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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17689 Requiem for My Friend Zbigniew Preisner · Erato · 1998 49.680

17690 La Coleciòn Slam Mode · Glasgow Underground · 1999 49.680

17691 Ctrl Alt Delete Free the Robots · Alpha Pup Records · 2010 49.680

17692 Coming Down Your Way Three Dog Night · ABC Records · 1975 49.640

17693 Girls Night Out Toronto · Solid Gold Records · 1983 49.640

17694

People Barbra Streisand · Columbia · 1964 49.640

17695 Lunch Audience · Charisma · 1972 49.640

17696 Black Bear Road C.W. McCall · Polydor · 1975 49.640

17697

Voyeur Kim Carnes · EMI Electrola GmbH · 1982 49.640

17698 Street Nina Hagen · Mercury Records · 1991 49.640

17699

Philosophy Coldcut · BMG · 1993 49.640

17700 This Is Darin Bobby Darin · ATCO Records · 1959 49.600

17701 The Guerilla Band Hal Galper · P‐VINE RECORDS · 1971 49.600

17702 McGear Mike McGear · Warner Bros. Records · 1974 49.600

17703 Face in the Crowd The Merton Parkas · Beggars Banquet · 1979 49.600

17704 Omega X: Az arc Omega · Pepita · 1981 49.600

17705 Ritmo Judie Tzuke · Chrysalis · 1983 49.600

17706 UAIOE KMFDM · Wax Trax! Records · 1989 49.600

17707 The Intensity of Darkness Mental Destruction · Cold Meat Industry · 1991 49.600

17708 Based on a True Story Mack 10 · Priority Records · 1997 49.600

17709 One Hour by the Concrete Lake Pain of Salvation · AVALON · 1998 49.600

17710

Rapture Unholy · Avantgarde Music · 1998 49.600

17711 Waste ’Em All Municipal Waste · Six Weeks Records · 2003 49.600

17712 Ikebana: Merzbow’s Amlux Rebuilt, Reused & Recycled Merzbow · Important Records · 2003 49.600