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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44761 Ça fait rire les oiseaux La Compagnie Créole · Zagora · 1986 20.300

44762 Happy Hour Ted Hawkins · Rounder · 1986 20.300

44763 Mistaken Identity Donna Summer · Warner Bros. Records · 1991 20.300

44764 The Private Music of Tangerine Dream Tangerine Dream · 1992 20.300

44765 Parrot Germ · General Production Recordings · 1995 20.300

44766 Stories Told & Untold Bad Company · EastWest · 1996 20.300

44767 Purity of Essence Quorthon · Black Mark · 1997 20.300

44768 50,000 B.C. Shudder to Think · Epic · 1997 20.300

44769 Dancing Under Glass Entwined · 1998 20.300

44770 X-Position Out · Roadrunner Records · 1998 20.300

44771 The Treasures Within Hearts Entwine · Spikefarm Records · 1999 20.300

44772 Hostile Environment Rasco · Copasetik Recordings · 2001 20.300

44773 Bang or Ball Mack 10 · Cash Money Records · 2001 20.300

44774 Here Comes the Flood Dreamtide · Frontiers Records · 2001 20.300

44775 Pop Joachim Witt · 2004 20.300

44776 Brett Anderson Brett Anderson · Arnold & Gregor Records · 2007 20.300

44777

200 Million Thousand Black Lips · VICE Records · 2009 20.300

44778 The Andrews Sisters in Hi-Fi The Andrews Sisters · Capitol Records · 1956 20.280

44779 The Sound of the Shadows The Shadows · Columbia Records · 1965 20.280

44780

The Mindbenders The Mindbenders · Fontana · 1966 20.280

44781 No Destination The Blackbirds · 1968 20.280

44782 Antologia de Blues, Volume 1 Champion Jack Dupree · Disques Vogue · 1968 20.280

44783 3rd Album Shocking Blue · Metronome · 1971 20.280

44784 Van Ronk Dave Van Ronk · Polydor · 1971 20.280