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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16873 Touch of Sin Sinner · Noise · 1985 51.480

16874 Smoke Signals MDC · R Radical Records · 1986 51.480

16875 Dangerous Games Alcatrazz · The Store for Music · 1986 51.480

16876 Big Plans for Everybody Let's Active · I.R.S. Records · 1986 51.480

16877 Lindy's Party The Bolshoi · Beggars Banquet · 1987 51.480

16878 Silhouette Kenny G · Arista · 1988 51.480

16879

Abracadabra ABC · Parlophone · 1991 51.480

16880 Feelings David Byrne · Luaka Bop · 1997 51.480

16881

Us and Them Godflesh · Earache Records · 1999 51.480

16882 Black Sun Primal Fear · Nuclear Blast · 2002 51.480

16883 6 Feet Underground De/Vision · e‐Wave Records · 2004 51.480

16884 Fury & Flames Hate Eternal · Metal Blade Records · 2008 51.480

16885 Heart On Eagles of Death Metal · Downtown · 2008 51.480

16886 Audience Audience · Polydor · 1969 51.460

16887 Stonedhenge Ten Years After · Deram · 1969 51.460

16888 Pure Prairie League Pure Prairie League · RCA Victor · 1972 51.460

16889 Minnie Minnie Riperton · Capitol Records · 1979 51.460

16890 Love Magic L.T.D. · A&M Records · 1981 51.460

16891 Service YMO · Alfa · 1983 51.460

16892 Electric Folklore Live The Alarm · I.R.S. Records · 1988 51.460

16893 The Generation and Motion of a Pulse Omicron · Instinct Ambient · 1995 51.460

16894 Levitate The Fall · Artful Records · 1997 51.460

16895 Sacred System: Chapter Two Bill Laswell · ROIR · 1997 51.460

16896

Stormbirds EverEve · Nuclear Blast · 1998 51.460