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Returns (album)

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Released
  
17 March 2009

Artist
  
Return to Forever

Label
  
Eagle Records

Producers
  
Terry Shand, Claude Nobs

Returns (2009)
  
Forever (2011)

Release date
  
21 November 2008

Genre
  
Jazz fusion

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Recorded
  
18 July 2008 - 6 September 2008

Similar
  
Return to Forever albums, Jazz fusion albums

Returns is a live album by the fusion band Return to Forever. Released in 2009, it is the first recording by the band after a hiatus of 32 years. A video recording of the band's live performances from the "Returns" tour at Montreux, Switzerland and (bonus material) Clearwater, Florida was also released in 2009 by Eagle Rock Entertainment as Return to Forever – Returns: Live at Montreux 2008.

Contents

Disc one

  1. "Opening Prayer" (Corea) – 2:03
  2. "Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy" (Corea) – 3:43
  3. "Vulcan Worlds" (Clarke) – 13:45
  4. "Sorceress" (White) – 11:22
  5. "Song to the Pharaoh Kings" (Corea) – 27:13
  6. Al's Solo, including (Corea, DiMeola, Piazzolla) – 8:54
  7. "Children's Song #3" duet with Chick Corea
  8. "Passion Grace & Fire"
  9. "Mediterranean Sundance"
  10. "Café 1930"
  11. "Spain" duet with Chick Corea
  12. "No Mystery" (Corea) – 8:52

Disc two

  1. "Friendship" Chick's Solo, including 'Solar' (Corea, Davis) – 8:52
  2. "Romantic Warrior" (Corea) – 7:19
  3. "El Bayo de Negro" Stanley's Solo (Clarke) – 11:25
  4. "Lineage" Lenny's Solo (White) – 7:39
  5. "Romantic Warrior" (continued) (Corea) – 3:03
  6. "Duel of the Jester and the Tyrant" (Corea) – 14:03

Bonus tracks

  1. "500 Miles High" (Corea) – 12:48
  2. "BBC Lifetime Achievement Award to RTF as presented by Sir George Martin, including a performance of 'Romantic Warrior'" – 8:20

Video track listing

Main show - Montreux 2008

  1. Introduction
  2. "Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy"
  3. "Vulcan Worlds"
  4. "Sorceress"
  5. "Song to the Pharaoh Kings"
  6. Al's solo
  7. "No Mystery"
  8. "Chick's Solo
  9. "Romantic Warrior"
  10. "El Bayo de Negro" (Stanley's solo)
  11. "Lineage" (Lenny's solo)
  12. "Romantic Warrior" (conclusion)

Bonus tracks - Clearwater, FL 2008

  1. "Lineage" (Lenny's solo)
  2. Al's solo
  3. "Friendship" (Chick's solo)
  4. "El Bayo de Negro" (Stanley's solo)
  5. "Duel of the Jester and the Tyrant"

Personnel

  • Al Di Meola – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
  • Chick Corea – Minimoog Voyager, Rhodes Midi Piano Mark V, Yamaha grand piano C3MP, Sequential Circuits Prophet-5, Yamaha Motif
  • Stanley Clarke – electric bass, acoustic bass
  • Lenny White – drums

    • CD recording credits

  • Artist coordination: Julie Rooney
  • Consultant: Bob Belden
  • Cover design: Marc Bessant
  • Drum technician: Gary Grimm
  • Engineer: Bernie Kirsh
  • Executive producer: Terry Shand, Claude Nobs
  • Guitar technician: Andy Brauer
  • Keyboard technician: Brian Alexander
  • Liner notes: Russell Davis
  • Management: Bill Rooney
  • Poetry: Neville Potter
  • Production coordination: Terry Cooley
  • Wardrobe design: Claudio Lugli

    • Songs

    1Opening Prayer2:04
    2Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy3:44
    3Vulcan Worlds13:45

    References

    Returns (album) Wikipedia
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