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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65185 Voyager Space Needle · Zero Hour · 1995 12.150

65186 13 Unlucky Numbers Wax · EastWest Japan · 1995 12.150

65187 Black Force Domain Krisiun · Dynamo Brazilië · 1995 12.150

65188

Don’t Stop Status Quo · PolyGram TV · 1996 12.150

65189 Second Wind Herb Alpert · 1996 12.150

65190 Esperanza Michael Rother · Random Records · 1996 12.150

65191 7 Tales of Israel Dr. Israel · WordSound · 1996 12.150

65192 Strategies for a Deeper Design Barada · 1996 12.150

65193 Leuchtfeuer Reinhard Mey · Intercord · 1996 12.150

65194 Offspeed and in There Drain · Trance Syndicate · 1996 12.150

65195 Bilbo Pär Lindh · Crimsonic Label · 1996 12.150

65196 Supo Spot Quickspace · Kitty Kitty Corporation · 1997 12.150

65197 Shit Edge and Other Songs for the Young and Sentimental Christ on a Crutch · New Red Archives · 1997 12.150

65198 Helder BLØF · EMI Music Netherlands · 1997 12.150

65199 Echoes of Brazil Badi Assad · Chesky Records · 1997 12.150

65200 Mozart at Tanglewood Mozart · RCA · 1997 12.150

65201

Seismic Activity Fanatik · All Good Vinyl · 1997 12.150

65202 In Full Cry Joe Maneri Quartet · ECM Records · 1997 12.150

65203 Fancy Chamber Music Carla Bley · BMG Classics · 1998 12.150

65204 The Swan Princess Tower · Metal Mind Productions · 1998 12.150

65205 Because No One Stopped Us Belvedere · Hourglass Records · 1998 12.150

65206 Transmograpfication Noise & Paradox · NINEBARecords · 1998 12.150

65207 Myth Chorus of Tribes · 1998 12.150

65208 Within Wuthering Heights · Sensory · 1999 12.150