Now Voyager | ||||
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Released | 17 September 1984 | |||
Recorded | 1984 | |||
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Length | 47:53[1] | |||
Label | Polydor (United Kingdom) MCA (United States) | |||
Producer | Barry Gibb, Karl Richardson | |||
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Now Voyager is the debut solo studio album by British singer-songwriter Barry Gibb, the member of the Bee Gees. It was released on 17 September 1984 by Polydor Records in the UK and MCA Records in the US. Now Voyager was recorded sometime around the year at Criteria Studios in Miami, Florida, and Ocean Way Recording in Hollywood, California, and was produced by Gibb and Karl Richardson. It contains his biggest solo hits, "Shine, Shine" and "Fine Line". The album also included the Olivia Newton-John duet "Face to Face", which was released as a promo single. Gibb co-produced the album with Karl Richardson, who had been working with the Bee Gees since 1975. The front cover photograph was taken by Alex Henderson at Victoria Baths, Manchester.[2]
Gibb had recorded an entire album in 1970 called The Kid's No Good, which never received official release. He recorded Now Voyager in 1983. In 1986, Gibb recorded his third solo album Moonlight Madness, which remains unreleased, leaving Now Voyager his only officially released solo album until 2016's In the Now.