Voyager is the 17th music album by Mike Oldfield, released in 1996 by Warner. It is a Celtic-themed album with new compositions intertwined with traditional pieces.
Voyager is a Celtic-themed album that’s filled mainly with traditional Scottish and Irish songs. To record the music, Oldfield used a mix of traditional, acoustic instruments as well as synthesizers.
Review
Mike Oldfield has always been a bit of a musical dilettante, and Voyager is
no exception. If he didn't come by it honestly, one might almost suspect this
album's Celtic influences derived from that music's being in vogue when this
disc was recorded. There are certainly some enjoyable melodies herein, but
nothing that rises above the ordinary. Oldfield's stinging guitar work is in
evidence, and some synthesized bagpipes try to lend it an air of majesty, but
ultimately this recording doesn't really voyage much of anywhere. R
Boissoneau