Overall, this is a somewhat unusual album, melodically, and though it's perhaps not as readily accessible as Direct nor as prolific as Mythodea, Voices has a voice of its own.


If you're going to buy a Vangelis album, buy this one   January 13, 1999
5 out of 5 found this review helpful

Most likely Vangeles' all time peak. The title track is his grandest most inspiring track yet. Echoes continues the melody from voices into a searching mode. Probably my favorite Vangelis track ever is 5- "Ask the Mountains". Musically, it takes you on a clear moonlit nighttime journey through the peaks. I've never heard anything with such an original appealing sound! No review can do it justice. You've got to hear it to beleive it!


The Most Underrated Genius   October 18, 2001
7 out of 8 found this review helpful

I have listened to Vangelis' work for over 25 years and it is a testament to his genius that he keeps on producing high quality music. I dismiss the Amazon reviewer's thoughts on this 1995 work... Swine and pearls come to mind. From what position of talent is he/she coming from? Has the reviewer ever heard "L'Apocalypse"? I doubt it.

The album is a formidable peice of electronic artistry. "Ask the Mountains", "Losing Sleep...", "Come to Me" and "Messages" are quite simply fantastic songs. This may be not another Blade Runner but it still another remarkable effort.Who would guess Paul Young on vocals for "Losing Sleep"!!

Vangelis is in a league of his own and Voices cements his reputation as the main man of electronic music.


Heartbeat   December 30, 2000
7 out of 8 found this review helpful

There is something compelling about this album. It's not the 'Voices' or 'Echoes' or even the captivating vocals on 'Come to me' and 'Ask the Mountain', it's what lies beneath. Vangelis is a musical magician and he draws us in with the clever vocal orchestration and arrangements on these tracks, but we are propelled along by something else. It's the beat. Listen to it, it's also your heartbeat. Like a march, it's rapid, strong and pumping at first in 'Voices', slowing to a walk in 'Echoes' and then you are barely aware of it by the time you reach the the appropriately titled 'Losing sleep (Still. My heart)'. The remaining tracks gently take us out of our reverie.


A Wonderful Blend Of Magic-Like Sound   July 23, 2003
The War Goddess (Fishers, IN)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful

This 9-track cd features some of the best New Age music that I have ever heard. Although it is probably unintentional, each of the songs seems to flow like a story. Some of the songs do flow together, like 'Voices' flows into 'Echos' or 'Messages' flows into 'Dream In An Open Place'.

The storyline that I got from the music was something along the lines of a struggle in a community (a famine, or a drought) and what is done to cope with the problem.

Although the cd is not narrated it is not difficult for someone to imagine this music as the score for a movie. I don't know if it has ever been done with this album, but if it has been or will be, there won't be any complaining from me.