Voyager (album)

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Voyager
Studio album by Mike Oldfield

Publication
(s)

23rd August 1996

Label (s) Warner Music UK

Genre (s)

Celtic music / chill out

Title (number)

10

running time

58 min 33 s

occupation
  • Mike Oldfield (various instruments)
  • various performers (including Maire Breatnach, Noel Eccles)

production

Mike Oldfield

Studio (s)

Roughwood Studios

chronology
The Songs Of Distant Earth
(1994) 		Voyager XXV - The Essentials
(Compilation, 1995)
Tubular Bells III
(studio album, 1998)

Voyager is a studio album by British musician Mike Oldfield from 1996. It combines Celtic elements with the chill-out atmosphere of his previous album The Songs of Distant Earth . As the title (dt. 'Traveler') suggests, Oldfield (as for the later album The Millennium Bell ) was on the road a lot and was inspired on his travels. The album feels like a journey through Ireland , even if Oldfield can be seen on the cover in Ibiza , more precisely in front of the island of Es Vedrà .

Special features and tracks

In contrast to Oldfield's earlier albums, he did not write a large number of pieces on Voyager himself, but merely rearranged traditional songs, so-called traditionals . Oldfield himself only wrote 4 tracks (tracks 2, 5, 8 and 10). The main part of The Voyager's melody is taken from Oldfield's album Return To Ommadawn (2017).

  • 1: The Song of the Sun - 4:32 min. (Written by Bieito Romero)
  • 2: Celtic Rain - 4:41 min.
  • 3: The Hero - 5:03 min.
  • 4: Women of Ireland - 6:29 min.
  • 5: The Voyager - 4:26 min.
  • 6: She Moves Through the Fair - 4:06 min. (This song can also be heard sung at the step show Lord of the Dance , but under the title Our Wedding Day )
  • 7: Dark Island - 5:43 min.
  • 8: Wild Goose Flaps Its Wings - 5:04 min.
  • 9: Flowers of the Forest - 6:03 min.
  • 10: Mont St Michel - 12:18 min. (A mixture of orchestra and guitar)

Charts

UK # 12, D # 15, A # 16, CH # 15, F # 40, NL # 41, S # 13, FIN # 21, N # 30

criticism

When the album was released, Oldfield was accused of just jumping on the bandwagon of enthusiasm for Celtic music; in reality, however, Celtic influences can already be found in earlier works such as Hergest Ridge or in collaboration with his sister Sally Oldfield . Voyager built on the success of previous Oldfield albums.

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