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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43993 Diamond Rugs Diamond Rugs · Partisan Records · 2012 20.750

43994 Sinful Birth Antichrist · I Hate Records · 2017 20.750

43995

The Least Successful Human Cannonball Destruction · Brain Butcher Compact · 1998 20.740

43996

With Teeth Nine Inch Nails · Interscope Records · 2005 20.720

43997 That Happy Feeling Bert Kaempfert & His Orchestra · Decca Records · 1962 20.720

43998 The Latin Sound of Henry Mancini Henry Mancini · RCA Victor · 1965 20.720

43999

Old Golden Throat Johnny Cash · CBS · 1968 20.720

44000 On My Way B.J. Thomas · Scepter · 1968 20.720

44001 Fortuosity The Mills Brothers · Dot Records · 1968 20.720

44002 Misty Blue Ella Fitzgerald · Capitol Records · 1968 20.720

44003 Coming of Age Five Man Electrical Band · Polydor · 1971 20.720

44004 The Boat of Thoughts Octopus · Sky Records · 1976 20.720

44005 Annie in Wonderland Annie Haslam · Sire Records · 1977 20.720

44006 Unveiled The Blushing Brides · RCA · 1982 20.720

44007 Whistle Whistle · Select Records · 1986 20.720

44008 Push Virginia Wolf · Atlantic · 1987 20.720

44009 Waiting for Bonaparte The Men They Couldn’t Hang · Magnet · 1988 20.720

44010 Monsters of Bullshit Toxoplasma · Aggressive Rockproduktionen · 1990 20.720

44011 Right Here Eddie Money · Columbia · 1991 20.720

44012 Pure Live! Fury in the Slaughterhouse · SPV Recordings · 1992 20.720

44013 Crush Doughboys · A&M Records · 1993 20.720

44014 Hot Boxing Magnapop · Priority Records · 1994 20.720

44015 Prophecies Christian Death · Jungle Records · 1996 20.720

44016 The Power of Pure Intellect PAX · Zoth Ommog · 1996 20.720