Return to the Centre of the Earth
by Rick Wakeman
- Type: Album
- Released: 23 March 1999
- Label: EMI Classics
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 1:16:36
- Community rating: 3.23/5 from 1 rating
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Wakeman's sequel to his 1974 'Journey to the Centre of the Earth' reunites him with the London Symphony Orchestra and English Chamber Choir, with narration by Patrick Stewart. The large-scale symphonic rock format mirrors the original record's construction a quarter-century on.
Genres
Descriptors: conceptual, melodic, guitar-driven, rhythmic
Tracklist
- A Vision (2:32)
- The Return Overture (2:39)
- Mother Earth, Pt. 1. The Shadow of June, Pt. 2. The Gallery, Pt. 3. The Avenue of Prismed Light, Pt. 4. The Earthquake (feat. Patr (3:48)
- Buried Alive (feat. Ozzy Osbourne) (6:00)
- The Enigma (feat. Patrick Stewart) (1:18)
- Is Anybody There? (feat. Bonnie Tyler) (6:34)
- The Ravine (feat. Patrick Stewart) (0:49)
- The Dance of a Thousand Lights (5:40)
- The Shepherd (feat. Patrick Stewart) (2:00)
- Mr. Slow (feat. Tony Mitchell) (3:47)
- Bridge of Time (feat. Patrick Stewart) (1:11)
- Never is a Long, Long, Time (feat. Trevor Rabin) (5:19)
- Tales from the Lindenbrook Sea, Pt. 1. River of Hope, Pt. 2. Hunter and Hunted, Pt. 3. Fight for Life (feat. Patrick Stewart) (2:57)
- The Kill (5:23)
- Timeless History (feat. Patrick Stewart) (1:10)
- Still Waters Run Deep (feat. Justin Hayward) (5:20)
- Time Within Time, Pt. 1. The Ebbing Tide, Pt. 2. The Electric Storm (feat. Patrick Stewart) (2:39)
- Ride of Your Life (feat. Katrina Leskanich) (6:01)
- Floating, Pt. 1. Globes of Fire, Pt. 2. Cascades of Fear (feat. Patrick Stewart) (1:59)
- Floodflames (1:59)
- The Volcano, Pt. 1. Tongues of Fire, Pt. 2. The Blue Mountains (feat. Patrick Stewart) (2:10)
- The End of the Return (5:21)
Credits
- Simon Hanson - drums, guest membranophone
- Roger Dean - painting, drawing [drawings], illustration
- Trevor Rabin - vocals, guitar
- Fraser T. Smith - guest guitar