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 1477

35425

The Cataclysm David Galas · 2006 26.390

35426 The Dying Submariner (A Concerto for Piano and Reverberations in Four Movements) Andrew Liles · Beta-lactam Ring Records · 2006 26.390

35427 Origin Sphingida · Sentimony Records · 2007 26.390

35428 We Fell to Earth We Fell to Earth · InStereo · 2009 26.390

35429

Gemini Wild Nothing · Captured Tracks · 2010 26.390

35430 Time Out Dave Brubeck · 2010 26.390

35431 The World Is a House on Fire Zelienople · Type · 2012 26.390

35432 Delay No More SpectraSoul · Shogun Audio · 2012 26.390

35433 A Son Pan•American · kranky · 2019 26.390

35434 Mister Guitar Chet Atkins · 1961 26.350

35435

Our Man in Jazz Sonny Rollins · RCA Victor · 1962 26.350

35436 1984 Yusef Lateef · impulse! · 1966 26.350

35437 Skip Bifferty Skip Bifferty · RCA Victor · 1967 26.350

35438 Corridor of Faces Lazy Smoke · 1968 26.350

35439 There's a New Dawn The New Dawn · 1970 26.350

35440 Première Capsule Les Champignons · 1972 26.350

35441 Charles III Charles Earland · Prestige · 1973 26.350

35442 Reflections Joy Unlimited · BASF · 1973 26.350

35443

Shame on the World The Main Ingredient · RCA Victor · 1975 26.350

35444 Genti e Paesi del mondo Piero Umiliani · Omicron · 1975 26.350

35445 Közel a naphoz Kovács Kati · Pepita · 1976 26.350

35446 Bali Agúng Eberhard Schoener · Harvest · 1976 26.350

35447 Jamerican Man David Oliver · Mercury Records · 1977 26.350

35448 Strangers Johnny Bristol · Polydor · 1978 26.350