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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89761 Cutting Our Teeth We Are the Ocean · Hassle Records · 2010 6.390

89762 Rejoicer Grooms · Death by Audio · 2010 6.390

89763

Cheese Stromae · Mercury Records · 2010 6.390

89764 Riotology Artas · Napalm Records · 2011 6.390

89765 Fill the Blank With Your Own Emptiness Le Prince Miiaou · 3ème Bureau · 2011 6.390

89766

Evanescence Evanescence · Wind‐up · 2011 6.390

89767 Play for Today Ultrasound · Fierce Panda Records · 2012 6.390

89768

Monument Children Collide · Universal Music Australia · 2012 6.390

89769

Between Illness and Migration Your Favorite Enemies · KING · 2013 6.390

89770 Circus Hero Circa Zero · 2014 6.390

89771 Joanne Lady Gaga · Interscope Records · 2016 6.390

89772 ÷ Ed Sheeran · Asylum Records · 2017 6.390

89773 Make Me Ready Farrell & Farrell · NewPax · 1981 6.380

89774 Dorothée chante Dorothée · AB Productions · 1982 6.380

89775 Lauantai-ilta Mamba · Kräk! · 1986 6.380

89776 Coming To Your Heart Soon DeFilm · Medley Records · 1987 6.380

89777 Hard Hitter Liaison · 1992 6.380

89778 Maximum Debilum Dimple Minds · Steamhammer · 1996 6.380

89779 Metasexual Joydrop · Tommy Boy · 1999 6.380

89780 Flat Tire: Music for a Non-Existent Movie Allan Holdsworth · MoonJune Records · 2001 6.380

89781 Hörproben Ben · BMG Berlin Musik · 2002 6.380

89782 Cool and Sparkling: The Liquid Sounds of Paul Smith Paul Smith · Capitol Records · 1957 6.370

89783 How to Speak Hip Del Close · Mercury Records · 1959 6.370

89784 Barbara chante Brassens Barbara · Odeon · 1960 6.370