Voyage (Voyage album)
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Voyage is the 1978 self-titled debut album by European 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, finally landing triumphantly in America, as if it was the center of the disco universe, with the song Lady America.
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 disco chart. In Voyage's case, they went to number one on the disco chart with their debut release for three weeks. Although no cuts made the pop singles chart, the single "From East to West" peaked at number eighty-five on the soul singles.
Disco
Disco is a genre of dance music. Disco acts charted high during the mid-1970s, and the genre's popularity peaked during the late 1970s. It had its roots in clubs that catered to African American, gay, psychedelic, and other communities in New York City and Philadelphia during the late 1960s and...
group, Voyage
Voyage (band)
Voyage was a European eurodisco group consisting of lead vocalist Sylvia Mason-James, along with Slim Pezin , Marc Chantereau , Sauveur Mallia and Pierre-Alain Dahan ....
. 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, finally landing triumphantly in America, as if it was the center of the disco universe, with the song Lady America.
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 disco chart. In Voyage's case, they went to number one on the disco chart with their debut release for three weeks. Although no cuts made the pop singles chart, the single "From East to West" peaked at number eighty-five on the soul singles.