Voyage (Voyage album)

Voyage is the 1977 self-titled debut album by French disco group, Voyage. The songs on the album paid a nodding homage to musical styles of different regions of the world, as if the band and its listeners were taking a jet set trip around the world.

Voyage
Studio album by
Voyage
Released1977
RecordedTrident Studios, London; Studios Ferber, Paris
GenreDisco
Length33:47
LabelSirocco Records
ProducerRoger Tokarz
Voyage chronology
Voyage
(1977)		 Fly Away
(1978)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideB[2]

As was the case with a number of disco albums during the 1970s, all cuts of Voyage's debut release made it to number one on the U.S. disco chart. In Voyage's case, they went to number one on the disco chart with their debut release for three weeks.[3] Although no cuts made the US pop singles chart, the single "From East to West" peaked at number eighty-five on the soul singles chart.[4] "From East to West" went to number 13 on the UK Singles Chart.

Track listing
Side A
  1. "From East to West" - 7:08
  2. "Point Zero" - 4:38
  3. "Orient Express" - 5:00
Side B
  1. "Scotch Machine" - 3:28 (known as "Scots Machine" in the UK to avoid causing offence in Scotland)
  2. "Bayou Village" - 1:51
  3. "Latin Odyssey" - 4:48
  4. "Lady America" - 6:57

Charts
Chart (1977/78) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[5] 93
United Kingdom (Official Charts Company) 59
United States (Billboard 200) 40

Personnel
  • Arranged By – Marc Chantereau, Pierre-Alain Dahan & Slim Pezin
  • Bass, Other [Patience, Kindness] – Sauveur Mallia
  • Drums & Percussion – Pierre-Alain Dahan
  • Engineer [Mixing] – Stephen W. Tayler
  • Engineer [Studios Ferber] – Paul Scemama
  • Engineer [Trident Studios] – Peter Kelsey, Stephen W. Tayler
  • Country Fiddle – Roger Churchyard
  • Guitar & Percussion – Slim Pezin
  • Keyboards & Percussion – Marc Chantereau
  • Photography By [Cover] – Morton Beebe
  • Pipe – David Milner, Ian Craig, Roddy McDonald
  • Producer – Roger Tokarz
  • Synthesizer – Georges Rodi
  • Vocals – Bernard Ilous, Bobby McGee, Pierre-Alain Dahan, Slim Pezin, Cella Stella, Ekambi Brillant, Marc Chantereau,

Emmanuelle Bale, Francine Chabot, Georges Costa, Kay Garner, Michael Costa, Stephanie de Sykes

References
  1. Allmusic review
  2. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: V". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 21, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 273.
  4. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 605.
  5. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 330. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
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