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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36769 Nightspawn Grief of Emerald · Listenable Records · 1998 25.420

36770 Calla Calla · Sub Rosa · 1999 25.420

36771 Back in the Day Courtney Pine · Blue Thumb Records · 2000 25.420

36772 [k] The Disk Orchestra · Rather Interesting · 2001 25.420

36773 Infinite Love Songs Maximilian Hecker · Wagram Music · 2001 25.420

36774 Blue Zero One Taxi · INFRACom! · 2001 25.420

36775 In Between Martin Landsky · Poker Flat Recordings · 2001 25.420

36776 Opaline Dishwalla · immergent · 2002 25.420

36777 The Journey Goes On Praying Mantis · 2003 25.420

36778 When Broken Is Easily Fixed Silverstein · Victory Records · 2003 25.420

36779 In Reverie Saves the Day · DreamWorks Records · 2003 25.420

36780 Acceleration Age of Silence · The End Records · 2004 25.420

36781 No Earthly Man Alasdair Roberts · Drag City · 2005 25.420

36782 Berlin Serengeti Radio Citizen · Ubiquity · 2006 25.420

36783 Smolik 3 Smolik · Kayax · 2006 25.420

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Roots Rock Riot Skindred · Bieler Bros. Records · 2007 25.420

36785 Let Chaos Prevail Demigod · OpenGame Productions · 2007 25.420

36786 One Kind Favor B.B. King · Geffen Records · 2008 25.420

36787 Upper Air Bowerbirds · Dead Oceans · 2009 25.420

36788 Naam Naam · Tee Pee Records · 2009 25.420

36789 Beneath This Burning Shoreline Cherry Ghost · Heavenly Recordings · 2010 25.420

36790 The Way Things Fall ADULT. · Ghostly International · 2013 25.420

36791 Mina Mina · Ri-Fi · 1964 25.410

36792 The Marvelettes The Marvelettes · Tamla · 1967 25.410