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?

The full board · page 1907

45745 Home Steinbrüchel · Slaapwel Records · 2008 19.800

45746 The Place Where We Lived Hayden · Hardwood Records · 2009 19.800

45747 Stretch Tetragon · 2009 19.800

45748 Tones & Zones Bitchin' Bajas · Important Records · 2010 19.800

45749 Asylum Cave Benighted · Season of Mist · 2011 19.800

45750 Denton After Sunset Teenage Cool Kids · 2011 19.800

45751 Without Support Joyless · Ván · 2011 19.800

45752 Pan Jonas Munk · El Paraiso Records · 2012 19.800

45753 Beyond Calculation The Austerity Program · 2014 19.800

45754 Fornaldarsagor Månegarm · Napalm Records · 2019 19.800

45755 Dreaming City Glass Hammer · 2020 19.800

45756 Dance the Cool Jerk with The Capitols The Capitols · ATCO Records · 1966 19.780

45757 James Brown Sings Raw Soul James Brown · King Records · 1967 19.780

45758 Aurora Stained Glass · Capitol Records · 1969 19.780

45759 Arzachel Arzachel · 1969 19.780

45760 Southern Fried John Hammond · Atlantic · 1970 19.780

45761 First Slice Jellybread · Blue Horizon · 1970 19.780

45762 Free the Black Man's Chains The Afro-American Ensemble · GSF Records · 1972 19.780

45763 Finnish Design Esko Linnavalli Sextet · RCA Victor · 1973 19.780

45764 Mystic Man Peter Tosh · Rolling Stones Records · 1979 19.780

45765 Ra Can Row Ra Can Row · 1982 19.780

45766 Dirges & Anthems The Wall · Polydor · 1982 19.780

45767 Uakti II Uakti · Ariola · 1982 19.780

45768 My Kind of Country Reba McEntire · MCA Records · 1984 19.780