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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18025 Anima latina Lucio Battisti · Numero uno · 1974 48.950

18026 Heldon II: Allez Teia Heldon · Cuneiform Records · 1975 48.950

18027 Sky Islands Caldera · Capitol Records · 1977 48.950

18028

Mais on ne peut pas rêver tout le temps Laurent Thibault · Belle Antique · 1978 48.950

18029 That's Love Heaven and Earth · WMOT Records · 1981 48.950

18030 Lo spirito continua... Negazione · Konkurrel · 1986 48.950

18031

Dialects Joe Zawinul · Columbia · 1986 48.950

18032 Choo Choo Hot Fish Stray Cats · JRS Records · 1992 48.950

18033 Izlamaphobia Muslimgauze · Staalplaat · 1995 48.950

18034 Cerebral Cereal Pyaemia · Unique Leader Records · 2001 48.950

18035

Dust My Broom Boozoo Bajou · !K7 · 2005 48.950

18036 Kalitz Vataff Project · Aleph Zero Records · 2008 48.950

18037

Language of Red Goats Halo Manash · Aural Hypnox · 2008 48.950

18038 When I See the Sun Always Shines on TV Nadja · The End Records · 2009 48.950

18039 Indestructible Machine Lydia Loveless · Bloodshot Records · 2011 48.950

18040 Enki Melechesh · Nuclear Blast · 2015 48.950

18041 The Yakin' Sax Man Boots Randolph · RCA Camden · 1964 48.910

18042 Bittersweet White Light Cher · Geffen Records · 1973 48.910

18043 American Pastime Three Dog Night · ABC Records · 1976 48.910

18044 Nurds The Roches · Warner Bros. Records · 1980 48.910

18045

Danny Davis & Willie Nelson With The Nashville Brass Danny Davis · RCA · 1980 48.910

18046 Hope Chest: The Fredonia Recordings 1982–1983 10,000 Maniacs · Elektra · 1990 48.910

18047 Night and Day II Joe Jackson · Sony Classical · 2000 48.910

18048

Paranoid Black Sabbath · Vertigo · 1970 48.880