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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18505 Don’t Break the Oath Mercyful Fate · Roadrunner Records · 1984 47.940

18506 Mr. Billy Higgins Billy Higgins · 1993 47.940

18507 Plux Quba Nuno Canavarro · Moikai · 1998 47.940

18508 No Shoes, No Cake Tyrant · fabric · 2002 47.940

18509 Eigen wereld Opgezwolle · Top Notch · 2006 47.940

18510

Dark Days 2 Legowelt · Strange Life Records · 2008 47.940

18511 Der fünfzehnjährige Krieg Absurd · World Terror Committee · 2008 47.940

18512

On Patrol Sun Araw · Not Not Fun Records · 2010 47.940

18513 Where the Light Shines Through 1981-2017 Sad Lovers and Giants · Cherry Red Records · 2017 47.940

18514 Hang On Sloopy The McCoys · Bang Records · 1965 47.880

18515

R.E.O. Speedwagon REO Speedwagon · Epic · 1971 47.880

18516 Come as You Are Ashford & Simpson · Warner Bros. Records · 1976 47.880

18517 Mahogany Rush IV Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush · CBS · 1976 47.880

18518 Wieder unterwegs Hannes Wader · Pläne · 1979 47.880

18519

Beatin’ the Odds Molly Hatchet · Epic · 1980 47.880

18520 Concorde Jo Lemaire · Vertigo · 1983 47.880

18521

Then & Now Asia · Geffen Records · 1990 47.880

18522 King Belly · 4AD · 1995 47.880

18523 Loa Project, Volume 2 DJ Cam · Columbia · 2000 47.880

18524 A Girl Like Me Emma Bunton · Virgin · 2001 47.880

18525

Dann habe ich umsonst gelebt L’Âme Immortelle · Matrix Cube · 2001 47.880

18526

Be Not Nobody Vanessa Carlton · A&M Records · 2002 47.880

18527 Heart Beat Space Tribe · Spirit Zone Recordings · 2002 47.880

18528

Dimanche à Bamako Amadou & Mariam · Because Music · 2004 47.880