Le Voyage (Sandi Patty album)

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Le Voyage
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Studio album by
Sandi Patti
Released1993
Studio
Genre CCM, inspirational music, Christian pop
Length57:44
Label Word
Producer Greg Nelson
Sandi Patti chronology
The Friendship Company: Open for Business
(1991)		Le Voyage
(1993)		 Find It on the Wings
(1994)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Le Voyage is the fourteenth studio album by Christian singer Sandi Patti, released in 1993 on Word Records. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] It's a concept album and it tells the story, done in a musical setting, featuring Patti as a character named Traveler, and she comes from a long line of Sojouners. It has been described as a modern retelling of Pilgrim's Progress featuring songs about traveling on a journey of faith. Le Voyage continues her inspirational sound but also adds some upbeat pop and adult contemporary sounds as well. Patti re-records a new version of "Unexpected Friends," originally from her 1990 album Another Time...Another Place and also features a duet with fellow Christian singer/songwriter and former Kansas lead singer John Elefante called "Home Will Find You." This would be the last album using her last name "Patti." Patti also released a companion book to go with the album. The album would top the Billboard Top Christian Albums chart [7] and was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album. In 1994, her music video for the first single "Hand On My Shoulder" won Short Form Music Video of the Year at the 25th GMA Dove Awards.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Greg Nelson and Bob Farrell.

  1. "Prologue" (instrumental) - 3:01
  2. "Little Narrow Gate" - 4:21
  3. "Home Will Find You" (duet with John Elefante) - 4:12
  4. "Long Look" - 3:44
  5. "Hand on My Shoulder" - 5:15
  6. "All the Stars" - 5:06
  7. "The Dilemma" - 5:03
  8. "Forest of Fears" - 5:19
  9. "In the Tenderlands" - 4:34
  10. "Unexpected Friends" - 3:40
  11. "Theme from The City of Rest" (instrumental) - 3:36
  12. "Love Can Open the Door" - 3:44
  13. "No Place to Lay My Head" - 6:11

Personnel

Production

Charts

Chart (1993)Peak
position
US Top Contemporary Christian Albums1

Radio singles

YearSinglesPeak positions
CCM AC [8]
1993"Hand on my Shoulder"6
1993"Long Look"2
1993-94"Love Can Open the Door"9
1994"Home Will Find You" (with John Elefante)20

Accolades

GMA Dove Awards

YearWinnerCategory
1994"Hand On My Shoulder"Short Form Music Video of the Year

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ Sandi Patti: Le Voyage. Word Records. 1993.
  3. ↑ Cusic, Don (November 12, 2009). Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music: Pop, Rock, and Worship: Pop, Rock, and Worship. ABC-CLIO. ISBN   978-0-313-34426-8.
  4. ↑ Balmer, Randall Herbert (January 1, 2002). Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism. Westminster John Knox Press. ISBN   978-0-664-22409-7.
  5. ↑ Indianapolis Monthly. Emmis Communications. September 2007.
  6. ↑ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. April 30, 1994.
  7. ↑ "Sandi Patty: Le Voyage (Top Christian Albums)". Billboard .
  8. ↑ Brothers, Jeffrey Lee, ed. (2003). CCM Hot Hits: AC Charts 1978 – 2001. AuthorHouse. p. 172. ISBN   1-4107-3294-0.
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