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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33529 Somewhere Outside The Ugly Ducklings · Yorktown · 1966 27.880

33530 Nicola Bert Jansch · Transatlantic Records · 1967 27.880

33531 Girl Watcher The O’Kaysions · ABC Records · 1968 27.880

33532 The Jaki Byard Experience Jaki Byard · Prestige · 1969 27.880

33533 陽水II センチメンタル井上陽水 · Polydor · 1972 27.880

33534 Third Annual Pipe Dream Atlanta Rhythm Section · Polydor · 1974 27.880

33535 Hooked, Hogtied & Collared Paul Kelly · Warner Bros. Records · 1974 27.880

33536 Out of the Woods Oregon · Elektra · 1978 27.880

33537 Blood Robots Androids of Mu · Fuck Off Records · 1980 27.880

33538 Great Guitars at the Winery The Great Guitars · Concord Jazz · 1980 27.880

33539 Café Passé Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung · MOOD Records · 1981 27.880

33540 Original Nilsen Lillebjørn Nilsen · Studio B · 1982 27.880

33541 The Long Hello Volume Three David Jackson · 1982 27.880

33542

Old Wave Ringo Starr · RCA · 1983 27.880

33543 Čarobnjaci Divlje jagode · Diskoton · 1983 27.880

33544 I Told You So Omar and the Howlers · 1984 27.880

33545 Uccelli d'Italia Squallor · Ricordi · 1984 27.880

33546 Forget Mission of Burma · Taang! Records · 1987 27.880

33547

Touch Sarah McLachlan · Nettwerk · 1988 27.880

33548 Zig-Zaggin' Through Ghostland The Radiators · Epic · 1989 27.880

33549 Blood, Fire & Love The Almighty · Polydor · 1989 27.880

33550 Home Again Doughboys · Restless Records · 1989 27.880

33551 The Big Area Then Jerico · London Records · 1989 27.880

33552 Electric Landlady Kirsty MacColl · Virgin · 1991 27.880