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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34585 Headdress Sunburned Hand of the Man · Records · 2002 27.000

34586 Streetlight Mother Tongue · Nois-o-lution · 2002 27.000

34587 Get Yer Body Next Ta Mine Coachwhips · Narnack Records · 2003 27.000

34588 Grab That Gun The Organ · Mint Records · 2004 27.000

34589 The Beauty and the Beer Tankard · AFM Records · 2006 27.000

34590 I.N.R.I. (I, Nazarene, Recognize My Impurity) Armaggedon · Forgotten Wisdom Productions · 2009 27.000

34591 Center of the Cyclone The :Egocentrics · Nasoni Records · 2011 27.000

34592

Yikes! London Elektricity · Hospital Records · 2011 27.000

34593 Switzerland 1974 Soft Machine · Cuneiform Records · 2015 27.000

34594 Fhorm Ishq · 2016 27.000

34595 The Only Road Gabriel & Dresden · Anjunabeats · 2017 27.000

34596 Sapho Sapho · Sonopresse · 1980 26.980

34597

Giganci tańczą Budka Suflera · Polskie Nagrania “Muza” · 1986 26.980

34598 The Trio, Volume 3: Everybody Likes Hampton Hawes Hampton Hawes · Contemporary Records · 1956 26.970

34599 Sunny Murray Sunny Murray · ESP‐Disk’ · 1966 26.970

34600 ...Continued Tony Joe White · Monument · 1969 26.970

34601 The World Became the World Premiata Forneria Marconi · Numero uno · 1974 26.970

34602 “For the First Time” The Count Basie Trio · Pablo · 1974 26.970

34603 Mr. Rhythm King Sporty · Konduko · 1977 26.970

34604 Wild Suspense Wailing Souls · Island · 1979 26.970

34605 Me, Myself an Eye Charles Mingus · Atlantic · 1979 26.970

34606 Close to You Kate Wolf · Rhino · 1981 26.970

34607 Relax Virus · CBS · 1984 26.970

34608 Curses, Spells, Voodoo, Mooses Shudder to Think · 1988 26.970