Les Voyages de l'Âme

Les Voyages de l'Âme
Studio album by Alcest
Released	January 6, 2012
Recorded	Klangschmiede Studio E
Genre	Post-metal, shoegazing, black metal
Length	50:23
Label	Prophecy Productions
Producer	Martin "MK" Koller
Alcest chronology
Le Secret (Reissue) (2011) Les Voyages de l'Âme (2012) Shelter (2014)

Les Voyages de L'Âme (English: The Journeys of the Soul) is the third studio album by Alcest, released on January 6, 2012 by Prophecy Productions. "Autre Temps" was also released in a different version as a single, and was made into a music video.^[1][2]

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	82/100[3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
About.com	[4]
Allmusic	[5]
The New York Times	Positive[6]
Pitchfork Media	(6.9/10)[7]
PopMatters	(9/10)[8]
Sputnikmusic	[9]
Ultimate Guitar	(7.7/10)[10]

Track listing

Les voyages de l'âme (music video)

All lyrics written by Neige except "Nous Sommes l'Émeraude" by Charles van Lerberghe, all music composed by Neige.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Autre Temps" ("Another Time")	5:50
2.	"Là où Naissent les Couleurs Nouvelles" ("Where New Colours are Born")	8:50
3.	"Les Voyages de l'Âme" ("The Journeys of the Soul")	6:56
4.	"Nous Sommes l'Émeraude" ("We Are the Emerald")	4:20
5.	"Beings of Light"	6:11
6.	"Faiseurs de Mondes" ("Makers of Worlds")	7:57
7.	"Havens"	2:10
8.	"Summer's Glory"	8:04
Total length:		50:23

Personnel

Alcest

• Neige – lead and backing vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards
• Winterhalter – drums

Additional personnel

• Fursy Teyssier – cover art
• Martin "MK" Koller - production

References

1. Les Voyages de l'Âme on Prophecy Productions
2. Autre Temps (single) on Prophecy Productions
3. "Les Voyages de l'ame Reviews – Metacritic". Metacritic. Retrieved 2013-01-19.
4. Zed, Natalie. "About.com Les Voyages de l'Âme review". Retrieved April 11, 2015.
5. Jurek, Thom. "Les Voyages de l'ame – Alcest : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic". Allmusic. Retrieved 2013-01-19.
6. Ratliff, Ben (January 13, 2012). "New York Times Alcest Les Voyages de l'Âme review". Retrieved April 11, 2015.
7. "Alcest: Les Voyages de l'Âme : Album Reviews : Pitchfork". Retrieved 16 December 2012.
8. Alcest: Les Voyages de l'ame : PopMatters
9. Review: Alcest – Les Voyages de l'ame : Sputnikmusic
10. Les Voyages de l'ame Review : Alcest : Compact Discs : Reviews @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com

External links

• Autre Temps music video on YouTube