Rick Wakeman, Return To The Centre Of The Earth - 1h 16m 53s

Tracks & Durations

1. A Vision	2:33
2. The Return Overture	2:39
3. Mother Earth	3:48
4. Buried Alive (Ozzy Osbourne)	6:00
5. The Enigma	1:18
6. Is Anybody There? (Bonnie Tyler)	6:34
7. The Ravine	0:49
8. The Dance Of A Thousand Lights	5:40
9. The Shepherd	2:00
10. Mr. Slow (Tony Mitchell)	3:47
11. Bridge Of Time	1:11
12. Never Is A Long, Long Time (Trevor Rabin)	5:19
13. Tales From The Lidenbrook Sea	2:57
14. The Kill	5:23
15. Timeless History	1:10
16. Still Waters Run Deep (Justin Hayward)	5:20
17. Time Within Time	2:39
18. Ride Of Your Life (Katrina Leskanich)	6:01
19. Floating	1:59
20. Floodflames	1:59
21. The Volcano	2:10
22. The End Of The Return	5:23

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Review

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of his bestselling 1974 album Journey to the Centre of the Earth, keyboard maestro Rick Wakeman has created a conceptual opus that serves as both impressive sequel and ambitious revisitation to his original premise. Wakeman himself has continued the Jules Verne narrative, delivered here with flawless thespian diction by Patrick Stewart, and his music draws together a seamless cohesion of the London Symphony Orchestra, the English Chamber Choir, and guest vocalists including Ozzy Osbourne, Bonnie Tyler, Justin Hayward, Trevor Rabin, Katrina Leskanich, and Tony Mitchell. Wakeman can be accused of overindulgence in both arrangement and production, and, frankly, his talent as a lyricist leaves much to be desired. But even when this bravura effort slips into heavy-handed pretension (which fortunately isn't often), it's great to hear Journey reconceived with the state-of-the-art recording technology. Whether it's heard in its entirety or with music and narration tracks isolated, this is a dynamic recording that grows richer with each listening. Sure, it's likely to appeal primarily to Wakeman's fans and receptive converts, but overall this is a journey well worth taking. --Jeff Shannon

Other Versions

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Return To The Centre Of The Earth

Tracks: 22, Disk length: 1h 17m 35s (+0m 42s)

Return To The Centre Of The Earth

Tracks: 21 (-1 tracks), Disk length: 1h 13m 4s (-4m 11s)

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