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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83713 Get Young Pretty & Nice · Hardly Art · 2008 7.560

83714 Pride of Texas Texas Hippie Coalition · 2008 7.560

83715 Matthew Ryan vs. The Silver State Matthew Ryan · One Little Indian Records · 2008 7.560

83716 Chained Crystal Eyes · Metal Heaven · 2008 7.560

83717 Frenzy of the Absolute Fear Falls Burning · Conspiracy Records · 2008 7.560

83718 She and He Tok Tok Tok · Universal · 2008 7.560

83719 God If I Saw Her Now Thom Hell · Voices of Wonder · 2008 7.560

83720 Introducing the Perceptions The Perceptions · Freestyle Records · 2008 7.560

83721 Out of Office New Cool Collective · Dox Records · 2008 7.560

83722 Bad Woman The Penetrators · Slovenly Recordings · 2008 7.560

83723 Hunter, Hunter Amelia Curran · Six Shooter Records · 2009 7.560

83724 Air Andreas Vollenweider · Content Records · 2009 7.560

83725 Golden Solitude Ritornell · Karaoke Kalk · 2009 7.560

83726 Folk Songs James Yorkston · Domino · 2009 7.560

83727 Double Booked Robert Glasper · Blue Note · 2009 7.560

83728 Sanctuary Come Highway Child · Elektrohasch Records · 2009 7.560

83729 Lunes Headdress · No Quarter Records · 2009 7.560

83730

Vom Feuer der Gaben Klez.E · 2009 7.560

83731 Slaar Skaar Mikael Simpson · 2009 7.560

83732

Black Clouds & Silver Linings Dream Theater · Roadrunner Records · 2009 7.560

83733 Sleepless Witchfield · Black Widow Records · 2009 7.560

83734 Automatic Movements Everything Is Made in China · 2009 7.560

83735 III - They Call Us Death Calabrese · Spookshow Records · 2010 7.560

83736

Spark Alain Johannes · Ipecac Recordings · 2010 7.560