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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1393 Live at the Witch Trials The Fall · I.R.S. Records · 1979 223.590

1394

Enigmatic Ocean Jean‐Luc Ponty · Atlantic · 1977 223.550

1395 Pure Pop for Now People Nick Lowe · Columbia · 1978 223.440

1396

The Blackbyrds The Blackbyrds · Fantasy · 1974 223.390

1397 Bug Dinosaur Jr. · Normal · 1988 223.390

1398 The Beat of the Brass Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass · A&M Records · 1968 223.380

1399 Sunfighter Paul Kantner · Grunt · 1971 223.300

1400 Moby Grape Moby Grape · Columbia · 1967 223.270

1401

Rio Grande Mud ZZ Top · London Records · 1972 223.270

1402 Sustain & Release iO · Cheap Records · 1994 222.950

1403 Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet Rick Springfield · RCA Victor · 1982 222.750

1404

Stained Class Judas Priest · CBS · 1978 222.700

1405 For Ladies Only Steppenwolf · Dunhill Records · 1971 222.680

1406 Brown by August Neil Landstrumm · Peacefrog Records · 1995 222.640

1407 Zauberberg Gas · Mille Plateaux · 1998 222.640

1408 Heartbreaker Free · Island · 1973 222.600

1409 Hallowed Ground Violent Femmes · Slash · 1984 222.600

1410 3121 Prince · Universal Records · 2006 222.400

1411 Sweet Revenge Amanda Lear · Eurodisc · 1978 222.300

1412

Contra Vampire Weekend · XL Recordings · 2010 222.300

1413

The Stooges The Stooges · Elektra · 1969 222.300

1414 Now, Diabolical Satyricon · Roadrunner Records · 2006 222.220

1415 (GI) Germs · Slash · 1979 222.040

1416

Lady Pank Lady Pank · Tonpress · 1983 222.040