Dreamtime Return
by Steve Roach

Dreamtime Return by Steve Roach
Year: 1988
Overall rank: 6,259th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 45 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1988 (86th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (914th)
Award Best albums of all time (6,259th)

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Steve Roach bestography

Dreamtime Return is ranked 2nd best out of 74 albums by Steve Roach on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Steve Roach is Structures From Silence which is ranked number 3509 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 421.

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Dreamtime Return
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Dreamtime Return

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 74 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 6,259th | 1980s rank: 914th | 1988 rank: 86th

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77/100 (from 45 votes)
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02/17/2026 10:31 doombringer  Ratings distribution  2,24375/100
 
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08/10/2025 05:03 Kingturtle  Ratings distribution  7,56773/100
 
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09/12/2023 20:42 BorderFreeAndrew  Ratings distribution  14,90574/100
 
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02/21/2023 13:33 DommeDamian  Ratings distribution  7,33049/100

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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.2/100, a mean average of 78.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.2.

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From 02/17/2026 10:36 | #313184
A snooze-fest , good for reading-sessions as a background-noise .
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