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

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78817 Pret a porter Topo · Chapa Discos · 1980 8.580

78818 The Queen of the Blues Dinah Washington · Roulette · 1980 8.580

78819 Plágan Bubbi Morthens · Steinar · 1981 8.580

78820 Staunen Veronika Fischer · wea · 1981 8.580

78821 Train to Zion Dub Linval Thompson · 1981 8.580

78822 Mala Noćna Panika Bulevar · PGP-RTB · 1982 8.580

78823 The Girl's Suite and The Perfume Suite Duke Ellington · Columbia · 1982 8.580

78824 Violin Concertos Tchaikovsky · Decca Classics · 1982 8.580

78825 Play On John Miles · EMI · 1983 8.580

78826 C'est la vie Maurice & the Clichés · 1983 8.580

78827 Modern Medicine Doc Holliday · 1983 8.580

78828 Mamadeus Mamadeus · Polydor · 1983 8.580

78829 Levandes Euskefeurat · Meukskrede · 1984 8.580

78830 Gator Strut Mike Marshall · Rounder · 1984 8.580

78831 En människa Freda' · Cantio Records, Stockholm · 1984 8.580

78832 This Wonderful Life Stephen Cummings · Polydor · 1986 8.580

78833 Ontevreden Raymond van het Groenewoud · EMI · 1986 8.580

78834 After Dark Johnny Adams · Rounder · 1986 8.580

78835 Shadow Dancer Spencer Brewer · Sona Gaia Productions · 1986 8.580

78836 New Mood Indigo Duke Ellington · Doctor Jazz Records · 1986 8.580

78837 The Last Jazz Helge Schneider · 1987 8.580

78838 If You Want to Defeat Your Enemy Sing His Song The Icicle Works · RCA · 1987 8.580

78839 Bam Bam Tiger · 1988 8.580

78840 Conundrum The State · Dossier · 1988 8.580