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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78409 Life in a Beautiful Light Amy Macdonald · Mercury Records · 2012 8.640

78410

Blow Your Pants Off Jimmy Fallon · Warner Bros. Records · 2012 8.640

78411

Another Dimension Razorwyre · Infernö Records · 2012 8.640

78412 Component Fixations Nicholas Bullen · Type · 2013 8.640

78413 Rua da Emenda António Zambujo · World Village · 2014 8.640

78414 Jealousy Touchstone 8.640

78415 L’Œuvre musicale en 12 CD Bernard Parmegiani · INA-GRM · 2008 8.622

78416 Talk to Me Little Willie John · King Records · 1958 8.600

78417 The Dynamic Stonewall Jackson Stonewall Jackson · Columbia · 1959 8.600

78418

Bags' Opus Milt Jackson · London Records · 1959 8.600

78419 Sonny Stitt Plays Jimmy Giuffre Arrangements Sonny Stitt · Verve · 1959 8.600

78420 Songs by Ricky Ricky Nelson · Imperial · 1959 8.600

78421 Cool Heat Ethel Azama · Liberty · 1960 8.600

78422 Sizzlin' Arnett Cobb · Prestige · 1962 8.600

78423 Palisades Park Freddy Cannon · Swan Records · 1962 8.600

78424 Got That Feeling! Johnny Lytle Trio · Riverside · 1963 8.600

78425 K-39 The Challengers · 1964 8.600

78426 Celebrations for a Grey Day Mimi & Richard Fariña · Vanguard · 1965 8.600

78427 My Love Petula Clark · Warner Bros. Records · 1966 8.600

78428 Guitar Freakout The Ventures · Dolton · 1967 8.600

78429 Electronics & Percussion: Five Realizations by Max Neuhaus Max Neuhaus · Columbia Masterworks · 1968 8.600

78430 Bobby and I Bobby and I · Imperial · 1968 8.600

78431

Cheap Thrills Big Brother & the Holding Company · Columbia · 1968 8.600

78432 Signs of the Zodiac: Cancer Mort Garson · A&M Records · 1969 8.600