The Group Whose Sound Perhaps Exemplifies the Sound of Disco Best. Their Music is Uptempo, Lively and Just Plain Great. While Success was Never on a Mass Level in the U.s., Voyage were Huge in the Rest of the World. This D... more »isc Includes their Biggest Hits 'souvenirs' and Three Versions of 'from East to West'.« less
The Group Whose Sound Perhaps Exemplifies the Sound of Disco Best. Their Music is Uptempo, Lively and Just Plain Great. While Success was Never on a Mass Level in the U.s., Voyage were Huge in the Rest of the World. This Disc Includes their Biggest Hits 'souvenirs' and Three Versions of 'from East to West'.
VINCENT P TARSITANO | PORT ORANGE, FL USA | 12/06/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I know of no better examples of Eurodisco than the studio ensemble known as Voyage.
"From East to West" is my absolute favorite suite of music they produced. "Souvenirs" is excellent, as well, catchier, and not as clever as "East to West." Voyage DID cleverly introduce world music elements [before that term was coined] into their music, a nod to the ensemble's name, and a nice effort to encourage unity between cultures via music.
I want to especially thank the reviewer from July 2002 for commenting on the selection timings, as I hate to get gypped by short versions. Edits are absolutely criminal for classic 70's dance music, and I will not rate a review of this music as helpful if there is not a comment on the timings. Nor will I purchase a 70's dance collection that features mostly edits or single versions."
Souvenirs is the best!
08/02/2003
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Just listening to "Souvenirs" reminds me why i like disco. Very good song because it's well-constructed. Voyage is an underrated group since it did not make much of impact outside of the discotheques. However, it's a great collection and i don't see anything better than this."
Not your average disco
John E. Poulin | 06/17/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Voyage had the knack of having the beat without the usual disco recipe of repeating the same phrase for four minutes to a drum machine. This group had talent. From East to West (three versions here) Let's get Started and Souvenirs alone are worth the price of the disc. Sound quality is very good considering the analog source of original recordings and the disc comes in at a nice 73:59 time."
THE REAL CONSTRUCTION OF DISCO: VOYAGE
MIGUEL BOSSIO | Lima, Peru | 09/21/2003
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Listening to Voyage is the best way to get in disco world. They are the higher point of 70' disco. Smooth, wonderful, perfectly rhythmical and integrated instruments and voices to create wonder melodies in a quantity of beat per minutes that simply carry you to sonic ways.....you'll never can forget."
Track Listings (13) - Disc #1