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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108505 China Man vs. China Girl Benjamin Schoos · Freaksville · 2012 2.156

108506 One of Us Is the Killer The Dillinger Escape Plan · Sumerian Records · 2013 2.156

108507 Sunlight Exist · 2013 2.156

108508 Lamorna Matthew Shaw · Fluid Audio · 2013 2.156

108509 Primera fila La Oreja de Van Gogh · Sony BMG Music Entertainment · 2013 2.156

108510 Il mio nome e' Shangai Joe Bruno Nicolai · GDM · 2014 2.156

108511 Original Album Series KC and the Sunshine Band · Rhino · 2014 2.156

108512 Real Pompeya · No Shame · 2015 2.156

108513 15 Tom Ibarra · 2015 2.156

108514 Time 2 Stop Worrying (bout the weird stuff) Ida Nielsen · 2018 2.156

108515 Frankful Mats Öberg · 2019 2.156

108516 Auf Ewigkeit INTENT:OUTTAKE · 2019 2.156

108517 Lipanj, srpanj, kolovoz Urban & 4 · Croatia Records · 2021 2.156

108518 Screen Violence CHVRCHES · EMI · 2021 2.156

108519 Sunny Days Yolanda Adams · 2024 2.156

108520 11:11 Biig Piig · RCA · 2025 2.156

108521 Z1 Zyehvi · 2025 2.156

108522 Standing at the Edge Idle Eyes · Black Rose Records · 1988 2.000

108523 New York Yellowman · RAS Records · 2004 2.000

108524 Gate to the Past California Sunshine & Har-El Prusky · Unnatural Recordings · 2009 2.000

108525 Hommage Yannick Noah · Columbia · 2012 2.000

108526 Welcome Matt Matt Dennis · Jubilee · 1959 1.968

108527 The Sonny Side Sonny James · Capitol Records · 1959 1.968

108528 Poetry for the Beat Generation Jack Kerouac · Rhino · 1959 1.968