Voyager (Momus album)

Voyager is a studio album by Scottish musician Momus, released in 2005 on American Patchwork Records. It is notable for being a concept album centred around the NASA Voyager space probes and the Golden Record they carried into space.

The album's songs explore themes of cultural representation, isolation, and the potential for misinterpretation by extraterrestrial life. Many of the lyrics directly reference specific elements of the Golden Record's contents, such as the greetings in various languages, musical selections, and photographs.

Voyager features Momus's signature blend of electronic music, witty lyrics, and philosophical musings. The instrumentation is largely synthesized, often evoking a sense of vastness and cosmic exploration. The album received generally positive reviews, with critics praising its originality, clever songwriting, and thought-provoking concepts. It is considered one of Momus's more ambitious and cohesive works.

The album's cover art depicts a stylized representation of the Voyager spacecraft against a backdrop of stars.