Returns (album)


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

CD track listing

Disc one

  1. "Opening Prayer" – 2:03
  2. "Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy" – 3:43
  3. "Vulcan Worlds" – 13:45
  4. "Sorceress" – 11:22
  5. "Song to the Pharaoh Kings" – 27:13
  6. Al's Solo, including – 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" – 8:52

Disc two

  1. "Friendship" Chick's Solo, including "Solar" – 8:52
  2. "Romantic Warrior" – 7:19
  3. "El Bayo de Negro" Stanley's Solo – 11:25
  4. "Lineage" Lenny's Solo – 7:39
  5. "Romantic Warrior" – 3:03
  6. "Duel of the Jester and the Tyrant" – 14:03
Bonus tracks
  2. "500 Miles High" – 12:48
  3. BBC Lifetime Achievement Award to RTF as presented by Sir George Martin, including a performance of "Romantic Warrior" – 8:20
Recorded at the:

DVD-Video track listing

;Main show – Stravinski Auditorium, Montreux Jazz Festival, Switzerland, 18 July 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"
  11. "Lineage"
  12. "Romantic Warrior"
;Bonus tracks – Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater, Florida, 31 July 2008
  2. "Lineage"
  3. Al's solo
  4. "Friendship"
  5. "El Bayo de Negro"
  6. "Duel of the Jester and the Tyrant"

Personnel

Return to Forever
CD production
  • Return To Forever – producer
  • Bernie Kirsh – engineer
  • Buck Snow – engineer
  • Doug Sax – engineer
  • Marc Bessant – artwork, cover
DVD-Video production
  • Return To Forever – producer, engineer
  • Christine Strand – producer, director
  • Josh Adams – producer
  • Buck Snow – engineer
  • E. Churchod – photography
  • Georges A. Braunschweig – photography