1993 studio album by Sandi Patti
Le Voyage Released 1993 Studio Bunny Hop Studios (Los Angeles, California ) Great Circle Sound, Greg Nelson Music Studio , Javalina West, The Music Mill, Nightengale Studios, Masterfonics, Quad Studios , Woodland Digital and Sixteenth Avenue Sound (Nashville, Tennessee ) Studio at Mole End (Franklin, Tennessee ) Pinebrook Recording Studios (Alexandria, Indiana ) Genre CCM , inspirational music , Christian pop Length 57 :44 Label Word Producer Greg Nelson
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating AllMusic [1]
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 .
Track listing [ edit ] All songs written by Greg Nelson and Bob Farrell.
"Prologue" (instrumental) - 3:01 "Little Narrow Gate" - 4:21 "Home Will Find You" (duet with John Elefante ) - 4:12 "Long Look" - 3:44 "Hand on My Shoulder" - 5:15 "All the Stars" - 5:06 "The Dilemma" - 5:03 "Forest of Fears" - 5:19 "In the Tenderlands" - 4:34 "Unexpected Friends" - 3:40 "Theme from The City of Rest" (instrumental) - 3:36 "Love Can Open the Door" - 3:44 "No Place to Lay My Head" - 6:11 Personnel [ edit ] Sandi Patti – vocals (2-10, 12, 13) Eric Persing – synthesizer programming David Hamilton – synthesizers (1), arrangements (1), string arrangements and conductor (1), keyboards (5), concept (11) Robbie Buchanan – acoustic piano (2-5), arrangements (2-6, 8, 11, 12), keyboards (4-8), programming (11, 12) Blair Masters – synthesizers (2, 10) Phil Naish – synthesizers (3) David Huntsinger – acoustic piano (10, 13) Tom Hemby – guitars (1, 3, 4, 6-9, 11) Dann Huff – guitars (2-5, 7, 11, 12) Jackie Street – bass (3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11) Gary Lunn – bass (9) Paul Leim – drums (3-8, 11) Farrell Morris – percussion (3, 6, 7, 11) Tom McAninch – French horn (1) Eberhard Ramm – French horn (1) Joy Worland – French horn (1) Pamela Sixfin – violin solo (1) Mark Douthit – saxophone (6, 8) Sam Levine – soprano saxophone (9) Nashville String Machine – strings (1, 2, 5, 9, 10, 11, 13) Carl Gorodetzky – orchestra contractor (1, 2, 5, 9, 10, 11, 13) Greg Nelson – arrangements (1, 7, 9, 10, 13) Jeremy Lubbock – string arrangements and conductor (2, 5, 10, 11, 13) Ronn Huff – string arrangements and conductor (9) John Elefante – vocals (3) Alan Moore – BGV arrangements (3, 4, 12) Bob Carlisle – backing vocals (3, 12) Beverly Darnall – backing vocals (3, 12) Michael Eldred – backing vocals (3, 12) Lisa Glasgow – backing vocals (3, 12) Mark Ivey – backing vocals (3) Tammy Jensen – backing vocals (3, 12) Bonnie Keen – backing vocals (3, 12) Ellen Musick – backing vocals (3, 12) Guy Penrod – backing vocals (3, 12) Leah Taylor – backing vocals (3, 12) Mervyn Warren – backing vocals (3, 4, 12) Chris Willis – backing vocals (3, 12) Vicki Hampton – backing vocals (4) Donna McElroy – backing vocals (4) Production
Matt Baugher – executive producer Greg Nelson – producer Bill Deaton – engineer, vocal engineer, mixing Bob Clark – string engineer Brent King – string engineer, vocal engineer Chip Birge – assistant engineer, mix assistant Robert Charles – assistant engineer Todd Little – assistant engineer Carry Summers – assistant engineer Greg Parker – mix assistant Doug Sax – mastering at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California) Holly Krig-Smith – production coordinator Loren Balman – art direction Patrick Pollei – art direction, design Neill Whitlock – photography Chart (1993) Peak position US Top Contemporary Christian Albums 1
Radio singles [ edit ] Year Singles Peak 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 [ edit ] GMA Dove Awards
Year Winner Category 1994 "Hand On My Shoulder" Short Form Music Video of the Year
References [ edit ] ^ Allmusic review ^ Sandi Patti: Le Voyage . Word Records . 1993. ^ Cusic, Don (2009-11-12). Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music: Pop, Rock, and Worship: Pop, Rock, and Worship . ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-0-313-34426-8 . ^ Balmer, Randall Herbert (2002-01-01). Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism . Westminster John Knox Press. ISBN 978-0-664-22409-7 . ^ Indianapolis Monthly . Emmis Communications. September 2007. ^ Inc, Nielsen Business Media (1994-04-30). Billboard . Nielsen Business Media, Inc. ^ "Sandi Patty: Le Voyage (Top Christian Albums)" . Billboard . ^ Brothers, Jeffrey Lee, ed. (2003). CCM Hot Hits: AC Charts 1978 – 2001 . AuthorHouse . p. 172. ISBN 1-4107-3294-0 .
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