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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69601 Smoke Lisa Lois · Sony Music · 2009 10.880

69602 San Francisco 1980 Bob Dylan · 2019 10.880

69603 Tonight FM · Duke Street Records · 1987 10.830

69604 Mun levy! Petri Nygård · Open Records · 2000 10.830

69605 Together Again Hank Snow · RCA Victor · 1962 10.800

69606 All That’s Good Freddie Roach · Blue Note · 1965 10.800

69607 Second Sacred Concert Duke Ellington & His Orchestra · Fantasy · 1968 10.800

69608 Awake Ticket · Atlantic · 1972 10.800

69609 Sweet Paradise Five Man Electrical Band · Lion Records · 1973 10.800

69610

Autobahn Kraftwerk · Philips · 1974 10.800

69611 Ma non è una malattia Gianfranco Manfredi · Ultima spiaggia · 1976 10.800

69612 Ersatz The Imperial Pompadours · 1982 10.800

69613

Hommager & pamfletter Cornelis Vreeswijk · Amigo · 1982 10.800

69614 Le Rouge et le Rose Jean Guidoni · Philips · 1983 10.800

69615 D Is for Dumptruck Dumptruck · 1983 10.800

69616 What Really Happened to the Band of ’59 Big Daddy · Rhino · 1983 10.800

69617 Billy Satellite Billy Satellite · Capitol Records · 1984 10.800

69618 Death in the Cameroon Controlled Bleeding · Ladd-Frith Productions · 1985 10.800

69619 Past, Present and Future Watermelon Men · What Goes On Records · 1985 10.800

69620

Fare Thee Well Love The Rankin Family · EMI · 1990 10.800

69621 Don Patrol Don Patrol · RCA · 1990 10.800

69622 Mack Daddy Fat Boys · 1991 10.800

69623 Urgency Liaison · 1991 10.800

69624 Up in Downsville A Certain Ratio · Robs Records · 1992 10.800