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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104425 Disco Samba Two Man Sound · RKM · 1977 4.000

104426 Doin' My Thing Hank Thompson · 1977 4.000

104427

Cheap Trick Cheap Trick · Epic · 1977 4.000

104428 A Live Record Camel · Decca Records · 1978 4.000

104429 Stranger in Town Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band · Capitol Records · 1978 4.000

104430 An American Prayer Jim Morrison · Elektra · 1978 4.000

104431 Rub Down Joe Tex · Epic · 1978 4.000

104432 Unbehagen Nina Hagen Band · CBS · 1979 4.000

104433 Gene P M.B. · 1980 4.000

104434 You Can Call Me Blue Michael Johnson · EMI America · 1980 4.000

104435 Genieß dein Leben Peter Alexander · Ariola · 1980 4.000

104436 Champagne Molotov Enrico Ruggeri · CGD · 1981 4.000

104437 Video Rideo Cultural Amnesia · 1981 4.000

104438 Time Stands Still Christopher Ward · House of Lords · 1981 4.000

104439 Breaking the Chains Dokken · Carrère · 1981 4.000

104440

Saužení lásky Spirituál kvintet · Supraphon · 1981 4.000

104441 The Best of Basil Valdez Basil Valdez · 1981 4.000

104442 Arthur et les robots Guigou Chenevier · SAPEM · 1982 4.000

104443 Adoro Plácido Domingo · CBS · 1982 4.000

104444 Scattered Wahoo Action The Eat · Jeterboy Cassettes · 1982 4.000

104445 The Blue Mask Lou Reed · RCA · 1982 4.000

104446

Japanese Whispers The Cure · Fiction · 1983 4.000

104447

Can’t Slow Down Lionel Richie · Motown · 1983 4.000

104448

Confrontation Bob Marley & The Wailers · Island · 1983 4.000