312 2 1.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
3. "Austriancharts.at – Enigma – Voyageur" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
4. "Ultratop.be – Enigma – Voyageur" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
5. "Ultratop.be – Enigma – Voyageur" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
6. "Oficiální česká hitparáda IFPI ČR – 38. týden 2003". Marketing & Media (in Czech). 19 September 2003. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
7. "Dutchcharts.nl – Enigma – Voyageur" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
8. "Enigma: Voyageur" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
9. "Lescharts.com – Enigma – Voyageur". Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
10. "Offiziellecharts.de – Enigma – Voyageur" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
11. "Album Top 40 slágerlista – 2003. 39. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
12. "Italiancharts.com – Enigma – Voyageur". Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
13. "Portuguesecharts.com – Enigma – Voyageur". Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
14. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
15. Salaverrie, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Madrid: Fundación Autor/SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
16. "Swedishcharts.com – Enigma – Voyageur". Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
17. "Swisscharts.com – Enigma – Voyageur". Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
18. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
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.

External links

• "Michael Cretu "Voyageur" Interviews Part 3". EnigmaMusic.com. 2003. Archived from the original on 18 May 2011. Retrieved 10 February 2011.