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?

The full board · page 855

20497 This Is the Magic Mixture The Magic Mixture · 1968 44.000

20498 Best Of The Bossa Novas Duncan Lamont · Music for Pleasure · 1970 44.000

20499 King Progress Jackson Heights · Charisma · 1970 44.000

20500 Jess Roden Jess Roden · Island · 1974 44.000

20501

Pure Pleasure The Dynamic Superiors · Motown · 1975 44.000

20502 Ride to the Rainbow Thelma Houston · Tamla · 1979 44.000

20503 Dolly, Dolly, Dolly Dolly Parton · RCA Victor · 1980 44.000

20504

Funky Beat Bernard Wright · Arista · 1983 44.000

20505 Pressure Points Camel · Decca Records · 1984 44.000

20506 Cuori agitati Eros Ramazzotti · DDD · 1985 44.000

20507

Love Heidi Berry · 4AD · 1991 44.000

20508 Luxa Harold Budd · All Saints Records · 1996 44.000

20509

Stan Meets Chet Stan Getz · Verve · 1996 44.000

20510 Los Amigos en Electro Freddy Fresh · 1996 44.000

20511 Canzoni per me Vasco Rossi · EMI · 1998 44.000

20512 My Homies Scarface · Rap-A-Lot 2K · 1998 44.000

20513 Lactavent Ovuca · Rephlex · 1999 44.000

20514

World of Glass Tristania · Napalm Records · 2001 44.000

20515 Encoded / Decoded Tegma · Digital Structures · 2002 44.000

20516

New York City The Peter Malick Group · KOCH Records · 2003 44.000

20517 Alliance II Lars Klein / Michael Burkat · Audio Assault · 2004 44.000

20518 Boys and Girls in America The Hold Steady · Vagrant Records · 2006 44.000

20519 When a Banana Was Just a Banana Wink · Ovum Recordings · 2009 44.000

20520 Becoming a Jackal Villagers · Domino · 2010 44.000