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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46105 Sound Kapital Handsome Furs · Sub Pop Records · 2011 19.680

46106 Sanctuary III The Byrds · Columbia · 2013 19.680

46107 Do You Remember Long Tall Ernie & The Shakers · Polydor · 1977 19.600

46108 Sculpture Sculpture · Nuclear Blast · 1999 19.600

46109

Sex Sex Sex J.B.O. · Lawine · 2000 19.600

46110 Snowflakes Toni Braxton · Arista · 2001 19.600

46111 IIcons Naughty by Nature · Island · 2002 19.600

46112 Subtracks Massonix · Skam · 2006 19.600

46113 Patsy Cline Patsy Cline · Decca Records · 1957 19.580

46114 Work Song Nat Adderley · Riverside · 1960 19.580

46115 Sonny's Time Now Sunny Murray · DIW · 1965 19.580

46116 The Israelites Desmond Dekker · Pyramid · 1969 19.580

46117 Mike Hart Bleeds Mike Hart · Dandelion Records · 1969 19.580

46118 Manal Manal · Mandioca · 1970 19.580

46119 Mainhorse Mainhorse · Polydor · 1971 19.580

46120 France Gall France Gall · Music for Pleasure · 1976 19.580

46121

Low David Bowie · RCA · 1977 19.580

46122 Shine Eye Gal Barrington Levy · Burning Sounds · 1979 19.580

46123 メシ喰うな！ INU · JAPAN RECORD · 1981 19.580

46124 Ctu Telectu Telectu · Valentim de Carvalho · 1982 19.580

46125 Sirens Savatage · Par Records · 1983 19.580

46126 Das Kantatenwerk, Volume 2 Johann Sebastian Bach · TELDEC · 1985 19.580

46127 Play: Capt'n Calypso's Hoodoo Party Billy Childish and the Blackhands · EM Records · 1988 19.580

46128 Rootless Cosmopolitans Marc Ribot · Antilles · 1990 19.580