Secret Voyage

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 Blackmore's Night
Released	27 June 2008
Genre	folk rock, neo-Medieval
Length	50:36
Label	SPV
Producer	Pat Regan
Blackmore's Night chronology
Paris Moon (2007) Secret Voyage (2008) Autumn Sky (2010)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
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

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

Release history

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

Charts

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