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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85177 Come Rain or Come Shine Bobby Caldwell · Victor · 1999 7.200

85178 Sever This Ascension · Tess Records · 1999 7.200

85179 Thicker Than Water Mike Henderson & The Bluebloods · Dead Reckoning · 1999 7.200

85180 Commedia del Arte In Mitra Medusa Inri · Spirit Production · 1999 7.200

85181 Greatest Hits of the 20th Century Béla Fleck and the Flecktones · Warner Bros. Records · 1999 7.200

85182 Oh Mickey! Toni Basil · Snapper Music · 2000 7.200

85183 The Return of the Great Gildersleeves Danger Danger · MTM Music · 2000 7.200

85184 Mirage Memory Garden · Metal Blade Records · 2000 7.200

85185 Real Talk 2000 3x Krazy · 2000 7.200

85186 Outbound Stuart Hamm · 2000 7.200

85187 Cafeteria Les Jardiniers · Haute Couture · 2000 7.200

85188 Eigen weg Fay Lovsky · Basta · 2000 7.200

85189 The Spirit Cage Martin Newell · Cherry Red Records · 2000 7.200

85190 Requiem for a Dream Clint Mansell · Nonesuch · 2000 7.200

85191 Abstract Theme Variations Bump & Grind · Quatermass · 2000 7.200

85192 Make Ends Meet Section 8 · Burning Heart Records · 2000 7.200

85193 African Smile Peter Mergener · 2000 7.200

85194 Now That’s Awesome Bill Engvall · BNA Records Label · 2000 7.200

85195 Gearhound Lesser · Matador · 2000 7.200

85196 Alison Anne Laplantine · Noise Museum · 2000 7.200

85197 Realitales Meja · Columbia · 2001 7.200

85198 Songs in the Key of You Huntingtons · Tooth & Nail Records · 2001 7.200

85199 No Interference Dysrhythmia · 2001 7.200

85200 Verbalize Natiruts · EMI · 2001 7.200