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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89137 Message From Hambro The Lenny Hambro Quintet · Columbia · 1956 6.400

89138

Out There With Betty Carter Betty Carter · Peacock Records · 1958 6.400

89139 Jimmy Smith at the Organ, Volume 2 Jimmy Smith · Blue Note · 1958 6.400

89140 Music to Help You Sleep The Melachrino Strings · RCA Victor · 1958 6.400

89141 Wiggin' Out Gerald Wiggins · HiFi Jazz · 1960 6.400

89142 Jazz Reunion Coleman Hawkins · Candid · 1961 6.400

89143 Sinatra & Strings Frank Sinatra · Universal Music · 1962 6.400

89144 Wild About Basie! The Joe Bucci Trio · Capitol Records · 1962 6.400

89145 Vaughan With Voices Sarah Vaughan · Mercury Records · 1964 6.400

89146 Take It From Me Terry Gibbs · impulse! · 1964 6.400

89147 Russie de toujours Paul Mauriat · Philips · 1965 6.400

89148 The Impossible Dream Jack Jones · Kapp Records · 1966 6.400

89149 Where Is the Circus Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys · Warner Bros. Records · 1966 6.400

89150

Aline Christophe · Disc'Az · 1966 6.400

89151 Große Interpreten Neuer Musik Gerd Zacher · 1967 6.400

89152 Wish It Would Rain The Temptations · 1968 6.400

89153

Sail in My Boat Gordon Haskell · CBS · 1969 6.400

89154 Signs of the Zodiac: Libra Mort Garson · A&M Records · 1969 6.400

89155 Round Trip Phil Woods · Verve · 1969 6.400

89156 Something To Listen To Jimmy McGriff · Blue Note · 1970 6.400

89157 Le monde extraordinaire de Claude François Claude François · Disques Flèche · 1970 6.400

89158 Jack Jones Sings Michel Legrand Jack Jones · RCA Victor · 1971 6.400

89159 Reunion John Henry Kurtz · ABC Records · 1972 6.400

89160 Bal breton Sonerien Du · Arfolk · 1972 6.400