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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76081 No More Censorship Scream · RAS Records · 1988 9.240

76082 Popular Brasileira Elba Ramalho · Philips · 1989 9.240

76083 Clarinetango Giora Feidman · Pläne · 1989 9.240

76084

Chaos in Cancerland Sex Sex Sex · TurningTool · 1989 9.240

76085 Blue Guitar Earl Hooker · P‐VINE RECORDS · 1989 9.240

76086 Trails Plowed Under Skid Roper and The Whirlin' Spurs · Triple X Records · 1989 9.240

76087 Come Rain or Come Shine Dexter Gordon · 1989 9.240

76088 Mettle Hugo Largo · Thirsty Ear · 1989 9.240

76089 Never Die Guttersnipe Army · Link Records · 1989 9.240

76090 The Alternate Express Art Ensemble of Chicago · DIW · 1989 9.240

76091 Nada The Prunes · 1989 9.240

76092 Simple Mission Glass Tiger · Capitol Records · 1990 9.240

76093

Purity Albert Mangelsdorff · MOOD Records · 1990 9.240

76094 Pop Music Thierry Hazard · Columbia · 1990 9.240

76095 Haiku Lingo Shelley Hirsch · 1990 9.240

76096 Mongo at The Village Gate Mongo Santamaría · 1990 9.240

76097 Primero así, y luego más Ciudad Jardín · Fonomusic · 1990 9.240

76098 Enorme Alejandra Guzmán · RCA · 1990 9.240

76099 Quartet (Birmingham) 1985 Anthony Braxton · Leo Records · 1990 9.240

76100 Sleeping Underwater Survivors Leaving Trains · SST Records · 1990 9.240

76101 Buitres después de la una Buitres Después de la Una · 1990 9.240

76102 Musikalisches Opfer, BWV 1079 Johann Sebastian Bach · Philips Classics · 1990 9.240

76103 Private Waters in the Great Divide Kid Creole and the Coconuts · Columbia · 1990 9.240

76104 Bandelero Pinchers · Pow Wow Records · 1991 9.240