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| Voyageur | 
| Artist: Enigma
Label: Virgin Records Us
Category: Music
List Price: $18.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (157 reviews)
Sales Rank: 8518
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 90447
UPC: 724359044729
EAN: 7243590447296
ASIN: B0000C7PQK
Release Date: September 30, 2003
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| Tracks:
| • | From East to West | | • | Voyageur | | • | Incognito | | • | Page of Cups | | • | Boum-Boum | | • | Total Eclipse of the Moon | | • | Look of Today | | • | In the Shadow, In the Light | | • | Weightless | | • | The Piano | | • | Following the Sun |
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Enigma, aka Michael Cretu, turns out more light electronic ambience on Voyageur, mixing in an occasional twist but sticking pretty close to his successful, easily digested formula. Since Enigma?s massively popular debut MDMXC A.D., Cretu has moved toward a more New Age/adult contemporary sound, culminating with 2000?s bland The Screen Behind The Mirror. As with that record, Voyageur?s weakest moments happen when Cretu puts his mediocre vocals front and center on tracks like "Total Eclipse of the Moon." Better are more beat-oriented songs like "Boum-Boum" that concentrate on seedier, sexier material and stay away from Cretu?s sappier instincts. While overall, Voyageur counts as an improvement over Mirror, Enigma still hasn?t found a replacement for the Gregorian chants and whispery techno that made MDMXC A.D. such a groovy sensation. --Matthew Cooke
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| Customer Reviews: Read 152 more reviews...
 The best Enigma album!! January 5, 2009
The first 2 Enigma albums, I thought were perfect. The third left me very underwhelmed - the 4th one was a step up. Now with Voyageur, Cretu has taken a step forward and embraced techno/dance influences in strongest form. With the galloping bass synth of the title track, he starts us on a journey into new territory.
The beatbox voice at the beginning of Incognito keeps the pace going with a funky, heavy track, much different than anything on any previous releases.
Boum Boum is another great track here - sure it sounds commercial, but thats the beauty of it. Here, Cretu uses a similar bass synth beat that he incorporates on the title track. Great song. The album peaks at "Look of Today" which may sound more or less like a George Michael track (i.e. Fastlove). A heavy, upbeat techno song that we've never seen Enigma do - its great - you can see some of the more electronic influences on Cretu here.
Overall a fantastic and upbeat album, much better than Le Roi Est Mort and The Screen Behind The Mirror - I just wish I would've discovered this album sooner!
Word the the wise - I bought the special edition release of it but quickly (and accidentally) chipped the cd case. If you're going to get this album, just get the standard re-issue and save you the possibility of breaking the rare (and irreplacable) jewel case art.
 No es tampoco lo que todos dicen November 2, 2008
Si cierras los ojos y te olvidas de que esta firmado bajo el nombre de ENIGMA, lo podras disfrutar como lo he disfrutado yo. "Total eclipse of the moon", "Following the sun", "The piano" y "Voyageur" son excelentes. Las demas son muy buenas si tienes en cuenta de que es ambient pop
Hmmmmm February 15, 2008
My only real "un-favorite" Enigma album. Good for relaxation, but it seemed to me this was just a "well, we need to put out an album" sort of thing. I have mixed feelings about this album. It's the only one I don't listen to frequently, but it is Enigma.
 Disappointed. February 2, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I understand musicians want to break out of molds and try new sounds. With Enigma's other newer cds, it took me awhile to warm up to them but then I did and I love them now. Even though they tried new sounds, they still had those little Enigma signature marks within some of the music.
This one I'm finding hard to warm up to. Maybe eventually I will but I'm not feeling it at all. They're going way, way off from any kind of sound that made Enigma, Enigma and it's really turning me off. They use to have a mysterious quality to their music but now it's just a regular band sound. I think if it wasn't Enigma I might have liked it a little better but since I was hoping for something that resembled the music I absolutely loved and could let go and fantasize with-I was really let down and unfortunately, I got something completely and utterly different and I am really disappointed.
They don't even fit into the genre of New Age music anymore.
It bites.
Oh well.
If you're not looking for Enigma's signature sounds, even remotely, then this may be alright for you. If you are, forget it. It's not happening. Enigma has died.
One of his worst January 12, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Enigma did a stellar debut with MCMXC a.D. and later CD's never could match that debut. This CD is quite bad because Michael Cretu sings on about 80% of the tracks, and singing is not his forte. With track #5 the text is "my heart goes boom boom boom, every time I think of you". Is he trying to be a teenage popstar? He is around 40-50 years old by now. I do not recommend this CD.
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