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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20161 Chaos of Forms Revocation · Relapse Records · 2011 44.720

20162 Bernice Kaleidoscope · Epic · 1970 44.660

20163

Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité ou la Mort Julien Clerc · EMI Music France · 1972 44.660

20164 Atlanta's Burning Down Dickey Betts and Great Southern · Arista · 1978 44.660

20165

A Sweet Taste of Sin The Dennis Coffey Band · 1978 44.660

20166 Don’t Ask Sonny Rollins · Milestone · 1979 44.660

20167 Never Say Die Petra · Star Song · 1981 44.660

20168 Buddhist on Fire Muslimgauze · Recloose Organisation · 1984 44.660

20169 The Invasion of the Spacepeckers Video Kids · Polydor · 1985 44.660

20170

Higher Than the Funk Shantel · !K7 · 1998 44.660

20171

Cool Frénésie Les Rita Mitsouko · Delabel · 2000 44.660

20172 Stoned Raiders Cypress Hill · Columbia · 2001 44.660

20173 Vehicles & Animals Athlete · Parlophone · 2003 44.660

20174 Feels Closer Layo & Bushwacka! · 2006 44.660

20175

À vontade Baden Powell · Elenco · 1967 44.650

20176 Mean & Dirty Patchwork · De Wolfe Music · 1978 44.650

20177 Close Proximity and the Unhindered Care-All Celer · Sentient Recognition Archive · 2009 44.650

20178 Songbird Jesse Colin Young · Warner Bros. Records · 1975 44.640

20179 Shu•bi•dua 8 Shu•bi•dua · Elap Music · 1982 44.640

20180 Double Crossed Jim Diamond · A&M Records · 1985 44.640

20181 To the Extreme Vanilla Ice · SBK Records · 1990 44.640

20182 Parental Guidance Alder and Elius · Skam · 2000 44.640

20183

Power to the People Joe Henderson · Milestone · 1969 44.640

20184 Black Saint Billy Harper · Black Saint · 1975 44.640