- progressive rock, classic rock
- 77 min
- 22 tracks
- EMI Classics
Return to the Centre of the Earth is the 18th studio album by English keyboardist Rick Wakeman. It was released on 15 March 1999 on EMI Classics and is the sequel to his 1974 concept album Journey to the Centre of the Earth, itself based on the same-titled science fiction novel by Jules Verne. It tells a new story of three unnamed travellers who attempt to follow the original journey 200 years later, but from a different entrance. It is narrated by actor Patrick Stewart.
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Grave, classical in form, earnest and epic.
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- intimateepic
- cooloverwhelming
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Tracks
- 1A Vision2:34
- 2The Return Overture2:40
- 3Mother Earth3:48
- 4Buried Alive6:01
- 5The Enigma1:18
- 6Is Anybody There?6:35
- 7The Ravine0:49
- 8The Dance of a Thousand Lights5:41
- 9The Shepherd2:01
- 10Mr. Slow3:48
- 11Bridge of Time1:12
- 12Never Is a Long, Long Time5:19
- 13Tales From the Lidenbrook Sea2:57
- 14The Kill5:23
- 15Timeless History1:11
- 16Still Waters Run Deep5:21
- 17Time Within Time2:40
- 18Ride of Your Life6:01
- 19Floating1:60
- 20Floodflames1:60
- 21The Volcano2:10
- 22The End of the Return5:23
22 tracks, 77 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Rick Wakeman
- Label
- EMI Classics
- Released
- 1999
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- XE
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