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

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88537 Boogie Chillun' John Lee Hooker · Charly R&B · 1986 6.580

88538

Louder Than Bombs The Smiths · Sire Records · 1987 6.580

88539 Step by Step John McCutcheon · 1987 6.580

88540 Incognito Céline Dion · CBS · 1987 6.580

88541 SEXUAL×××××！ BUCK‐TICK · INVITATION · 1987 6.580

88542 Singin' in the Midnight Chet Baker Quartet · Polydor · 1987 6.580

88543 One Way Wind The Cats · Imperial · 1988 6.580

88544 South London 5 Hull 4 (Full Time Result) The Blood · Link Records · 1988 6.580

88545 Big Time Beat 2 Brave · London Records · 1989 6.580

88546 Architects of Change Spencer Nilsen · American Gramaphone · 1989 6.580

88547 Lifetime Real Life · Curb Records · 1990 6.580

88548 La grâce du tombeur Steven Brown · LTM · 1990 6.580

88549 Darkness and Light Stephan Micus · ECM Records · 1990 6.580

88550 Eden Polo Hofer und die Schmetterband · Schnoutz Records · 1990 6.580

88551 Welcome to Fort Zinderneuf Foreign Legion · Venture Records · 1990 6.580

88552 Cantatas: BWV 106, 118/231, 198 Johann Sebastian Bach · Archiv Produktion · 1990 6.580

88553 For Lady Day Zoot Sims · Pablo · 1991 6.580

88554 In the Wake of the Wind David Arkenstone · 1991 6.580

88555 Ol’ Yellow Eyes Is Back Brent Spiner · 1991 6.580

88556 Kindala Margareth Menezes · Polydor · 1991 6.580

88557 Sticks and Stones and Broken Bones The Toll · Geffen Records · 1991 6.580

88558 A través de tus ojos Los Bukis · 1991 6.580

88559

Joyride Roxette · EMI · 1991 6.580

88560 Too Much Pork for Just One Fork Southern Culture on the Skids · Kudzu Records · 1991 6.580