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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80953 Even on the Worst Nights Mixtapes · 2012 8.190

80954

Tomorrow’s Harvest Boards of Canada · Warp · 2013 8.190

80955 If It's Real The Highest Order · Idée Fixe Records · 2013 8.190

80956 Calling All Blues! The Duke Robillard Band · Stony Plain Records · 2014 8.190

80957 Beyond Borders: London King Unique · Armada Music · 2015 8.190

80958 ANTI Rihanna · Roc Nation · 2016 8.190

80959 THE BEST OF 防彈少年團 BTS · PONY CANYON · 2017 8.190

80960 Остання подорож зневіреної душі (Spiritual Journey of a Forlorn Soul) Colotyphus · 2017 8.190

80961 VOIDHYMN NECRONOMIDOL · 2018 8.190

80962 Holy Oak Mr Bison · Subsound Records · 2018 8.190

80963 Missing Link Carter Burwell · Lakeshore Records · 2019 8.190

80964 Hardcore Heaven, Volume Four Fracus & Darwin · 2019 8.190

80965 Bummer Year Good Looks · Keeled Scales · 2022 8.190

80966 Death and the Twilight Hours Predatory Light · 20 Buck Spin · 2022 8.190

80967 Burnover Greg Freeman · Transgressive Records · 2025 8.190

80968 29 Strings and Then Some Armengol and His Orchestra · RCA Victor · 1957 8.160

80969 Folk Songs of Our Land Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs · Columbia · 1962 8.160

80970 Right Off Hudson and Landry · Doré · 1973 8.160

80971

ABBA ABBA · Epic · 1975 8.160

80972 Sergio Mendes Sérgio Mendes · Elektra · 1975 8.160

80973 Airborne Curved Air · BTM Records · 1976 8.160

80974 Musique d'Auvergne Gentiane · Cézame · 1979 8.160

80975 L'Armée du brouillard Serge Reggiani · Polydor · 1981 8.160

80976 Traumtänzer Udo Jürgens · Ariola · 1983 8.160