Return To Ommadawn
by Mike Oldfield
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Mike Oldfield bestography
Return To Ommadawn is ranked 14th best out of 36 albums by Mike Oldfield on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Mike Oldfield is Tubular Bells which is ranked number 517 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,343.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Return To Ommadawn track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Return To Ommadawn rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 2017 | 64/86 | - |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 69 Music Albums of 2017 | 30/69 | 3 |
| 2026 | DJStuart79 | Top 78 Music Albums of 2017 | 48/78 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 99 Music Albums of 2017 | 61/99 | 2 |
| 2026 |  sssvnnn | Top 80 Music Albums of 2017 | 21/80 | 4 |
| 2026 |  JoSt | Top 99 Music Albums of 2017 | 27/99 | 4 |
| 2025 | yes340 | Top 49 Music Albums of the 2010s | 31/49 | 8 |
| 2025 | davidhuret | Top 34 Music Albums of 2017 | 27/34 | 1 |
| 2024 | Junomoogmello | Top 70 Music Albums of the 2010s | 58/70 | 4 |
| 2023 |  AlexSVK | Top 10 Music Albums of 2017 | 5/10 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 20 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 61 | |||
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Return To Ommadawn ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/14/2026 19:01 |  Tamthebam | 23,332 | 69/100 |
| ! | 06/21/2026 17:40 | TonySayers61 | 26,063 | 64/100 |
| ! | 06/07/2026 21:30 | DJStuart79 | 5,983 | 59/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 10% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.7/100, a mean average of 75.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.8.
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When in the mood for some chill out slowed down music this is the one I will often reach for.
I would like to have heard some more synth string textures behind the acoustic guitar passages but that's just a personal thing.
Some of the bass sequences sound very sililar to Tubular Bells, come on Mike, you could be a bit more creative here, like he's reading this!
Last section of last track makes the album, really uplifting.
Superb production, the vinyl clarity is stunning.
Great soundtrack to a bitter winters evening! (Edited)
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