Secret Voyage

Secret Voyage is the seventh studio album by the group Blackmore's Night. According to a SPV press release, Secret Voyage is another kaleidoscopic musical journey through time and space, incorporating and rearranging traditional melodies from all over Europe, blending the "old" and contemporary.^[3] Secret Voyage consists of twelve new tracks, recorded by Candice Night, Ritchie Blackmore and their Band of Minstrels.^[4]

Secret Voyage
Studio album by Blackmore's Night
Released	27 June 2008
Genre	folk rock, neo-Medieval
Length	50:36
Label	SPV
Producer	Pat Regan
Blackmore's Night chronology
Paris Moon (2007) Secret Voyage (2008) Autumn Sky (2010)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Cosmos Gaming	(favorable)[1]
Maelstrom	[2]

Secret Voyage won the New Age Reporter Lifestyle Music Award as the best Celtic album.^[5] It was also nominated for NAR awards in two more categories - Best Vocal Album and Best Cover Artwork for a CD.^[6]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"God Save the Keg"	trad., Ritchie Blackmore, Pat Regan	3:40
2.	"Locked Within the Crystal Ball"	trad. (by Theme from "Stella Splendens" from "Llibre Vermell de Montserrat", 14th century), Blackmore, Candice Night	8:04
3.	"Gilded Cage"	trad., Blackmore, Night	3:42
4.	"Toast to Tomorrow"	Alexei Muravlev, Felix Dallada[7] Blackmore, Night	3:49
5.	"Prince Waldeck's Galliard"	Blackmore	2:13
6.	"Rainbow Eyes" (Rainbow cover[7])	Blackmore, Ronnie James Dio	6:01
7.	"The Circle"	Blackmore, Night	4:48
8.	"Sister Gypsy"	Blackmore, Night	3:21
9.	"Can't Help Falling in Love" (Elvis Presley cover[7])	Luigi Creatore, Hugo Peretti, George David Weiss	2:51
10.	"Peasant's Promise"	trad., Blackmore, Night	5:33
11.	"Far Far Away"	Kenn Machin	3:54
12.	"Empty Words"	trad., Blackmore, Night	2:40

Release history

Country	Date
Germany	27 June 2008
Europe	30 June 2008
United States	15 July 2008[8]

Charts

Chart (2008)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[9]	40
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[10]	95
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[11]	38
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[12]	14
Italian Albums (FIMI)[13]	42
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[14]	44
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[15]	67
USA (Billboard New Age Albums Chart)[16]	1

References

1. Dahlberg, Chris. Secret Voyage review cosmosgaming.com. 2008-08-31. Retrieved on 2010-05-17.
2. Shaked, Avi. Secret Voyage review maelstrom.nu Retrieved on 2010-05-17.
3. Blackmore's Night - New Album in June @ metalstorm.ee
4. Blackmore's Night to release 'Secret Voyage' in June, News @ Blabbermouth.net
5. 2008 NAR Lifestyle Music Awards zonemusicreporter.com. Retrieved on 2010-07-31.
6. "Ritchie's Bio". The Official Ritchie Blackmore and Blackmore's Night website. Archived from the original on 17 November 2010. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
7. Secret Voyage @ SPV Archived 2009-05-25 at the Wayback Machine
8. The Official Ritchie Blackmore and Blackmores Night Website Archived 2010-07-22 at the Wayback Machine
9. "Austriancharts.at – Blackmore's Night – Secret Voyage" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
10. "Dutchcharts.nl – Blackmore's Night – Secret Voyage" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
11. "Blackmore's Night: Secret Voyage" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
12. "Offiziellecharts.de – Blackmore's Night – Secret Voyage" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
13. "Italiancharts.com – Blackmore's Night – Secret Voyage". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
14. "Swedishcharts.com – Blackmore's Night – Secret Voyage". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
15. "Swisscharts.com – Blackmore's Night – Secret Voyage". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
16. Dooley, Sean Patrick (26 December 2010). "Smoke on the Moat: Blackmore's Night to Release New Album". Gibson.