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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35881 Villainy & Virtue Dead to Fall · Victory Records · 2004 26.070

35882 Mexico Jean Leclerc · Roi Ponpon · 2006 26.070

35883 Gravedigger Lucidstatic · Tympanik Audio · 2008 26.070

35884 Silicone Soul Silicone Soul · Soma Records · 2009 26.070

35885

Carpe Diem Heavenly · AVALON · 2009 26.070

35886 The Optimist New Young Pony Club · The Numbers · 2010 26.070

35887 Vivere o niente Vasco Rossi · EMI · 2011 26.070

35888 Mnemesis Mnemic · Nuclear Blast · 2012 26.070

35889 The Misty Miss Christy June Christy · Capitol Records · 1955 26.040

35890 Shake Down Savoy Brown Blues Band · Decca Records · 1967 26.040

35891 The Last Waltz Engelbert Humperdinck · Decca Records · 1967 26.040

35892 The Tower of Power! Dexter Gordon · Prestige · 1969 26.040

35893 Cravinkel Cravinkel · Philips · 1970 26.040

35894 A Man for All Seasons John Gregory & His Orchestra · United Artists · 1974 26.040

35895 Tears on My Pillow Johnny Nash · CBS · 1975 26.040

35896 Brooklyn Dreams Brooklyn Dreams · Millennium · 1977 26.040

35897 Triton Potemkine · Voxigrave · 1977 26.040

35898 Jungle Fever Neil Larsen · Horizon Records & Tapes · 1978 26.040

35899 Return of the Griffin Johnny Griffin · Galaxy · 1979 26.040

35900 Collision Drive Alan Vega · Celluloid · 1981 26.040

35901 The Walls of Time Peter Rowan · Sugar Hill Records · 1982 26.040

35902 Doc & Merle Watson's Guitar Album Doc & Merle Watson · Flying Fish Records · 1983 26.040

35903 Throbbing Python of Love Robin Williams · Casablanca Records · 1983 26.040

35904

Solaris 1990 Solaris · Pepita · 1990 26.040