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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32881 Fly Me on the Wings of Love Celi Bee · APA Records · 1978 28.440

32882 Adventure Brainticket · 1980 28.440

32883 Kinky Instant Funk · Salsoul Records · 1983 28.440

32884 Human Racing Nik Kershaw · MCA Records · 1984 28.440

32885 Freedom: No Compromise Little Steven · Manhattan · 1987 28.440

32886 The Bumper Crop Pell Mell · SST Records · 1987 28.440

32887 F.O.A.D. Broken Bones · Fall Out Records · 1987 28.440

32888 Retaliatory Strike At War · New Renaissance Records · 1988 28.440

32889 Radio Free Albemuth Stuart Hamm · Relativity Records · 1988 28.440

32890 We Shoot for the Moon Slovenly · SST Records · 1989 28.440

32891 Pacific Coast Highway Christopher Franke · Virgin · 1991 28.440

32892 Nymphs Nymphs · DGC Records · 1991 28.440

32893 Indian Summer Go West · EMI Records USA · 1992 28.440

32894 Hot Trip to Heaven Love and Rockets · American Recordings · 1994 28.440

32895 Spellcraft Darkseed · Nuclear Blast · 1997 28.440

32896 Scouts Honor... By Way of Blood Rampage · Elektra · 1997 28.440

32897 Now Paul Rodgers · SPV Recordings · 1997 28.440

32898 Just One Better Than a Thousand · 1997 28.440

32899 North Pole Radio Station Pram · Domino · 1998 28.440

32900 A Long Way Home Dwight Yoakam · 1998 28.440

32901 Precious Burden Sophie Zelmani · Epic · 1998 28.440

32902 Peak Position Phoneheads · INFRACom! · 1999 28.440

32903 Millenium Nocturne Hades Almighty · Hammerheart Records · 1999 28.440

32904 The Aeonic Majesty Mutant · Listenable Records · 2000 28.440