Secret Voyage is the seventh studio album by the group Blackmore's Night. According to a SPV press release, Secret Voyage is another kaleidoscopic musical journey through time and space, incorporating and rearranging traditional melodies from all over Europe, blending the "old" and contemporary.[3] Secret Voyage consists of twelve new tracks, recorded by Candice Night, Ritchie Blackmore and their Band of Minstrels.[4]

Secret Voyage
Studio album by
Released27 June 2008
Genrefolk rock, neo-Medieval
Length50:36
LabelSPV
ProducerPat Regan
Blackmore's Night chronology
Paris Moon
(2007)
Secret Voyage
(2008)
Autumn Sky
(2010)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Cosmos Gaming(favorable)[1]
Maelstrom [2]

Secret Voyage won the New Age Reporter Lifestyle Music Award as the best Celtic album.[5] It was also nominated for NAR awards in two more categories - Best Vocal Album and Best Cover Artwork for a CD.[6]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."God Save the Keg"trad., Ritchie Blackmore, Pat Regan3:40
2."Locked Within the Crystal Ball"trad. (by Theme from "Stella Splendens" from "Llibre Vermell de Montserrat", 14th century), Blackmore, Candice Night8:04
3."Gilded Cage"trad., Blackmore, Night3:42
4."Toast to Tomorrow"Alexei Muravlev, Felix Dallada[7] Blackmore, Night3:49
5."Prince Waldeck's Galliard"Blackmore2:13
6."Rainbow Eyes" (Rainbow cover[7])Blackmore, Ronnie James Dio6:01
7."The Circle"Blackmore, Night4:48
8."Sister Gypsy"Blackmore, Night3:21
9."Can't Help Falling in Love" (Elvis Presley cover[7])Luigi Creatore, Hugo Peretti, George David Weiss2:51
10."Peasant's Promise"trad., Blackmore, Night5:33
11."Far Far Away"Kenn Machin3:54
12."Empty Words"trad., Blackmore, Night2:40

Release history

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Country Date
Germany 27 June 2008
Europe 30 June 2008
United States 15 July 2008[8]

Charts

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Chart (2008) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[9] 40
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[10] 95
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[11] 38
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[12] 14
Italian Albums (FIMI)[13] 42
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[14] 44
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[15] 67
USA (Billboard New Age Albums Chart)[16] 1

References

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  1. ^ Dahlberg, Chris. Secret Voyage review cosmosgaming.com. 2008-08-31. Retrieved on 2010-05-17.
  2. ^ Shaked, Avi. Secret Voyage review maelstrom.nu Retrieved on 2010-05-17.
  3. ^ Blackmore's Night - New Album in June @ metalstorm.ee
  4. ^ Blackmore's Night to release 'Secret Voyage' in June, News @ Blabbermouth.net
  5. ^ 2008 NAR Lifestyle Music Awards zonemusicreporter.com. Retrieved on 2010-07-31.
  6. ^ "Ritchie's Bio". The Official Ritchie Blackmore and Blackmore's Night website. Archived from the original on 17 November 2010. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
  7. ^ a b c Secret Voyage @ SPV Archived 2009-05-25 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ The Official Ritchie Blackmore and Blackmores Night Website Archived 2010-07-22 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Blackmore's Night – Secret Voyage" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  10. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Blackmore's Night – Secret Voyage" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  11. ^ "Blackmore's Night: Secret Voyage" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  12. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Blackmore's Night – Secret Voyage" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  13. ^ "Italiancharts.com – Blackmore's Night – Secret Voyage". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  14. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Blackmore's Night – Secret Voyage". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  15. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Blackmore's Night – Secret Voyage". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  16. ^ Dooley, Sean Patrick (26 December 2010). "Smoke on the Moat: Blackmore's Night to Release New Album". Gibson.