Return Journey
by Sun Dial
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Sun Dial bestography
Return Journey is ranked 3rd best out of 13 albums by Sun Dial on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Sun Dial is Other Way Out which is ranked number 25377 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 38.
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Return Journey track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (5 out of 7 tracks have been rated).
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Return Journey rankings summary
Overall rank: 37,247th | 1990s rank: 5,567th | 1993 rank: 551st Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
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| 2026 | Johnnyo | Most listened t2021 (2 B deleted) | 31/99 | - |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 53/100 | 10 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | uary 2022 (2 B deleeted) | 49/98 | - |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | The best British Psych Rock albums of all time | 1/56 | - |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | albums in July 2021 - deleting | 87/99 | - |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1993 | 34/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 100 Music Albums of 1993 | 6/100 | 5 |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Top albums of all time (301 - 400) | 35/64 | - |
| 2025 | AlienCinema | Top 84 Music Albums of 1993 | 54/84 | 2 |
| 2022 | Johnnyo | Most listened to studio albums in 2021 | 66/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 16 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 21 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 01/05/2022 01:08 | Moondance | 20,824 | 72/100 |
| ! | 11/15/2020 10:07 | Johnnyo | 9,920 | 77/100 |
| ! | 07/07/2019 06:20 |  NoisyBeast | 13,315 | 74/100 |
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From Johnnyo 4 days ago in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
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“Possibly the greater British Psych Rock album of all time”
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Johnnyo 08/08/2026 16:52 | #315595
To be honest, this is not what you might call a “proper” album in the sense that the band went into the studio with the intent of making an album. It was compiled from sessions recorded in 1990 and1991 but is so wonderfully consistent that you would never know it. A contend for the title of best British Psychedelic Rock album of all time.
It’s raw and a little lo-fi, as you might expect from a bunch of session recordings. It’s guitar-heavy and the wah-wah effects are stellar but in realty it’s has complex song structures.
We also have echoing vocals and intense distortion. It’s got sprawling, hypnotic jams which remind me of the American band Endless Boogie. Basically, like the Boogie, it’s guitar freakouts of epic proportions. It’s what you would expect from contemporaries of The Bevis Frond
I’ve read it described as “neo-psychedelia, space rock, and garage-psych”. Yep, it’s all of those things.
Standout tracks? Everything. North Eastern has got wailing guitars to die for whilst Sunstroke / Mindtrain a mind blowing 13-minute psychedelic behemoth. Fireball is also epic. (Edited)
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Johnnyo 10/29/2019 07:26 | #244234
Consistently excellent album
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Ojn17041991 09/10/2018 10:00 | #220867
Blends the guitar-driven psychedelia of the late 60s with the noise rock/shoegaze sound of the late 80s/early 90s to great effect. Doesn't seem to get much attention, but honestly a great record.
Best tracks for me were Fireball and Mindtrain.
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