Return to the Centre of the Earth CD
Roger Dean artwork in Digipak packaging.
Return to the Centre of the Earth is a studio album by the English keyboardist Rick Wakeman, released on 15 March 1999 on EMI Classics. The album is a 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. Wakeman wrote a new story of three unnamed travellers who attempt to follow the original journey two hundred years later, including the music which features guest performances from Ozzy Osbourne, Bonnie Tyler, Tony Mitchell, Trevor Rabin, Justin Hayward, and Katrina Leskanich. The story is narrated by Patrick Stewart. The recording was delayed after Wakeman was hospitalised with a life-threatening case of double pneumonia and pleurisy, and needed time to recover.
Upon release, the album reached number 34 on the UK Albums Chart.
- A Vision
- The Return Overture
- Mother Earth: The Shadow of June
- Mother Earth: The Gallery
- Mother Earth: The Avenue of Prismed Light
- Mother Earth: The Earthquake
- Buried Alive (Vocals Ozzy Osbourne)
- The Enigma
- Is Anybody There? (Vocals Bonnie Tyler)
- The Ravine
- The Dance of a Thousand Lights
- The Shepherd
- Mr Slow
- Bridge of Time
- Never Is a Long, Long Time (Vocals Trevor Rabin)
- Tales from the Lidenbrook Sea: River of Hope
- Tales from the Lidenbrook Sea: Hunter and Hunter
- Tales from the Lidenbrook Sea: Fight for Life
- The Kill
- Timeless History
- Still Water Runs Deep
- Time Within Time: The Ebbing Tide
- Time Within Time: The Electric Storm
- Ride of Your Life (Vocals Katrina Leskanich)
- Floating: Globes of Fire
- Floating: Cascades of Fear
- Floodflames
- The Volcano: Tongues of Fire
- The Volcano: The Blue Mountains
- The End of the Return