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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31537 System of the Animal Pyrexia · Serious Entertainment · 1997 29.600

31538 Siderado Skank · Chaos · 1998 29.600

31539 Chamboultou Têtes Raides · tôt Ou tard · 1998 29.600

31540

A Flight and a Crash Hot Water Music · Epitaph · 2001 29.600

31541 Birthmarks Ozark Henry · Epic · 2001 29.600

31542 Faces & Places Joe Zawinul · ESC Records · 2002 29.600

31543 Friends Forever Magas · Ersatz Audio · 2003 29.600

31544 The Torment Continues Corpus Christii · Undercover Records · 2005 29.600

31545 The Formula 9th Wonder · Duck Down · 2008 29.600

31546 The Death of Romance Zeromancer · Trisol · 2010 29.600

31547 Hypnotíque Martin Denny · Liberty · 1958 29.580

31548 Aoxomoxoa Grateful Dead · Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Records · 1969 29.580

31549

Träume Françoise Hardy · Philips · 1970 29.580

31550 Rosemary Lane Bert Jansch · Transatlantic Records · 1971 29.580

31551 Sho Is Funky Down Here James Brown · King Records · 1971 29.580

31552

Smile a While Brainstorm · Musea · 1972 29.580

31553 The Five Piano Concertos Beethoven · London Records · 1973 29.580

31554 Carol of Harvest Carol of Harvest · Second Battle · 1978 29.580

31555 Face to Face The Dells · ABC Records · 1979 29.580

31556 Hypstrization! The Hypstrz · 1980 29.580

31557 Words and Music Tavares · RCA · 1983 29.580

31558 A Hard Road to Follow The Flesh Eaters · Upsetter Records · 1983 29.580

31559 Lyle Mays Lyle Mays · Metheny Group Productions · 1986 29.580

31560 Guy Guy · MCA Records · 1988 29.580