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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6985 VI: Klagopsalmer Shining · Osmose Productions · 2009 93.960

6986 Love Me Again Rita Coolidge · A&M Records · 1978 93.940

6987 He Was... She Was... You Was... We Was... Roger Chapman · 1982 93.940

6988 Rockers Meets King Tubbys in a Fire House Augustus Pablo · Shanachie · 1980 93.930

6989 Proverbial Reggae The Gladiators · Front Line Records · 1978 93.840

6990 Heartbeat Bad Boys Blue · Coconut · 1986 93.840

6991 Blues de la frontera Pata Negra · Nuevos Medios · 1987 93.840

6992

Get It Right Aretha Franklin · Arista · 1983 93.790

6993

20 Greatest Hits The Turtles · Rhino · 1984 93.790

6994 The Word as Law Neurosis · Lookout! Records · 1990 93.790

6995 Sacrebleu Dimitri From Paris · EastWest · 1996 93.790

6996 Salvation Alphaville · WEA Records · 1997 93.790

6997

The Beyond Cult of Luna · Earache Records · 2002 93.790

6998 Ad majorem Sathanas gloriam Gorgoroth · Regain Records · 2006 93.790

6999 Cape Dory Tennis · Fat Possum Records · 2011 93.790

7000 Undringar Ted Gärdestad · Polar · 1972 93.750

7001 Med rymden i blodet Adolphson & Falk · Air Music Scandinavia AB · 1982 93.750

7002 The Sin of Pride The Undertones · Ardeck · 1983 93.750

7003 Bumpin’ Wes Montgomery · Verve · 1965 93.740

7004 Dolmen Music Meredith Monk · ECM Records · 1981 93.740

7005 The Guitar and Other Machines The Durutti Column · Factory · 1987 93.740

7006 Strange Kind of Love Love and Money · Mercury Records · 1988 93.740

7007 Die Propheten Das Ich · Danse Macabre · 1991 93.740

7008 Disco Volante Mr. Bungle · Warner Bros. Records · 1995 93.740