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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18913 Infinite Possibilities Amel Larrieux · Sony Music Media · 1999 47.040

18914 The Piece Maker Tony Touch · Tommy Boy · 2000 47.040

18915 Voice Maja Ratkje · Rune Grammofon · 2002 47.040

18916 Let Go Nada Surf · Liberation Music · 2002 47.040

18917 Uprising Concord Dawn · Uprising Records · 2003 47.040

18918 Good Mourning Alkaline Trio · Vagrant Records · 2003 47.040

18919

Armed Love The (International) Noise Conspiracy · Burning Heart Records · 2004 47.040

18920 Sonic Ecstasy Electric Universe · 2008 47.040

18921 Nothing N*E*R*D · Star Trak · 2010 47.040

18922

Juju Wayne Shorter · Blue Note · 1964 47.000

18923 Wahoo! Eero Koivistoinen Music Society · RCA Victor · 1973 47.000

18924 The Guilt Trip Kramer · Shimmy Disc · 1992 47.000

18925 Pathological Performances Necrony · Poserslaughter Records · 1993 47.000

18926 Electronic Music From the Swedish Leftcoast Plej · Exceptional · 2003 47.000

18927

Sleeping and Hiding Tor Lundvall · Dais Records · 2009 47.000

18928 High Energy The James Cotton Band · Buddah Records · 1975 46.980

18929 Slide Off Your Satin Sheets Johnny Paycheck · Epic · 1977 46.980

18930 Kat Mandu Kat Mandu · Marlin · 1979 46.980

18931 Journée d'Amérique Richard Séguin · Audiogram · 1988 46.980

18932 Kaseta Kult · S.P. Records · 1989 46.980

18933

Here Comes Trouble Scatterbrain · Virgin · 1990 46.980

18934 Cats and Dogs Royal Trux · Drag City · 1993 46.980

18935 Four Chords & Several Years Ago Huey Lewis & the News · Elektra · 1994 46.980

18936 Design 19 Sundown · Century Media · 1997 46.980