Rick Wakeman - Return To The Centre Of The Earth

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1	A Vision	2:33
2	The Return Overture	2:40
Mother Earth	(3:48)
3a	The Shadow Of June
3b	The Gallery
3c	The Avenue Of Prismed Light
3d	The Earthquake
4	Buried Alive Vocals – Ozzy Osbourne	6:01
5	The Enigma	1:18
6	Is Anybody There? Vocals – Bonnie Tyler	6:35
7	The Ravine	0:50
8	The Dance Of A Thousand Lights	5:41
9	The Shepherd	2:01
10	Mr. Slow Vocals – Tony Mitchell	3:47
11	Bridge Of Time	1:12
12	Never Is A Long, Long Time Vocals, Guitar [Solo] – Trevor Rabin	5:19
Tales From The Lidenbrook Sea	(2:57)
13a	River Of Hope
13b	Hunter And Hunter
13c	Fight For Life
14	The Kill	5:23
15	Timeless History	1:11
16	Still Waters (Run Deep) Vocals – Justin Hayward	5:21
Time Within Time	(2:39)
17a	The Ebbing Tide
17b	The Electric Storm
18	Ride Of Your Life Vocals – Katrina Leskanich	6:02
Floating	(1:59)
19a	Globes Of Fire
19b	Cascades Of Fear
20	Floodflames	2:00
The Volcano	(2:10)
21a	Tongues Of Fire
21b	The Blue Mountains
22	The End Of The Return	5:24

Credits

• Artwork By [Painting, Drawing And Lettering] – Roger Dean
• Bass Guitar – Phil Williams
• Choir – The English Chamber Choir
• Conductor [English Chamber Choir, The] – Guy Protheroe
• Conductor [London Symphony Orchestra, The] – David Snell
• Coordinator [Project Co-ordination] – Candy Atcheson, Carolyne Rodgers
• Design, Design [Inlay Design] – Martyn Dean
• Drums – Simon Hanson
• Engineer [A&m Studios] – Mike Baumgartner
• Engineer [Assistant, Cts] – Erik Jordan
• Engineer [Assistant, Pop Sound] – Michael Miller
• Engineer [Bajoner Studios, Dog House Studio], Engineer [Assistant, Cts] – Stuart Sawney
• Engineer [Chief, Pop Sound] – David Guertz*
• Engineer [Cts] – James Collins
• Engineer [Jacaranda Room] – Paul Linford
• Executive-Producer – Frank Rodgers
• Guitar – Fraser Thorneycroft-Smith
• Keyboards, Composed By, Lyrics By, Orchestrated By, Producer, Liner Notes, Written By [Story] – Rick Wakeman
• Mastered By – James Collins , Rick Wakeman, Simon Heyworth
• Narrator – Patrick Stewart
• Orchestra – The London Symphony Orchestra
• Orchestrated By [Additional Orchestration Copying] – Adam Wakeman
• Other [Photocopying] – Jemma Wakeman, Candy Atcheson, John (Stickyman) Atcheson
• Photography – Simon Fowler
• Technician [Studio Manager, A&m Studios] – Ron Rutledge
• Technician [Studio Manager, Cts] – Pat Dodd

Notes

This work is a sequel to "Journey to the Centre of the Earth"
The Story is inspired by Jules Verne.

Recorded between March and December 1998:
--Patrick Stewart @ POP Sound, Santa Monica, USA
--London Symphony Orchestra, English Chamber Choir, Justin Hayward, Bonnie Tyler, Katrina Leskanich, Tony Mitchell & Rick Wakeman additional keyboards and piano @ CTS Studios, Wembley, Middlesex
--Trevor Rabin @ Jacaranda Room, Hollywood, California, USA
--Ozzy Osbourne @ A & M Studios, Hollywood, California, USA
--Guitar, Bass, Keyboards and computer percussion @ Bajonor Studios, Isle of Man
--Drums recorded at The Dog House Studio, Henley-on-Thames

Mixed at CTS Studios, Wembley
Mastered at Chop 'Em Out Studios, London

All titles © 1999 PXM Publishing and EMI Music Publishing GmbH

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Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 7 24355 67638 2

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
7243 5 56763 2 0, 5 56763 2	Rick Wakeman	Return To The Centre Of The Earth ‎(CD, Album)	EMI Classics, EMI Classics	7243 5 56763 2 0, 5 56763 2	Europe	1999
RETURN 1	Rick Wakeman	Return To The Centre Of The Earth (Radio Edits) ‎(CD, Promo, Smplr)	EMI Classics	RETURN 1	UK	1999
MFWN2CD	Rick Wakeman	Return To The Centre Of The Earth ‎(CD, Album, Dig)	Music Fusion	MFWN2CD	Europe	2014
7243 5 56763 2 0	Rick Wakeman	Return To The Centre Of The Earth ‎(CD, Album, Unofficial)	EMI Classics	7243 5 56763 2 0	Russia	2016
FCCD 105462-2	Rick Wakeman	Return To The Centre Of The Earth ‎(CD, Album, Unofficial)	2000 FruitGum Corp.	FCCD 105462-2	Russia	1999