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 4201

100801 Higher Grounds Big Youth · VP Records · 1995 4.600

100802 Shit Happens Skin of Tears · Lost and Found Records · 1995 4.600

100803 Automatic 7 Automatic 7 · BYO Records · 1995 4.600

100804 A Friend Indeed Liz Carroll · 1995 4.600

100805 Now's the Time Hal McKusick · Decca Jazz · 1995 4.600

100806 Recovered Pieces Chop Shop · 1995 4.600

100807 Loituma Loituma · Kansanmusiikki-instituutti · 1995 4.600

100808 The Best of Pieces of a Dream Pieces of a Dream · Blue Note · 1996 4.600

100809 Letter Bomb The Crowd · Flipside Records · 1996 4.600

100810 Out of the Blues Rita Coolidge · 1996 4.600

100811 Piano Quintets Dvořák · EMI Classics · 1996 4.600

100812 Никто никому ничего Югендштиль · 1996 4.600

100813 שניים שלמה ארצי · הד ארצי · 1996 4.600

100814 Cinéma! Speedball Baby · MCA Records · 1996 4.600

100815 Just When We’re Thinking It’s Over The Cox Family · Asylum Records · 1996 4.600

100816 Jammu Africa Ismaël Lô · Mercury Records · 1996 4.600

100817 In a Big Sea Elephant Talk · 1996 4.600

100818 Fruit Marie Bergman · Arietta Discs · 1996 4.600

100819 Le Prix du silence La Ruda Salska · Yelen Musiques · 1996 4.600

100820 Prisme Annbjørg Lien · Grappa · 1996 4.600

100821 Bombas de amor The Sort of Quartet · SST Records · 1996 4.600

100822 Third Moonchild · Blank Your Mind · 1996 4.600

100823 Dance With Me The Bluebeats · Moon Ska Records · 1996 4.600

100824

Matapedia Kate & Anna McGarrigle · Hannibal · 1996 4.600