Voyage (Voyage album) explained

Voyage
Type:	Studio album
Artist:	Voyage
Cover:	Voyage (Voyage album).jpg
Released:	1977
Recorded:	Trident Studios, London; Studios Ferber, Paris
Genre:	Disco
Length:	33:47
Label:	Sirocco Records
Producer:	Roger Tokarz
Next Title:	Fly Away
Next Year:	1978

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.^[1] Although no cuts made the US pop singles chart, the single "From East to West" peaked at number 85 on the soul singles chart.^[2] "From East to West" went to number 13 on the UK Singles Chart.^[3]

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)^[4]	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 – 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

External links

• https://musicbrainz.org/release-group/d6c7db16-38dd-4a16-8188-dc94dc0f5e3b
• https://www.discogs.com/Voyage-Voyage/master/6614

Notes and References

1. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 273.
2. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 605.
3. Web site: officialcharts.com. officialcharts.com. November 10, 2022.
4. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 330.