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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82897 All Hail the Daffodil Dead Famous People · 1991 7.600

82898 Satisfaction Guaranteed Lonnie Brooks · Alligator · 1991 7.600

82899 Inventions of Life Joël Fajerman · Ariola · 1991 7.600

82900 Ich bereue nichts Ina Deter · Mercury Records · 1991 7.600

82901 Gladium caeli Deus ex machina · Kaliphonia · 1991 7.600

82902 KARATEKA 電気グルーヴ · Trefort · 1992 7.600

82903 Take One T.S. Monk · Blue Note · 1992 7.600

82904 Global Village Special EFX · GRP · 1992 7.600

82905 Ridin’ High Robert Palmer · EMI · 1992 7.600

82906 Ellington on the Air Louis Sclavis Sextet · IDA Records · 1992 7.600

82907

Between Midnight & Hindsight Joy White · Columbia · 1992 7.600

82908 Marin County Line New Riders of the Purple Sage · 1993 7.600

82909 Barbed Wire Slides Vicious Circle · Les Disques du Soleil et de l’Acier · 1993 7.600

82910 Munstro hilak Su Ta Gar · Esan Ozenki Records · 1993 7.600

82911 The John Scofield Quartet Plays Live John Scofield Quartet · 1993 7.600

82912 Scott Hamilton With Strings Scott Hamilton · Concord Jazz · 1993 7.600

82913 Honeytrap Bobby Mack And Night Train · 1993 7.600

82914 Mujer Marta Sánchez · 1993 7.600

82915 Boy Krazy Boy Krazy · Next Plateau Records Inc. · 1993 7.600

82916 De Jazzpolitie De Jazzpolitie · VAN Record Company · 1993 7.600

82917 Defend Your Joy The Echoing Green · MYX Records · 1994 7.600

82918 Let It Burn (Because I Don't Live There Anymore) Greg Ginn · Cruz Records · 1994 7.600

82919 Merry MeX-mas El Vez · Sympathy for the Record Industry · 1994 7.600

82920

Ready for Paddy? Paddy Goes to Holyhead · Holyhead Records · 1994 7.600