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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8353 In a Special Way Gene Harris · Blue Note · 1976 83.660

8354 Alan Vega Alan Vega · PVC Records · 1980 83.660

8355 Widespread Bloodshed… Love Runs Red No Mercy · Suicidal Records · 1987 83.660

8356

The Ruler’s Back Slick Rick · Island · 1991 83.660

8357 Signs of the Decline Massacra · Phonogram · 1992 83.660

8358 The Natural Mic Geronimo · Blunt Recordings · 1995 83.660

8359 Olento Ø · Sähkö Recordings · 1996 83.660

8360 Close to a World Below Immolation · Metal Blade Records · 2000 83.660

8361 Enveloped Esem · deFocus · 2002 83.660

8362

By the Blessing of Satan Behexen · Woodcut Records · 2004 83.660

8363 The Maria Dimension The Legendary Pink Dots · Play It Again Sam Records USA · 1991 83.660

8364 When the Silence Is Speaking Koan · Blue Tunes Records · 2009 83.660

8365 Björn Afzelius & Mikael Wiehe Björn Afzelius · Amalthea · 1986 83.640

8366 Acid Queen Tina Turner · Rhino · 1975 83.640

8367 Double Fun Robert Palmer · Island · 1978 83.640

8368

Loveshine Con Funk Shun · Mercury Records · 1978 83.640

8369 Melba Melba Moore · Epic · 1978 83.640

8370 Schizzechea With Love Pino Daniele · CGD · 1988 83.640

8371 Dog Eat Dog Warrant · Columbia · 1992 83.640

8372 Damage Blues Explosion · Mute · 2004 83.640

8373 Chickenfoot Chickenfoot · earMUSIC · 2009 83.640

8374 Der Osten Ist Rot Holger Czukay · Virgin · 1984 83.620

8375 Hot Licks, Cold Steel & Trucker's Favorites Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen · Paramount Records · 1972 83.600

8376 The Gunman and Other Stories Prefab Sprout · Parlophone · 2001 83.600