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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32617 Der Löwenzahn Reform · AMIGA · 1982 28.560

32618 One Step Closer The Dells · Private I Records · 1984 28.560

32619 Collector’s Series Dolly Parton · RCA · 1985 28.560

32620 Design Interior · Windham Hill Records · 1987 28.560

32621 Shakespeare Alabama Diesel Park West · Food · 1989 28.560

32622 Le grand, le maigre, le petit et le gros Les Sheriff · Gougnaf Mouvement · 1989 28.560

32623 Tuut...! Taste of Sugar · Subway Dance · 1989 28.560

32624

3-D Wrathchild America · Atlantic · 1991 28.560

32625 Damned Souls Xorcist · 21st Circuitry · 1991 28.560

32626 Don’t Look Back Al Green · RCA · 1993 28.560

32627 Not Necessarily Acoustic Steve Howe · Thunderbird · 1994 28.560

32628 Non-Recycleable Zero Defects · Zoth Ommog · 1994 28.560

32629 Forest / Full Circle Forest · 1994 28.560

32630 Example For Squirrels · 550 Music · 1995 28.560

32631

Lost Dogs and Mixed Blessings John Prine · 1995 28.560

32632 The Jungle Dub Experience Mazaruni! · Ariwa · 1995 28.560

32633 The Natural Bridge Silver Jews · Drag City · 1996 28.560

32634 El nuevo camino del hombre A.N.I.M.A.L. · 1996 28.560

32635 Cremona Mina · PDU · 1996 28.560

32636 The Space Between Astralasia · Magick Eye Records · 1996 28.560

32637 Shadows’ Blood Cultus Sanguine · Candlelight Records · 1997 28.560

32638 Palabra de mujer Mónica Naranjo · Epic · 1997 28.560

32639 Frantz! General Magic · Mego · 1997 28.560

32640

Water & Solutions Far · Epic · 1998 28.560