Return to the Centre of the Earth Leskanich. The story is narrated by Patrick Stewart. 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. In 1974, Wakeman released his second solo album "Journey to the Centre of the Earth", a concept album based on the same-titled science fiction novel by Jules Verne. It tells the story of Professor Lidenbrook, his nephew Axel, and their guide Hans who follow a passage to the Earth's centre originally discovered by Arne Saknussemm, an Icelandic alchemist.
Voyage: Inspired by Jules Verne with "Jolt" describing the music as having a nice retro-futuristic feel which sets the mood perfectly. "G4" commented on the game's voice acting as overly dramatic but appropriate, but criticized many of the sound effects as being cheesy. "GameSpot" described Ardan's dialogue as somewhat lame, and also criticized the game's sound effects. "Metacritic" averaged out the scores of several internet reviews of "Voyage" to reach a rating of 71%, the closest to an 'overall' rating of the game. Voyage: Inspired by Jules Verne Voyage: Inspired by Jules Verne (known as Journey to the Moon in the United Kingdom and Australia)