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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62929 Conjunction Peter Principle · LTM · 1990 12.780

62930 Stress City Nice Strong Arm · Homestead Records · 1990 12.780

62931 Martika’s Kitchen Martika · Columbia · 1991 12.780

62932 Traumatic... Traumatic Voyage · 1992 12.780

62933 Blumùn Roberto Vecchioni · EMI · 1993 12.780

62934 Charade The Monochrome Set · Cherry Red Records · 1993 12.780

62935 The Holy Ground Mary Black · 1993 12.780

62936 Sowing the Seeds of Suffering Suffering · Arctic Serenades · 1994 12.780

62937 The Other Woman Renaissance · 1994 12.780

62938 Another Collection of Home Recordings Lou Barlow and Friends · Mint Records · 1994 12.780

62939 Trusted by Millions 54-40 · Columbia · 1996 12.780

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Karaoke Magnus Uggla · Columbia · 1997 12.780

62941 Meiguiweisheng Xiang Workshop · Ladomat 2000 · 1997 12.780

62942 Big Kick! Stage Bottles · 1998 12.780

62943 Fellow Workers Utah Phillips · Righteous Babe Records · 1999 12.780

62944 All of Who You Are Simon Collins · wea · 1999 12.780

62945 Mirror Mirror Kelly Price · Def Soul · 2000 12.780

62946 A Star for Bram Robyn Hitchcock · 2000 12.780

62947 Largely Live in Hartlepool and Manchester Jah Wobble and Deep Space · 30 Hertz Records · 2001 12.780

62948 The Virus Brotha Lynch Hung · Black Market Records · 2001 12.780

62949 Irreplaceable George Benson · GRP · 2003 12.780

62950 Right in My Soul Candy Dulfer · Eagle Records · 2003 12.780

62951 Free Yourself Fantasia · 2004 12.780

62952 Slaves’ Graves & Ballads Dirty Projectors · Western Vinyl · 2004 12.780