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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106297 Christmas Favorites With Jan August Jan August · Mercury Records · 1955 3.600

106298

Ella and Louis Ella Fitzgerald · Verve · 1956 3.600

106299 The Jazz Workshop Manny Albam · RCA Victor · 1956 3.600

106300 Jewels of Song Beniamino Gigli · His Master’s Voice · 1958 3.600

106301 James Moody James Moody · Argo · 1959 3.600

106302 Nice and Easy: The Soulful Vibes of Johnny Lytle Johnny Lytle · Jazzland · 1962 3.600

106303 Mr. Guitar Billy Strange · GNP Crescendo Records · 1964 3.600

106304 Shazam! Jim Nabors · Columbia · 1965 3.600

106305 Gilles Vigneault Gilles Vigneault · Columbia · 1965 3.600

106306 Confessions of a Broken Man Porter Wagoner · RCA Victor · 1966 3.600

106307 The Jason Lodge Poetry Book Gothic Horizon · Argo · 1970 3.600

106308 Satori Flower Travellin’ Band · Atlantic · 1971 3.600

106309 Kaleidoscope John Morgan · Carnaby · 1971 3.600

106310 Pluie d'étoiles Caravelli · CBS · 1971 3.600

106311 A Lancashire Lad Mike Harding · Trailer · 1972 3.600

106312 Pamela Polland Pamela Polland · CBS · 1972 3.600

106313 Daarom ben ik blij Gert & Hermien · CNR · 1974 3.600

106314 Nine Tim Hardin · 1974 3.600

106315

Illuminations Devadip Carlos Santana · Columbia · 1974 3.600

106316

Nuthin’ Fancy Lynyrd Skynyrd · MCA Records · 1975 3.600

106317

Numbers: A Pythagorean Theory Tale Cat Stevens · A&M Records · 1975 3.600

106318

Expensive Shit Fela Ransome Kuti · Editions Makossa · 1975 3.600

106319 I Am the Loneliest Man Don Gibson · Hickory Records · 1975 3.600

106320 Landed Can · Harvest · 1975 3.600