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?

The full board · page 3776

90601 Between Places Exchange 6.240

90602 Gravity Hara Gobi 6.240

90603 Ar Seizh Avel (On Seven Winds) Kornog 6.240

90604 Night in Manhattan Lee Wiley · Columbia · 1950 6.230

90605 Plays Pretty Oscar Peterson · Mercury Records · 1952 6.230

90606 Smoky Mountain Ballads Bascom Lamar Lunsford · Folkways Records · 1953 6.230

90607

Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington Thelonious Monk · Riverside · 1956 6.230

90608

Kaleidoscope Sonny Stitt · Prestige · 1957 6.230

90609 Stuff Smith Stuff Smith · Verve · 1957 6.230

90610 Play Bach No. 1 Jacques Loussier · London Records · 1959 6.230

90611 Born to Be Blue Beverly Kenney · Decca Records · 1959 6.230

90612 Moon Faced and Starry Eyed Max Roach Plus Four · Mercury Records · 1960 6.230

90613 The Guitar Artistry of Tal Farlow Tal Farlow · Verve · 1960 6.230

90614 Apasionada The Norman Luboff Choir · RCA Victor · 1961 6.230

90615 Moody With Strings James Moody · Argo · 1961 6.230

90616 Soul Twist King Curtis & The Noble Knights · Enjoy Records · 1962 6.230

90617 Tango contemporáneo Astor Piazzolla y su Nuevo Octeto · Columbia · 1963 6.230

90618 The Great Jazz Piano of Phineas Newborn Jr. Phineas Newborn, Jr. · Contemporary · 1963 6.230

90619 One Enchanted Evening The Three Suns · RCA Victor · 1964 6.230

90620 Old Times and Hard Times Hedy West · Topic Records · 1965 6.230

90621 The Death-Defying Judy Henske Judy Henske · 1966 6.230

90622

If I Were a Carpenter Bobby Darin · Atlantic · 1966 6.230

90623

Days of Future Passed The Moody Blues · Deram · 1967 6.230

90624 Cool, Man Raphie Martinez and His National Combo · 1967 6.230