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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 (bonus material) Clearwater, Florida was released by Eagle Rock Entertainment as Returns: Live at Montreux 2008.

ReleasedMarch 17, 2009
RecordedJuly 18 & 31, 2008,
August 6, 2008
VenuesStravinski Auditorium, Montreux Jazz Festival (July 18),
Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater, Florida (July 31),
Bank of America Pavilion, Boston, Massachusetts (August 6)
GenreJazz fusion
Quick facts Live album by Return to Forever, Released ...
Returns
Live album by
Return to Forever
ReleasedMarch 17, 2009
RecordedJuly 18 & 31, 2008,
August 6, 2008
VenuesStravinski Auditorium, Montreux Jazz Festival (July 18),
Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater, Florida (July 31),
Bank of America Pavilion, Boston, Massachusetts (August 6)
GenreJazz fusion
LabelEagle
ProducersTerry Shand, Claude Nobs
Return to Forever chronology
Return to Forever: The Anthology
(2008)		 Returns
(2009)		 Forever
(2011)
Chick Corea chronology
Duet
(2008)		 Returns
(2009)		 Five Peace Band Live
(2009)
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More information Review scores, Source ...
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
All About Jazz(favorable) [1]
AllMusicStarStarStarHalf star [2]
Popmatters(7/10)[3]
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CD track listing

Disc one

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

Disc two

  1. "Friendship" (Corea) Chick's Solo, including "Solar" (Miles 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

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

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Quick facts Video by Return to Forever, Released ...
Returns: Live at Montreux 2008
Video by
Return to Forever
ReleasedMay 12, 2009
RecordedJuly 18 & 31, 2008
VenuesStravinski Auditorium, Montreux Jazz Festival (July 18),
Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater, Florida (July 31)
GenreJazz fusion
Length149 minutes
LabelEagle Rock Entertainment
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DVD-Video track listing

Main show – Stravinski Auditorium, Montreux Jazz Festival, Switzerland, 18 July 2008
  1. Introduction
  2. "Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy" (Chick Corea)
  3. "Vulcan Worlds" (Stanley Clarke)
  4. "Sorceress" (Lenny White)
  5. "Song to the Pharaoh Kings" (Corea)
  6. Al's solo
  7. "No Mystery" (Corea)
  8. "Chick's Solo
  9. "Romantic Warrior" (Corea)
  10. "El Bayo de Negro" (Stanley's solo)
  11. "Lineage" (Lenny's solo)
  12. "Romantic Warrior" (conclusion) (Corea)
Bonus tracks – Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater, Florida, 31 July 2008
  2. "Lineage" (Lenny's solo)
  3. Al's solo
  4. "Friendship" (Chick's solo)
  5. "El Bayo de Negro" (Stanley's solo)
  6. "Duel of the Jester and the Tyrant" (Corea)

Personnel

Return to Forever

Chart performance

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YearChartPosition
2009 Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz 2 [4]
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