Voyage (Voyage album)

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Voyage
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Released1977
Recorded Trident Studios, London; Studios Ferber, Paris
Genre Disco
Length33:47
Label Sirocco Records
Producer Roger Tokarz
Voyage chronology
Voyage
(1977)
Fly Away
(1978)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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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.

Contents

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
  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) [6] 93
United Kingdom (Official Charts Company)59
United States (Billboard 200)40

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References

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  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.
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