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 501

12001 Roots and Wire Deadbeat · 2008 66.030

12002 Death Is Silent Kno · 2010 66.030

12003 Fairytale Donovan · Pye Records · 1965 66.000

12004 Lydia Cold Blood · Warner Bros. Records · 1974 66.000

12005 Ramshackled Alan White · Atlantic · 1976 66.000

12006 Yada Yada Herman Brood & His Wild Romance · CBS · 1988 66.000

12007 System 7 System 7 · 10 Records · 1991 66.000

12008 Walking on a Thin Line Guano Apes · Supersonic Records · 2003 66.000

12009 i The Magnetic Fields · Nonesuch · 2004 66.000

12010 Them Again Them · Parrot · 1966 66.000

12011 A Third of a Lifetime Three Man Army · 1971 66.000

12012 Dazz Kinsman Dazz · 20th Century-Fox Records · 1979 66.000

12013

Crno bijeli svijet Prljavo kazalište · Suzy · 1980 66.000

12014 All Night Long The B.B. & Q. Band · Capitol Records · 1982 66.000

12015 Zagora Loose Ends · MCA Records · 1986 66.000

12016 Hai paura del buio? Afterhours · Mescal · 1997 66.000

12017 Genesis Larry Heard · Mecca Recordings · 1999 66.000

12018

Blue Shift Emissions Christ. · Benbecula · 2007 66.000

12019 Holon Nik Bärtsch's Ronin · ECM Records · 2008 66.000

12020 New York Rhapsody Haus Arafna · Galakthorrö · 2011 66.000

12021 Honey Bobby Goldsboro · United Artists · 1968 65.860

12022 Let's Make a New Dope Deal Cheech & Chong · 1980 65.860

12023 Babylon and On Squeeze · A&M Records · 1986 65.860

12024 Free Free · A&M Records · 1969 65.860