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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34705 I Drive I Drive · Metronome · 1972 26.880

34706 Helmut Walcha spielt Bach: Toccata und Fuge d-moll: Dorische Toccata und Fuge u.a. Johann Sebastian Bach · Deutsche Grammophon · 1975 26.880

34707

London Calling The Clash · CBS · 1979 26.880

34708 Reverse Logic Jack Green · 1981 26.880

34709

Switch V Switch · 1981 26.880

34710 Mamba Percussions Jean-Claude Kerinec · Disques Pierre Verany · 1982 26.880

34711 Two of the Few Oscar Peterson · 1983 26.880

34712

Peilitalossa Musta Paraati · Johanna Kustannus · 1983 26.880

34713 Popular Songs of Christmas & New Year’s John Fahey · 1983 26.880

34714 Snowy White Snowy White · 1984 26.880

34715 Between Two Worlds Patrick O’Hearn · 1987 26.880

34716 Oi! Kinnock Give Us Back Our Rose! Close Shave · Link Records · 1988 26.880

34717 By All Means By All Means · Fourth and Broadway Records · 1988 26.880

34718 No Exit Fates Warning · Metal Blade Records · 1988 26.880

34719 Gajo Allan Olsen · Mercury Records · 1990 26.880

34720 Standard Time, Vol. 3: The Resolution of Romance Wynton Marsalis · CBS · 1990 26.880

34721 Dávná zem Oceán · Opus · 1990 26.880

34722 Cine ești tu, oare? Compact · 1991 26.880

34723 Our Finest Flowers The Residents · Euro Ralph · 1992 26.880

34724 American Tornados Butthole Surfers · 1993 26.880

34725 Dynamite Monster Boogie Concert Raging Slab · Def American Recordings · 1993 26.880

34726 Buried Blessings (1988–90) Controlled Bleeding · Cleopatra Records · 1993 26.880

34727 01 Hour 01 Minute 01 Second MLO · i.t.p · 1994 26.880

34728 Glum Giant Sand · Imago · 1994 26.880