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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85993 The Truth Aaron Hall · MCA Records · 1993 7.040

85994 Cure for Pain Morphine · Rhino · 1993 7.040

85995 Slamdunk Henry Lee Summer · Epic · 1993 7.040

85996 Aitara Värttinä · SEVEN SEAS · 1994 7.040

85997 Sing Along With Skankin' Pickle Skankin’ Pickle · Asian Man Records · 1994 7.040

85998 The Rituals of the New Poison The Order of the N.C.S · 1994 7.040

85999 Olu Iwa Cecil Taylor · Soul Note · 1994 7.040

86000 Big Band Record Ray Anderson · Gramavision · 1994 7.040

86001 Jazz in Me Rossana Casale · CGD · 1994 7.040

86002 The Big Eye Am Poisoned Electrick Head · Abstract Sounds · 1994 7.040

86003 Jazzabelle Maria Muldaur · Stony Plain Records · 1994 7.040

86004 Born China Black · Wildcard · 1994 7.040

86005 Live in Oslo / Violent World Disorder · Anagram Records · 1994 7.040

86006 Rocket and a Bomb Michael Knott · Brainstorm Artists International · 1994 7.040

86007 Kínai nátha Másfél · 1994 7.040

86008 Cuts to the Chase Richie Havens · Forward · 1994 7.040

86009 Phantasmagoria 植松伸夫 · 1994 7.040

86010 The Secret Mission Roy Davis Jr. · Power Music Records · 1995 7.040

86011 The Adventures of BumbleFoot Ron Thal · Shrapnel Records · 1995 7.040

86012 No Comment Tania Maria · 1995 7.040

86013 Totalmassconfusion Fistfunk · Stockholm Records · 1995 7.040

86014 Snow Job Jack Frost · Karmic Hit · 1995 7.040

86015 Surfvival of de onbeschofste The Apemen · Nitro! · 1995 7.040

86016 Splay Shiner · DeSoto Records · 1995 7.040