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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34537 False Flag Rangda · Drag City · 2010 27.060

34538 Solar Flare Lust for Youth · Avant! Records · 2011 27.060

34539 Unsound Mission of Burma · Fire Records · 2012 27.060

34540 Harmonic Philm · Ipecac Recordings · 2012 27.060

34541 Chausseestraße 131 Wolf Biermann · CBS · 1969 27.010

34542 D.A.C. David Allan Coe · Columbia · 1982 27.010

34543 Banded Together Lee Ritenour · Elektra · 1984 27.010

34544 Cuerpo a cuerpo Luis Eduardo Aute · Ariola · 1984 27.010

34545 Simple Pleasures Bobby McFerrin · EMI Manhattan · 1988 27.010

34546 The Recipe Mack 10 · Priority Records · 1998 27.010

34547 7 Day Weekend The Comsat Angels · 2001 27.010

34548 Hide From the Sun The Rasmus · Playground Music Scandinavia · 2005 27.010

34549 Nightmares Architects · In at the Deep End Records · 2006 27.010

34550 Rebel Within Hank Williams III · Sidewalk Records · 2010 27.010

34551

Beatles for Sale The Beatles · Parlophone · 1964 27.000

34552 Home Free Dan Fogelberg · Columbia · 1972 27.000

34553 Players in the Dark Dr. Hook · Casablanca Records · 1982 27.000

34554

Strong Stuff Hank Williams, Jr. · Elektra · 1983 27.000

34555 Celentano Hit Parade: Le volte che Adriano è stato 1º Adriano Celentano · CGD · 1985 27.000

34556 Essex Alison Moyet · Columbia · 1994 27.000

34557 Make It Better Dubstar · Food · 2000 27.000

34558 Stream Twarres · EMI · 2001 27.000

34559 Spirit Bound Flesh Scott Kelly · Neurot Recordings · 2001 27.000

34560 When I Said I Wanted to Be Your Dog Jens Lekman · Secretly Canadian · 2004 27.000