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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39241 Way Down Below Buffalo Hell Jam Nation · Real World · 1993 23.680

39242 King of Kings Desmond Dekker · Quattro Records · 1993 23.680

39243 You Must Ask the Heart Jonathan Richman · Rounder · 1995 23.680

39244 Brainshower Ouija · Liquid Audio Soundz · 1999 23.680

39245 Replicas Rubato Terre Thaemlitz · Mille Plateaux · 1999 23.680

39246

The World Needs a Hero Megadeth · 2000 23.680

39247

Rebelote Matmatah · Trema · 2001 23.680

39248

Pull My Chain Toby Keith · DreamWorks Nashville Records · 2001 23.680

39249 Velocity of Sound The Apples in Stereo · spinART Records · 2002 23.680

39250 Kik Off Blak Twang · Bad Magic · 2002 23.680

39251 The 4P's Dead Man's Shadow · Captain Oi! · 2005 23.680

39252 Threads of Life Shadows Fall · Roadrunner Records · 2007 23.680

39253

ORA Rita Ora · Roc Nation · 2012 23.680

39254 The Quota Jimmy Heath · Riverside · 1961 23.660

39255 Night Hawk Coleman Hawkins · Prestige · 1961 23.660

39256 Dorothy Ashby Dorothy Ashby · Argo · 1962 23.660

39257 Blues Section Blues Section · Love Records · 1967 23.660

39258 Kurzwellen Karlheinz Stockhausen · Deutsche Grammophon · 1970 23.660

39259 Tapiman Tapiman · Edigsa · 1972 23.660

39260 Landscape of Life Osanna · Fonit Cetra · 1974 23.660

39261 The Wind's Dominion Butch Hancock · Rainlight Records · 1979 23.660

39262 Heavy Metal Dub Scientist · Clock Tower Records · 1982 23.660

39263 Church Windows Respighi · Reference Recordings · 1984 23.660

39264 In the Darkness Paul Chain Violet Theatre · Minotauro Records · 1986 23.660