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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16609 Snorungarnas Symfoni Samla Mammas Manna · 1976 52.140

16610 Autophysiopsychic Yusef Lateef · CTI · 1977 52.140

16611 Time Is the Key Pierre Moerlen’s Gong · Arista · 1979 52.140

16612 Flesh for Lulu Flesh for Lulu · Polydor · 1984 52.140

16613 Tim Maia Tim Maia · 1985 52.140

16614 The Small Price of a Bicycle The Icicle Works · Cherry Red Records · 1985 52.140

16615 Singin' in the Heart H.R. · SST Records · 1989 52.140

16616 Peace and Love, Inc. Information Society · Tommy Boy · 1992 52.140

16617

Mo’ Width The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion · Au Go Go · 1994 52.140

16618 Calm Before the Storm Dare · MTM Music · 1998 52.140

16619 Jazz in Paris: Stéphane Grappelli Quartet, Volume 2 Oscar Peterson · EmArcy · 2000 52.140

16620 DevilDriver DevilDriver · Roadrunner Records · 2003 52.140

16621 Humanure Cattle Decapitation · Metal Blade Records · 2004 52.140

16622 More Adventurous Rilo Kiley · Barsuk Records · 2004 52.140

16623 O inimitável Roberto Carlos · CBS · 1968 52.080

16624 Radha-Krsna Nama Sankirtana Alice Coltrane · Warner Bros. Records · 1977 52.080

16625 La mia banda suona il rock Ivano Fossati · RCA Italiana · 1979 52.080

16626

Black Metal Venom · Neat Records · 1982 52.080

16627 Métamorphose Warning · Columbia · 1984 52.080

16628 Worlds Apart Subhumans · Bluurg Records · 1985 52.080

16629 Pop Topi Sorsakoski · Parlophone · 1988 52.080

16630 I, Jonathan Jonathan Richman · Rounder · 1992 52.080

16631

Throbbing Pouch Wagon Christ · Rising High Records · 1995 52.080

16632 Operation Dance Captain Jack · intercord japan · 1997 52.080