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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31249 Live at Thee Ritz Psychic TV · Cold Spring · 1989 29.880

31250 The Future Is Ours Musto & Bones · City Beat · 1990 29.880

31251 Todo Panchos Los Panchos · CBS · 1990 29.880

31252 Age of Reason Lead Into Gold · Wax Trax! Records · 1990 29.880

31253 Contaminant PCB Contagion · Capitol Records · 1992 29.880

31254 Learning to Walk The Boo Radleys · Rough Trade · 1993 29.880

31255 Friday Night Is Killing Me Bash & Pop · Sire Records · 1993 29.880

31256 Supremacy Elegy · T&T Records · 1994 29.880

31257 La Mano Cornuda Supersuckers · Sub Pop Records · 1994 29.880

31258 Hellig Usvart Horde · Nuclear Blast · 1994 29.880

31259 Acoustic Planet Craig Chaquico · Higher Octave Music · 1994 29.880

31260 Gol de quem? Pato Fu · Plug · 1995 29.880

31261 Hatesville! The Boyd Rice Experience · Caciocavallo · 1995 29.880

31262 Introducing Brad Mehldau Brad Mehldau · Warner Bros. Records · 1995 29.880

31263 Far Beneath the Sun Malignant Eternal · Napalm Records · 1997 29.880

31264 Dancehall Malfunction Sub Dub · Asphodel · 1997 29.880

31265 Radar Bros. Radar Bros. · Restless Records · 1997 29.880

31266 Landscape Symphonies Mephistopheles · Adipocere Records · 1997 29.880

31267 The Hollowing Crisis · Metal Blade Records · 1997 29.880

31268

Apollo Choco Audio Active · On-U Sound · 1997 29.880

31269 Back on the Streets 88 Fingers Louie · Hopeless Records · 1998 29.880

31270 Involution Involution · Tone Casualties · 1998 29.880

31271 Above Black S.E.T.I. · Ash International · 1998 29.880

31272 Stargazer Brandi Ifgray · Puu · 1999 29.880