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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89833 Maske Za Dvoje Jakarta · PGP-RTB · 1984 6.370

89834 Kuncendorfs un Osendovskis NSRD · 1985 6.370

89835 The Nutcracker Tchaikovsky · RCA Red Seal · 1985 6.370

89836 Μοιρολόγια Λουδοβίκος των Ανωγείων · 1985 6.370

89837 Set Me Free Esther Phillips · Atlantic · 1986 6.370

89838 All That Fall Beargarden · 1986 6.370

89839 Guamba Gary Peacock · ECM Records · 1987 6.370

89840 6 Flute Concertos, op. 10 Vivaldi · Philips · 1987 6.370

89841 Bird Nest Roys Bird Nest Roys · Flying Nun Records · 1987 6.370

89842 God, Guns & Guts Agony Column · Big Chief · 1988 6.370

89843 Relative Ojo · 1988 6.370

89844 English Suites, BWV 806-811 (piano: Andras Schiff) Johann Sebastian Bach · Decca Classics · 1988 6.370

89845 Loud Jazz John Scofield · Gramavision · 1988 6.370

89846 Shades of the Past Red Knuckles & the Trailblazers · Sugar Hill Records · 1988 6.370

89847 Melancholia Matthias Thurow · Erdenklang · 1988 6.370

89848 Ypres 1917 Overture - Verdun Ossuary - (For Piano And Harmonium) Childish · 1988 6.370

89849 The Bounty Hunters Dave Kusworth · What’s So Funny About.. · 1988 6.370

89850 Bootstrappers Bootstrappers · 1989 6.370

89851 Keine Träume Molotow Soda · Day-Glo Records · 1989 6.370

89852 Obatalá Jerry Gonzalez & The Fort Apache Band · enja · 1989 6.370

89853 Wake Lycia · Projekt · 1989 6.370

89854 WELCOME BACK 矢野顕子 · MIDI inc. · 1989 6.370

89855 My Man Benny, My Man Phil Benny Carter · Limelight · 1989 6.370

89856 Tolonen! / Summer Games Jukka Tolonen · Love Records · 1989 6.370