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 3987

95665 Travesía 坂本龍一 · commmons · 2023 5.400

95666 Spirit Breaking XAL · Cloister Recordings · 2024 5.400

95667 You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To Knocked Loose · Pure Noise Records · 2024 5.400

95668 Even in Arcadia Sleep Token · RCA · 2025 5.400

95669 Transmissions Gentlemen Without Weapons 5.400

95670

Rare Brutal Combat 5.400

95671 Single Minded Zion Train 5.400

95672 Fantasy for Girl and Orchestra Phil Moore · Verve · 1956 5.390

95673

Here’s Little Richard Little Richard · Specialty Records · 1957 5.390

95674 Solo Guitar Al Viola · Mode Records · 1957 5.390

95675 Hello Walls: Fan Club Favorites Faron Young · Capitol Records · 1961 5.390

95676 I’ll Try Something New The Miracles · Tamla · 1962 5.390

95677 Happy Time Junior Mance Trio · Jazzland · 1962 5.390

95678 Dear Heart and Other Songs About Love Henry Mancini · RCA Victor · 1965 5.390

95679 Plays Everything In Sight Victor Feldman · Pacific Jazz · 1967 5.390

95680 Established 1958 Cliff Richard · Columbia Records · 1968 5.390

95681 Tuesday's Child Deena Webster · Parlophone · 1968 5.390

95682 If Love Comes With It The Alan Copeland Singers · A&M Records · 1969 5.390

95683 Saat kaiken Kirka · Scandia · 1971 5.390

95684

Maggot Brain Funkadelic · Westbound Records · 1971 5.390

95685

Mind Games John Lennon · Apple Records · 1973 5.390

95686 Eldorado: A Symphony by the Electric Light Orchestra Electric Light Orchestra · Warner Bros. Records · 1974 5.390

95687

KISS KISS · Casablanca Records · 1974 5.390

95688 De Wilde Boerndochtere Ivan Heylen · 1974 5.390