Journey Through The Past
by Neil Young
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Neil Young bestography
Journey Through The Past is ranked 78th best out of 98 albums by Neil Young on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Neil Young is After The Gold Rush which is ranked number 83 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 14,071.
(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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Journey Through The Past track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 74 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Journey Through The Past rankings
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 100 Music Albums of 1972 | 36/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 1972 | 24/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | 1972 7TH 100 | 78/100 | - |
| 2025 | dukeboxkool | Top 100 Music Albums of 1972 | 23/100 | 4 |
| 2025 | mostlymor | Top 100 Music Albums of 1972 | 67/100 | 2 |
| 2025 |  neilgee | Top 100 Music Albums of 1972 | 41/100 | 3 |
| 2025 | ThuramThugood | Ranked - Neil Young incl.w/Crazy Horse (CAN) & collabs - Ranked | 55/95 | - |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Top albums of the 70’s (301 - 400) | 14/100 | - |
| 2024 | Johnnyo | Canadians (1 - 100) | 30/100 | - |
| 2024 |  PAPPITUFO | Top 99 Music Albums of 1972 | 20/99 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 14 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 22 | |||
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Journey Through The Past ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 01/08/2026 20:08 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,686 | 70/100 |
| ! | 01/09/2024 08:38 | TonySayers61 | 25,699 | 64/100 |
| ! | 12/02/2023 16:21 | Jowan | 70 | 83/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 63.4/100, a mean average of 61.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 61.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 21.4.
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Journey Through The Past comments
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O.T. 08/19/2017 18:00 | #196349
The versions of "Words", "Alabama" and "Southern man" are simply wonderful. Words is so druggy, the vocals in Alabama perfect and you can hear how they evolve and Southern man has the aggression it deserved but missed in the studio. Just for the glory of those songs I find the album deeply underrated even (or especially?) among Neil Young fans.
In interesting way to look back at some of the various projects Young had been involved in up to that point.
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