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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36745 The Rembrandts The Rembrandts · ATCO Records · 1990 25.460

36746 333 Green Jellÿ · 1994 25.460

36747 Out of Different Bags Marlena Shaw · Cadet Records · 1968 25.420

36748

Devotion John McLaughlin · Douglas · 1970 25.420

36749 Into Your Ears Pete Dello and Friends · Nepentha · 1971 25.420

36750 Green Man Ache · 1971 25.420

36751 Den store flugt Sebastian · Harvest · 1972 25.420

36752 Liisa pien Hector · Love Records · 1975 25.420

36753 Fusion Didier Lockwood · Polydor · 1981 25.420

36754 Generation Fermata · Opus · 1981 25.420

36755 Cavaquinho Júlio Pereira · Diapasão · 1981 25.420

36756 Man or Monkey Cassiber · ReR Megacorp · 1982 25.420

36757 Painting Smiles on a Dead Man The Last · Lolita Records · 1983 25.420

36758 Eat the Beat Bad Manners · Dojo Records · 1988 25.420

36759 Third Eye Redd Kross · Atlantic · 1990 25.420

36760 UFO Tofu Béla Fleck and the Flecktones · Warner Bros. Records · 1992 25.420

36761

II: The Final Option Die Krupps · Equator Records · 1993 25.420

36762 Symphonic Music of Yes London Philharmonic Orchestra · RCA Victor · 1993 25.420

36763

Conscience The Beloved · Atlantic · 1993 25.420

36764 It Matters to Me Faith Hill · Warner Bros. Records · 1995 25.420

36765

Free Spirit Bonnie Tyler · EastWest · 1995 25.420

36766 Things Are Getting Better Eddie Jefferson · Muse Records · 1996 25.420

36767 “Heroes” Symphony: From the Music of David Bowie & Brian Eno Philip Glass · Point Music · 1997 25.420

36768 If Summer Had Its Ghosts Bill Bruford · Discipline Global Mobile · 1997 25.420