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?

The full board · page 1413

33889

Young Modern Silverchair · Eleven: A Music Company · 2007 27.590

33890 Sundays Lauge · 2008 27.590

33891 Where the Land Meets the Sky SubtractiveLAD · n5MD · 2009 27.590

33892 Down With Liberty… Up With Chains! Chain and the Gang · K · 2009 27.590

33893

The Black Opal Lisa Gerrard · Gerrard Records · 2010 27.590

33894

echolyn echolyn · 2012 27.590

33895 Cokefloat PAWS · FatCat Records · 2012 27.590

33896 To Pimp a Butterfly Kendrick Lamar · Top Dawg Entertainment · 2015 27.590

33897 Helm ab zum Gebet Fortuna Ehrenfeld · Grand Hotel van Cleef · 2019 27.590

33898 Action Jackie McLean · Blue Note · 1967 27.550

33899 Tell Mama Etta James · Cadet Records · 1968 27.550

33900 Roberto Roena y su Apollo Sound X: El progreso Roberto Roena y su Apollo Sound · 1978 27.550

33901 Opik Opik · Concrete · 1994 27.550

33902 Butterfly Wings Make Orla Wren · Expanding Records · 2006 27.550

33903 Winterreise Fabio Orsi · Slow Flow Rec · 2010 27.550

33904 Do You Love Me (Now That I Can Dance) The Contours · Motown · 1962 27.540

33905 Same Train, a Different Time Merle Haggard · Capitol Records · 1969 27.540

33906 Sing Children Sing Lesley Duncan · CBS · 1971 27.540

33907 Stray Dog Stray Dog · Victor · 1973 27.540

33908 Lady June's Linguistic Leprosy Lady June · Caroline Records · 1974 27.540

33909 Live In Montreux Agorà · Atlantic · 1976 27.540

33910

Pollen Pollen · Kébec-Disc · 1976 27.540

33911 Dark Album Wigwam · Love Records · 1977 27.540

33912 Ambassador Manu Dibango · 1981 27.540