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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31897 Dance with Arthur Brown Arthur Brown · Gull · 1974 29.230

31898 A Rock & Roll Collection Buddy Holly · MCA Records · 1977 29.230

31899 Heaven Help the Fool Bob Weir · Arista · 1978 29.230

31900 Crash Landing Bethnal · Vertigo · 1978 29.230

31901 Matchbox Matchbox · Magnet · 1979 29.230

31902 All My Love LAX · Prelude Records · 1980 29.230

31903 Bernsteinhexe Transit · AMIGA · 1982 29.230

31904 Sink Your Teeth Into That Talas · Relativity Records · 1982 29.230

31905 Chants zazous Richard Gotainer · GATKESS · 1982 29.230

31906 Sixteen Stacy Lattisaw · Cotillion · 1983 29.230

31907 Havana Moon Carlos Santana · Columbia · 1983 29.230

31908 Rameau Bob James · CBS Records Masterworks · 1984 29.230

31909 Low Life Peter Brötzmann · Celluloid · 1987 29.230

31910 Gisela Pankow · Cashbeat · 1989 29.230

31911 UK Jive The Kinks · MCA Records · 1989 29.230

31912 Red Moon The Call · MCA Records · 1990 29.230

31913 Batch Big Drill Car · Cruz Records · 1991 29.230

31914 Christbait Blood · 1MF Recordz · 1992 29.230

31915 Take Me as I Am Faith Hill · Warner Bros. Records · 1993 29.230

31916 The Glamour of Darkness Blind Passengers · Strange Ways Records · 1993 29.230

31917 Dawn Dance Nation · RCA · 1994 29.230

31918 Funky Little Demons The Wolfgang Press · 4AD · 1995 29.230

31919 Wamdue Works Wamdue Kids · !K7 · 1996 29.230

31920 Acquatica Scenic · World Domination Recordings · 1996 29.230