Voyage (Voyage album)

Voyage
Voyage
Studio album by Voyage
Released	1977
Recorded	Trident Studios, London; Studios Ferber, Paris
Genre	Disco
Length	33:47
Label	Sirocco Records
Producer	Roger Tokarz
Voyage chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	B^[2]

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.

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 85 on the soul singles chart.^[4] "From East to West" went to number 13 on the UK Singles Chart.^[5]

Track listing

Side A

"From East to West" - 7:08
"Point Zero" - 4:38
"Orient Express" - 5:00

Side B

"Scotch Machine" - 3:28 (known as "Scots Machine" in the UK to avoid causing offence in Scotland)
"Bayou Village" - 1:51
"Latin Odyssey" - 4:48
"Lady America" - 6:57

Charts

Chart (1977/78)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[6]	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 [fr]) – 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

^ Allmusic review
^ 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.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 273.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 605.
^ "officialcharts.com". officialcharts.com. Retrieved November 10, 2022.
^ 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.

External links

[1] Allmusic review

[CG-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] "officialcharts.com". officialcharts.com. Retrieved November 10, 2022.

[aus-6] 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.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]