title: Le Voyage (Sandi Patty album)
text: # Le Voyage (Sandi Patty album)
  
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  Le Voyage is the fourteenth studio album by Christian singer Sandi Patti, released in 1993 on Word Records. 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 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
  
  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
  
  * 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
  
  ## Charts
  
  | Chart (1993) | Peak position |
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  | US Top Contemporary Christian Albums | 1 |
  
  ### Radio singles
  
  | Year | Singles | Peak positions |
  | - | - | - |
  | Year | Singles | CCM AC |
  | 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
  
  GMA Dove Awards
  
  | Year | Winner | Category |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1994 | "Hand On My Shoulder" | Short Form Music Video of the Year |
  