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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18097 777 System 7 · Caroline Records · 1992 48.750

18098 Sans plus attendre Axelle Red · Virgin · 1993 48.750

18099 Distanz Der Dritte Raum · Virgin · 2000 48.750

18100 South Heather Nova · V2 · 2001 48.750

18101 Collideøscope Living Colour · Mayan Records · 2003 48.750

18102 12 Songs Randy Newman · 1970 48.720

18103 Save the Children The Intruders · Philadelphia International Records · 1973 48.720

18104 Need to Know You Better Finished Touch · Motown · 1978 48.720

18105 Tiddlywinks NRBQ · Red Rooster Records · 1980 48.720

18106 Nick Mason’s Fictitious Sports Nick Mason · Harvest · 1981 48.720

18107 Scenes in the City Branford Marsalis · Columbia · 1984 48.720

18108 Kuka teki huorin Sielun Veljet · Poko Rekords · 1986 48.720

18109

Detonation Bloodgood · Alarma Records · 1987 48.720

18110 2nd Wave Surface · Columbia · 1988 48.720

18111 Ten Years in One Night Tuxedomoon · Materiali Sonori · 1989 48.720

18112 Pleasure Death Therapy? · Southern Records · 1992 48.720

18113

You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone Saint Etienne · Heavenly Recordings · 1993 48.720

18114 Til evighet... Trelldom · Head Not Found · 1995 48.720

18115 Seasons in the Size of Days Integrity · Victory Records · 1997 48.720

18116 Tortura Insomniae Ebony Tears · Black Sun Records · 1997 48.720

18117 The Past Is Alive (The Early Mischief) Dissection · Necropolis Records · 1997 48.720

18118 Future JuJu Black Jazz Chronicles · Nuphonic · 1998 48.720

18119

Un poquito quema'o Sergent Garcia · Parlophone France · 1999 48.720

18120 Wages of Sin Arch Enemy · Park · 2001 48.720