Customer Reviews

The Best of Voyage

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I just received this cd, and I must say, this has to be the most "well-put-together" cd collection voyage has ever did. "the two remixes of "FROM EAST TO WEST" is "absolutely downright fantastic" it's actually, almost as better as the original version. (A must have), "collection", I assure you :-) plus, they have added, the "full extended songs" of there most greatest hits. A real sure pleaser to have in your collection. I highly recommend it...........

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.

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.

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.

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.

You don't get any better than this! Some of the best club songs ever. For those of you who remember when Disco 92 first appeared on the NY radio waves this is a must. Lady America, probably the number 1 disco song of all time, is here at full length. From East to West and Souvenirs with their beautiful instrumentals and soaring voices will get you up out of your chair and dancin'. The jungle rhythms of Point Zero and Latin beat of Latin Odyssey will transport you back to 1977 and Studio 54 and later Xenon, Funhouse and Visage. A must have!

We used the remix of "From East to West" as our start off song, every night, at our disco in the late 1970's. It NEVER failed to get everyone up on the dance floor! Amazing music. We still listen to it when we are down and it really picks us up. Try it!

I was a little dissapointed. The best two albums produced by this group, I thought, were on this CD judging by the picture on the front. Turns out it was a selection from both albums. I would have much rather had both albums complete.

A few months ago I saw a turntable with a USB connection and thought that would be a great way to record my ancient disco vinyls, such as Voyage. I'm glad I didn't purchase it because the quality of this CD would put the transferred copy to shame. It's a wonderful trip, literally, back to my late teens/early 20's. For all of you circuit guys out there, this is where our musical culture really started. My only complaint is the songs are sequenced differently than the vinyl.

Brings back memories from the 70's disco in the UK. From East To West and Souvenirs are brilliant. No gaps between tracks but as this disk was hard to find, I am grateful I have it at all.