title: The Road to Return
text: # The Road to Return
  
  The Road to Return is a recording by guitarist Michael Hedges released on the Windham Hill label. It features eight vocal arrangements and two instrumentals.
  
  ## Reception
  
  Professional ratings :
  
  | Review scores ||
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  | Source | Rating |
  | Allmusic | |
  
  Music critic Jason Anderson, writing for Allmusic, wrote the album "Fans of the musician's stunning two-handed, alternate-tuned guitar innovations were a little disappointed by the relatively minimal Road to Return, with its accent on Hedges' newfound vocal stylings."
  
  ## Track listing
  
  All compositions by Michael Hedges except as noted.
  
  * "Prelude" – 3:05
  * "Road to Return" – 6:03
  * "Communicate" – 4:09
  * "Sister Soul" – 4:34
  * "Guardian's Trust" (Hedges, Cate McNider) – 3:48
  * "India" – 3:55
  * "A Midwinter Night's Dream" – 5:36
  * "Follow Through" – 3:43
  * "You Can Have Anything You Want" – 3:49
  * "Road Music" – 2:15
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * Michael Hedges – guitar, vocals, bass, keyboards, drums, alto flute, harmonica
  * Pipa Pinon – chant vocals
  * Janeen Rae Heller – saw
  
  ## Production notes
  
  * Produced and engineered by Michael Hedges
  * Mastered by Bernie Grundman
  