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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28897 A Drug Problem That Never Existed Mondo Generator · Ipecac Recordings · 2003 32.390

28898 Evermind Amethystium · Neurodisc Records · 2004 32.390

28899 Wreck of the Day Anna Nalick · Columbia · 2005 32.390

28900 No One Here Gets Out Alive Alien Vampires · BLC Productions · 2007 32.390

28901 You Are Not Alone Mavis Staples · Anti‐ · 2010 32.390

28902

The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Night The Besnard Lakes · Jagjaguwar · 2010 32.390

28903 Juggernaut of Justice Anvil · Steamhammer · 2011 32.390

28904

DJ-Kicks: Gold Panda Gold Panda · !K7 · 2011 32.390

28905

Black and White America Lenny Kravitz · Roadrunner Records · 2011 32.390

28906 RCA Victor Presents Eartha Kitt Eartha Kitt · RCA Victor · 1953 32.370

28907 Here Stands Fats Domino Fats Domino · Imperial · 1957 32.370

28908 Hold That Plane! Buddy Guy · Vanguard · 1972 32.370

28909 Wild Flower Hubert Laws · Atlantic · 1972 32.370

28910 Early One Morning Mushroom · Radioactive Records · 1973 32.370

28911 Home Is Where Heart Is Bobby Womack · Columbia · 1976 32.370

28912 Siivet saan Maarit · Dig It · 1978 32.370

28913 Jellied Eels to Record Deals Leyton Buzzards · Chrysalis · 1979 32.370

28914

Monde animal Lili Drop · Arabella · 1980 32.370

28915 The Colossal Tunes Out The Cravats · Corpus Christi · 1983 32.370

28916 The Politics of Dancing Re‐Flex · EMI · 1983 32.370

28917 New York Scene Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers · Concord Jazz · 1984 32.370

28918 On the Fritz Steve Taylor · Sparrow Records · 1985 32.370

28919 Wound Up Tight Lonnie Brooks · Alligator · 1986 32.370

28920 Zero Renato Zero · Zerolandia · 1987 32.370