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 4061

97441 Traction Supergroove · RCA · 1994 5.040

97442

Thirty Miles West Alan Jackson · EMI Records Nashville · 2012 5.040

97443 The Great War Sabaton · Nuclear Blast · 2019 5.040

97444 Everybody Down Matthew · 2002 5.000

97445 Songs from Walt Disney's Lady and The Tramp Peggy Lee · Decca Records · 1955 4.980

97446

Miles Ahead Miles Davis · Columbia · 1957 4.980

97447 Brilliant Corners Thelonious Monk · Riverside · 1957 4.980

97448 Yours Forever Billy Ward and His Dominoes · Liberty · 1958 4.980

97449 Wonderland by Night Louis Prima · Dot Records · 1960 4.980

97450 A Taste of Honey Martin Denny · Liberty · 1962 4.980

97451 Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Jerome Kern Songbook Ella Fitzgerald · Verve · 1963 4.980

97452 Bossa Nova With Strings Attached Bill Perkins · Liberty · 1963 4.980

97453 Éric Charden Éric Charden · Véga · 1963 4.980

97454

Empyrean Isles Herbie Hancock · Blue Note · 1964 4.980

97455 Ballads of Sacco & Vanzetti Woody Guthrie · Folkways Records · 1965 4.980

97456 Quiet Nights Living Jazz · RCA Camden · 1965 4.980

97457 Harold Sings Arlen (With Friend) Harold Arlen · Columbia Masterworks · 1966 4.980

97458 How to Steal a Million Johnny Williams · 20th Century-Fox Records · 1966 4.980

97459 Goin' Down Home Don Patterson · Cadet Records · 1966 4.980

97460 Funnysad Music The Wilson Malone Voice Band · 1968 4.980

97461 Signs of the Zodiac: Leo Mort Garson · A&M Records · 1969 4.980

97462

The Allman Brothers Band The Allman Brothers Band · ATCO Records · 1969 4.980

97463 The Ballad Style of Maynard Ferguson Maynard Ferguson · CBS · 1969 4.980

97464 Reggae Charm Lloyd Charmers · 1970 4.980