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

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
 * 7) *"Children's Song #3" (Corea) duet with Chick Corea
 * 8) *"Passion Grace & Fire" (di Meola)
 * 9) *"Mediterranean Sundance" (di Meola)
 * 10) *"Café 1930" (Astor Piazzolla)
 * 11) *"Spain" (Corea, Joaquín Rodrigo) duet with Chick Corea
 * 12) "No Mystery" (Corea) – 8:52

Disc two
Bonus tracks
 * 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
 * 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

Recorded at the:
 * Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater, Florida, the U.S., July 31, 2008 (tracks 1.1–2.5)
 * Bank of America Pavilion, Boston, Massachusetts, the U.S., August 6, 2008 (track 2.6)
 * Stravinski Auditorium, Montreux Jazz Festival, Switzerland, July 18, 2008 (track 2.7)

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
 * 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" (Corea)

Personnel
Return to Forever
 * Chick Corea – Yamaha grand piano C3MP, Rhodes Midi Piano Mark V, synthesizers (Minimoog Voyager, Sequential Circuits Prophet-5, Yamaha Motif)
 * Al Di Meola – acoustic and electric guitar
 * Stanley Clarke – electric and acoustic bass
 * Lenny White – drums

CD production
 * Return To Forever – producer
 * Bernie Kirsh – engineer (recording, mixing)
 * Buck Snow – engineer (mixing)
 * Doug Sax – engineer (mastering)
 * Marc Bessant – artwork, cover

DVD-Video production
 * Return To Forever – producer, engineer (mixing)
 * Christine Strand – producer (video), director
 * Josh Adams – producer (video)
 * Buck Snow – engineer (mixing)
 * E. Churchod – photography
 * Georges A. Braunschweig – photography