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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42457

Cometh Doom, Cometh Death Ancient Wisdom · Avantgarde Music · 2004 21.600

42458 One-Armed Bandit Zornik · EMI Music Belgium · 2004 21.600

42459 Hide Nothing Further Seems Forever · Tooth & Nail Records · 2004 21.600

42460 The Middle of Nowhere Circle II Circle · AFM Records · 2005 21.600

42461 Introduction The Red Krayola · Drag City · 2006 21.600

42462

From These Wounds Funeral · Tabu Recordings · 2006 21.600

42463 The House of Apples & Eyeballs The Octopus Project · Graveface Records · 2006 21.600

42464 Putting the Days to Bed The Long Winters · Barsuk Records · 2006 21.600

42465

Desire Rites Sieben · Trisol · 2007 21.600

42466

Sol-Angel and the Hadley St. Dreams Solange · Geffen Records · 2008 21.600

42467 Meteoriitti Pariisin Kevät · Sony BMG Music Entertainment · 2008 21.600

42468 Spring Tides Jeniferever · Monotreme Records · 2009 21.600

42469 The Obsidian Conspiracy Nevermore · Century Media · 2010 21.600

42470

Lux Aeterna Oda Relicta · Twilight Records · 2011 21.600

42471 Program 91 Razika · Smalltown Supersound · 2011 21.600

42472 Unlearn. Fergus & Geronimo · Hardly Art · 2011 21.600

42473 Fever Dream Alias · anticon. · 2011 21.600

42474

Living Things Linkin Park · Warner Bros. Records · 2012 21.600

42475 Handbags and Gladrags Jimmy Witherspoon 21.600

42476 More Moondog Moondog · Prestige · 1956 21.600

42477 The Al Cohn Quintet Al Cohn Quintet · Verve · 1956 21.600

42478 Jazz Guitar The Jim Hall Trio · Pacific Jazz · 1957 21.600

42479 Holiday for Soul Dance Sun Ra and His Astro Infinity Arkestra · Saturn Research · 1970 21.600

42480 Masabumi Kikuchi in Concert Masabumi Kikuchi Sextet · Philips · 1971 21.600