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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15865 Murder Metal Macabre · Season of Mist · 2003 53.950

15866

A Different Kind of Pain Cold · Lava · 2005 53.950

15867

Dreams The Whitest Boy Alive · Bubbles · 2006 53.950

15868 Tunnel Blanket This Will Destroy You · Suicide Squeeze Records · 2011 53.950

15869

Psychedelic Shack The Temptations · Motown · 1970 53.940

15870 Girl From Martinique Robin Kenyatta · ECM Records · 1970 53.940

15871 Buddy and the Juniors Buddy Guy · Blue Thumb Records · 1970 53.940

15872

Et Cetera Et Cetera · Global Records · 1971 53.940

15873 Indestructible Ray Barretto · Fania · 1973 53.940

15874 Window Dark Day · Plexus · 1982 53.940

15875 Dub Me Crazy, Part 4: Escape to the Asylum Of Dub Mad Professor · Ariwa · 1983 53.940

15876 Hoping for Love Isabelle Antena · Les Disques du Crépuscule · 1987 53.940

15877 I Am a Wallet McCarthy · September · 1987 53.940

15878 BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert New Order · Windsong · 1992 53.940

15879 Helicopters Porter Band · Sonic Records · 1992 53.940

15880 État-Major Extra Musica · Blue Silver · 1998 53.940

15881 Shalai Extra Musica · JPS Production · 1999 53.940

15882

The Platform Dilated Peoples · Capitol Records · 2000 53.940

15883 The Hidden Step Ozric Tentacles · Snapper Classics · 2000 53.940

15884 Worldwide 2 Programme 2 Gilles Peterson · Talkin’ Loud · 2002 53.940

15885 Toktok vs. Soffy O. Toktok · Leaded · 2002 53.940

15886 Somedays in My Life Guardner · Elektrolux · 2002 53.940

15887 Of Malice and the Magnum Heart Misery Signals · Ferret Music · 2004 53.940

15888

Desert Northern Hell Tsjuder · Season of Mist · 2004 53.940