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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69385 Medeiros Wheat · Sugar Free Records · 1997 11.040

69386 Cello Concertos Dvořák · EMI Classics · 1997 11.040

69387 Into the Night Chris Norman · Intercord · 1997 11.040

69388 Redemption White Heart · Curb Records · 1997 11.040

69389 D-Album Yves Deruyter · ID&T · 1998 11.040

69390 Coming Home Yungchen Lhamo · Real World · 1998 11.040

69391

Birds Eat Martians The Monsters · Record Junkie · 1998 11.040

69392 14 Ups and Downs Prohibition · Prohibited Records · 1998 11.040

69393 The Archive Collection, Volume 1 Anthony Phillips · Blueprint · 1998 11.040

69394 Explanation II: Instrumental Themes and Dream Sequences The Olivia Tremor Control · 1998 11.040

69395

On the Rise Aphrodelics · BMG · 1998 11.040

69396 Stalemate / Fear Not for Man Fela Kuti · Wrasse Records · 1999 11.040

69397 Les ielles Les Secrets de Morphée · Prikosnovénie · 1999 11.040

69398 Katharine Whalen's Jazz Squad Katharine Whalen · 1999 11.040

69399 The Screws The Screws · In the Red Records · 1999 11.040

69400 Marlan Rosa Mick Turner · Drag City · 1999 11.040

69401 Zero Hour Zero Hour · 1999 11.040

69402 Uçuk Mavi Pencere İlhan İrem · 2000 11.040

69403 The Leprechaun Lil’ Flip · Sucka Free Records · 2000 11.040

69404 Notinism Spies · 2000 11.040

69405

Pause Four Tet · Domino · 2001 11.040

69406 Songs From a Room Red · Rectangle · 2001 11.040

69407 Ao meu Brasil Julio Iglesias · Columbia · 2001 11.040

69408 Guidelines For Basement Non-Fidel / Mic Gravy For Freek Prick Decay · Starlight Furniture Co. · 2001 11.040