The Groove

The greatest albums of all time

108,862 albums ranked by the Groove — music.nw’s own measure of renown. Not an opinion, a fact computed from the record. Why?

No. 1

Harvest

Neil Young · Warner Bros. Records · 1972

2,621.940

Why this number?

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24409 Engine American Music Club · Zippo Records · 1987 37.800

24410 In the Dark Grateful Dead · Arista · 1987 37.800

24411 Ascend From the Cauldron Deadly Blessing · New Renaissance Records · 1988 37.800

24412 Chiseled in Stone Vern Gosdin · Columbia · 1988 37.800

24413 Terrorvision Manufacture · Nettwerk · 1988 37.800

24414

All Hail the Queen Queen Latifah · Tommy Boy · 1989 37.800

24415 God, Guns & Gasoline Cat Rapes Dog · KK Records · 1990 37.800

24416 Have Love Will Travel Thee Headcoatees · Vinyl Japan · 1992 37.800

24417 Distant Voices Trisomie 21 · 1992 37.800

24418 The Fabulous Chi-Ali Chi-Ali · Relativity Records · 1992 37.800

24419 Haunted Heart Charlie Haden Quartet West · Verve · 1992 37.800

24420 The Tower of Mirrors David Shea · Sub Rosa · 1995 37.800

24421 Ether Babble · 1996 37.800

24422 TollmannHildenbeutel Gottfried Tollmann · Recycle or Die · 1996 37.800

24423 Big Thangs Ant Banks · Priority Records · 1997 37.800

24424 Tierra de nadie Hevia · EMI · 1998 37.800

24425 The Bed Is in the Ocean Karate · Southern Records · 1998 37.800

24426 The Hammering Process Living Sacrifice · Solid State Records · 2000 37.800

24427 Confederacy of Ruined Lives Eyehategod · Century Media · 2000 37.800

24428 Pills Against the Ageless Ills Solefald · Century Media · 2001 37.800

24429 A Virgin and a Whore Eternal Tears of Sorrow · Spinefarm Records · 2001 37.800

24430 Pain Rose Tattoo · Steamhammer · 2002 37.800

24431 Grain de sable Tryo · Yelen Musiques · 2003 37.800

24432

Blueprints for the Black Market Anberlin · Tooth & Nail Records · 2003 37.800