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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32185 The Axeman's Jazz The Beasts of Bourbon · Big Time Records · 1984 29.040

32186 The UB40 File UB40 · Virgin · 1985 29.040

32187 Silk & Steel Five Star · RCA · 1986 29.040

32188 Rough Edges Guana Batz · I.D. Records · 1988 29.040

32189 Concept IAM · Ròker Promocion · 1990 29.040

32190 Native Place The Railway Children · Virgin · 1990 29.040

32191 Δι' ευχών Χάρις Αλεξίου · Philips · 1992 29.040

32192 Just a Visitor The Fellow Travellers · OKra Records · 1992 29.040

32193 Intro Intro · Atlantic · 1993 29.040

32194 Blue Note 4E · Home Entertainment · 1996 29.040

32195

Weltengänger Lunar Aurora · Voices Productions · 1996 29.040

32196 Get Off the Cross… We Need the Wood for the Fire Firewater · Jetset Records · 1996 29.040

32197 Bad Newz Travels Fast DJ Pooh · Atlantic · 1997 29.040

32198 Children of the Universe Optic Nerve · Omnisonus · 1997 29.040

32199 Rite of Passage Trial of the Bow · Release Entertainment · 1997 29.040

32200 Drafts of Collisions Brume · Crowd Control Activities · 1997 29.040

32201 Deal Me In Bantam Rooster · Crypt Records · 1997 29.040

32202 Im Dienste des Sozialismus IFA Wartburg · Plattenmeister · 1998 29.040

32203 Nu Ambient Grooves Genuine · Ninetysix Sounds · 1998 29.040

32204 Kobn‐Tich‐Ey Brothomstates · 1998 29.040

32205 Legendario Tierra Santa · Locomotive Music · 1999 29.040

32206 Cater to the DJ Fat Jack · 1999 29.040

32207

Entering Twilight James Johnson · Hypnos Recordings · 2000 29.040

32208 Ghetto Love Jaheim · Warner Bros. Records · 2001 29.040