Journey To The Centre Of The Earth
by Rick Wakeman
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Rick Wakeman bestography
Journey To The Centre Of The Earth is ranked 3rd best out of 27 albums by Rick Wakeman on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Rick Wakeman is The Six Wives Of Henry VIII which is ranked number 6969 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 187.
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Journey To The Centre Of The Earth track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Journey To The Centre Of The Earth rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 7 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Live Albums | 45/100 | - |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 100 Music Albums of 1974 | 54/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  neilgee | Top 100 Music Albums of 1974 | 50/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 99 Music Albums of 1974 | 35/99 | 3 |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | 1974 6th chart | 22/79 | - |
| 2026 | mrmcrook | Top 15 Music Albums of 1974 | 10/15 | 2 |
| 2026 | Moondance | My top 100 live albums | 8/84 | - |
| 2026 | RockyRaccoon | Top 94 Music Albums of 1974 | 28/94 | 4 |
| 2026 | tim0505 | Top 34 Music Albums of 1974 | 20/34 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Liedzeit | Top 100 Music Albums of 1974 | 96/100 | 0 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 58 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 79 | |||
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Journey To The Centre Of The Earth ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/05/2026 16:28 | duelek | 2,180 | 75/100 |
| ! | 12/30/2025 10:45 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,929 | 70/100 |
| ! | 08/22/2025 16:39 | machiaj | 805 | 71/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 23% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.6/100, a mean average of 73.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.0.
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MadhattanJack 06/06/2025 20:55 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)Journey To The Centre Of The Earth comments
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I was 18 when Journey To The Centre Of The Earth first echoed through my radio. I thought it was an amazing concept album and I fell in love with it...so much so, that even now, nearly 50 years later I get a shiver down my spine when I hear certain musical/voicing elements. I still have the album in my top 100 of all time - but that could have a lot to do with sentiment (but then again, ain't that what music does to us - makes us sentimental for time that have long since passed?).
I still have vivid memories of a spine tingling sensation when I was sitting in row C, seat 12 of the Hordern Pavilion, Sydney on 13 February 1975 and Rick Wakeman begin playing the opening sequence to this album. (Edited)
The opening track is a huge sound with choir, orchestra, timpani and spiralling synths. The second part of the opening track could be a Classical Christmas Overture, things then calm down for the vocal introduction. The narration fits the music perfectly and as it is introduced each time, the music fades back. For those interested in keyboards (and RW had a few) there is some great Mini Moog noodling on this album. Equally there are some really cheesy keyboard sounds like the harpsichord sound. Great concept album.
Rick Wakeman has a very distinctive style that can't be mistaken. The great thing with this is that he himself doesn't over dominate the musical score, hence making the result a very enjoyable album. (Edited)
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