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 710

17017 Streets... Ralph McTell · Kicking Mule Records · 1979 51.120

17018 Painted Desert Serenade Joshua Kadison · SBK Records · 1993 51.120

17019 Marblehead Messenger Seatrain · Capitol Records · 1971 51.120

17020 Energized Foghat · Bearsville Records · 1974 51.120

17021 Endangered Species Klaatu · Capitol Records · 1980 51.120

17022 Primitive Neil Diamond · CBS · 1984 51.120

17023 Pogue Mahone The Pogues · wea · 1996 51.120

17024 Noël Joan Baez · Vanguard · 1966 51.100

17025 Pearl Harbor and the Explosions Pearl Harbor & the Explosions · Warner Bros. Records · 1980 51.100

17026 Access Denied Total Eclipse · Blue Room Released · 1999 51.100

17027 Born to Love Peabo Bryson · Capitol Records · 1983 51.100

17028 Stop! Sam Brown · A&M Records · 1988 51.100

17029 Knock Out Bonfire · RCA Victor · 1991 51.100

17030 Angry Machines Dio · Mercury Records · 1996 51.100

17031 Pyragony X Amon Düül II · RCA Victor · 1976 51.060

17032 Audio‐Visions Kansas · Kirshner · 1980 51.060

17033 Akimbo Alogo Kim Mitchell · Alert Music · 1984 51.060

17034 Stan strachu Obywatel G.C. · Polskie Nagrania “Muza” · 1989 51.060

17035 Round Room Phish · Elektra · 2002 51.060

17036 Young, Tough and Terrible The Lost Generation · Brunswick · 1972 51.040

17037 Themes for ‘GRIND’ Will Sergeant · Ninety-Two Happy Customers · 1982 51.040

17038 Born to Mack Too $hort · Jive · 1987 51.040

17039 Prodavnica tajni Bajaga & Instruktori · PGP-RTB · 1988 51.040

17040 Seasons in the Sun Spell · Mute · 1993 51.040