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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27817 Beans and Fatback Link Wray · Virgin · 1973 33.540

27818 Confesiones de invierno Sui Generis · Microfon · 1973 33.540

27819 Wish You Were Here Badfinger · Warner Bros. Records · 1974 33.540

27820 Benito di Paula Benito di Paula · Copacabana · 1975 33.540

27821 Matia Bazar 1 Matia Bazar · Ariston · 1976 33.540

27822 Three's a Crowd Torment · Nervous Records · 1987 33.540

27823 Night Flights Christina Kubisch · Auf Dem Nil · 1987 33.540

27824 Red Rose for Gregory Gregory Isaacs · RAS Records · 1988 33.540

27825 Orchestra Eberhard Weber · ECM Records · 1988 33.540

27826 Don't Try This at Home Michael Brecker · impulse! · 1988 33.540

27827 Voyeur Renato Zero · Zerolandia · 1989 33.540

27828 In Defence of Our Earth Oi Polloi · Words of Warning · 1990 33.540

27829 Contamination Rises No Return · Fnac Music · 1991 33.540

27830 The Supersonic Storybook Urge Overkill · Touch and Go Records · 1991 33.540

27831 I Hate Therefore I Am Cyclone Temple · Combat · 1991 33.540

27832 3-D Lifestyles Greg Osby · Blue Note · 1993 33.540

27833 Transmission Voyager · Union City Recordings · 1993 33.540

27834 Cover the Crime The Aloof · 1994 33.540

27835 Santa Compaña Los Suaves · Polydor · 1994 33.540

27836 Dark Metal Bethlehem · Adipocere Records · 1994 33.540

27837 New World Order Curtis Mayfield · Warner Bros. Records · 1996 33.540

27838 Memories of Love Future Bible Heroes · Slow River Records · 1997 33.540

27839 Deathcult for Eternity: The Triumph The Chasm · OZ Productions · 1998 33.540

27840 Guns Cardiacs · 1999 33.540