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

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25585 Get in Touch With Yourself Swing Out Sister · Fontana · 1992 36.190

25586 The Lead and How to Swing It Tom Jones · Interscope Records · 1994 36.190

25587 Awaken The Blood Divine · Peaceville · 1996 36.190

25588 Hope Is Important Idlewild · Food · 1998 36.190

25589 Sleeping Madness Ken Ishii · R&S Records · 1999 36.190

25590 The Seven Letters From Tibet Tangerine Dream · TDI Music · 2000 36.190

25591 Deviant Pitchshifter · MCA Records · 2000 36.190

25592 Aff un zo BAP · EMI · 2001 36.190

25593 Indestructible Rancid · Hellcat Records · 2003 36.190

25594 La Bella Vista Harold Budd · 2003 36.190

25595 Believe Pendragon · Toff Records · 2005 36.190

25596 Living in the Gleam of an Unsheathed Sword Earth · Megablade Records · 2005 36.190

25597 Rue de Paris Aqua Bassino · F Communications · 2006 36.190

25598 The Black Flame Wolf · Century Media · 2006 36.190

25599 Detoxified Haystacks Balboa · 2007 36.190

25600 Back to the Cat Barry Adamson · Central Control · 2008 36.190

25601 Black City Matthew Dear · Ghostly International · 2010 36.190

25602 Joan Baez on Vanguard Joan Baez · Vanguard · 1970 36.180

25603 Le monde bouge François Béranger · L'Escargot · 1974 36.180

25604 Reverberation Echo & the Bunnymen · Sire Records · 1990 36.180

25605 One Step On Jody Grind · Transatlantic Records · 1969 36.120

25606 Fast Last! Lester Bowie · Muse Records · 1974 36.120

25607 Ovary Lodge Ovary Lodge · Ogun Recordings · 1976 36.120

25608 Hotbed Isaac Hayes · Stax · 1978 36.120