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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93889 Accept No Substitute The Bluesbusters · Landslide Records · 1986 5.600

93890 משהו בלבבה נורית גלרון · NMC Music · 1986 5.600

93891 Lost in the Fifties Tonight Ronnie Milsap · RCA Victor · 1986 5.600

93892 Radio Caroline Area · Office Records · 1987 5.600

93893 Ghost of Romance DEAD END · Metal Blade Records · 1987 5.600

93894 Má vlast Smetana · Deutsche Grammophon · 1987 5.600

93895 Hidden Pathways Bruce Mitchell · Narada Mystique · 1987 5.600

93896 Hard to Beat Rare Air · Green Linnet · 1987 5.600

93897 Lost Song Jane Birkin · Philips · 1987 5.600

93898 The Wanderer Yoshitaka Azuma · 1988 5.600

93899 Bird Songs Sphere · Verve · 1988 5.600

93900 Mango Tango Tom Grant · Gaia Records · 1988 5.600

93901 The Lyrical Stan Getz Stan Getz · Columbia · 1988 5.600

93902 The Best of Vivaldi Antonio Vivaldi · 1988 5.600

93903 Hymn Time in the Country Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver · Sugar Hill Records · 1988 5.600

93904 De Sinterklaas Kapoentjes De Sinterklaas Kapoentjes · Ariola · 1988 5.600

93905 Hvor gaden blir til sand Poul Krebs · 1988 5.600

93906 Borderlands Kathryn Tickell · Black Crow Records · 1988 5.600

93907 Change of Heart Jon Gibson · 1988 5.600

93908 Let's Go a Goa Arnold Turboust · Phonogram · 1988 5.600

93909 Higher Ground John Denver · RCA · 1988 5.600

93910

Life’s Too Good The Sugarcubes · One Little Indian Records · 1988 5.600

93911 Isn’t Anything My Bloody Valentine · Creation Records · 1988 5.600

93912 Attack of the Neon Shark Alex Masi · Roadracer Records · 1989 5.600