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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28129 Time Out for Smokey Robinson & The Miracles Smokey Robinson & The Miracles · Tamla · 1969 33.180

28130 Birth Control Birth Control · Metronome · 1970 33.180

28131 Greatest Hits Phil Ochs · A&M Records · 1970 33.180

28132 Riley, Riley, Wood and Waggett Shape of the Rain · Neon · 1971 33.180

28133 Piledriver Status Quo · Vertigo · 1972 33.180

28134 Highdelberg Ax Genrich · 1975 33.180

28135 Music For Teenage Sex Baby Buddha · Posh Boy · 1981 33.180

28136 Bodine Bodine · 1981 33.180

28137 Early Damage Urban Verbs · Warner Bros. Records · 1981 33.180

28138

The Key Joan Armatrading · A&M Records · 1983 33.180

28139 Megatone Richard Wahnfried · Inteam GmbH · 1984 33.180

28140 Caught by Surprise Laban · 1985 33.180

28141 Back From the Rains Eyeless in Gaza · Cherry Red Records · 1986 33.180

28142 Running Hot Tyrant · Scratch Records · 1986 33.180

28143 Ruffin & Kendricks David Ruffin · RCA Victor · 1987 33.180

28144 Twice the Love George Benson · Warner Bros. Records · 1988 33.180

28145 Femme Fatale Femme Fatale · MCA Records · 1988 33.180

28146 Original Sin Pandora’s Box · Virgin · 1989 33.180

28147 Raging Silence Uriah Heep · Legacy Records · 1989 33.180

28148 The Havalinas The Havalinas · Elektra · 1990 33.180

28149 Kickin’ Afrolistics The Afros · Columbia · 1990 33.180

28150 Soul Rotation The Dead Milkmen · 1992 33.180

28151 Kiss the Goat The Electric Hellfire Club · Cleopatra Records · 1995 33.180

28152 Decoded Adam Beyer · Planet Rhythm Records · 1996 33.180