Voices

Overview

Caroline Lavelle sings and plays cello on the song "Come To Me", Paul Young sings on "Losing Sleep", while Stina Nordenstam sings on "Ask the Mountains".

Release

The album was released on 23 October 1995 in Europe and on 19 February 1996 in the United Kingdom and reached #58 position in the UK Albums Chart on 2 March 1996. The single "Ask The Mountains" was co-released with Stina Nordenstam, and reached #77 position in the UK Singles Chart on 16 March 1996.

Track listing

"Voices" (Vangelis) – 7:00

"Echoes" (Vangelis) – 8:20

"Come To Me" (Vangelis, Lavelle) – 4:40

"P.S." (Vangelis) – 2:05

"Ask The Mountains" (Vangelis, Nordenstam) – 7:55

"Prelude" (Vangelis) – 4:24

"Losing Sleep (Still, My Heart)" (Vangelis, Young) – 6:41

"Messages" (Vangelis) – 7:30

"Dream In An Open Place" (Vangelis) – 5:50

The music was used in the soundtrack for the 1998 documentary Deep Sea, Deep Secrets co-produced by The Learning Channel and Discovery Channel, together with music from Vangelis next album, Oceanic.

The track "Ask the Mountains" was used as the background music for the TV commercial by Indesit for the Hotpoint-Ariston Aqualtis washing machine in 2006, which won the Lion Award at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity.

Credits

Vangelis – composer, performer

Caroline Lavelle – vocals, cello, lyrics

Stina Nordenstam – vocals, lyrics

Paul Young – vocals, lyrics

Athens Opera Company – vocals on "Voices"

Production

Vangelis — producer, arranger

Philippe Colonna — engineer, mixer

Frederick Rousseau — assistant producer

Stylorouge — design

Jim Freedman — cover photography

Alex Misiewicz — underwater photography