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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20833 From Here On In South · Mo Wax · 2000 43.460

20834 The Deep End, Volume 1 Gov’t Mule · ATO Records · 2001 43.460

20835 Demonoizer Battle of the Future Buddhas · BooM! Records · 2002 43.460

20836

Charles Ernest Arno · Delabel · 2002 43.460

20837 The Pearl Aquanote · Astralwerks · 2002 43.460

20838

The Red Light District Ludacris · Def Jam South · 2004 43.460

20839 Shadow Mission HELD V Kirlian Camera · Out of Line · 2009 43.460

20840 Second Step Karthago · BASF · 1973 43.450

20841

En flèche Diane Tell · Polydor · 1980 43.450

20842 Berlin Blondes Berlin Blondes · EMI · 1980 43.450

20843 Inter*Face Klaus Schulze · 1985 43.450

20844 Caught in the Light Barclay James Harvest · Polydor · 1993 43.450

20845 White Irises Blind Scorn · Earache Records · 1997 43.450

20846 Andy Pratt Andy Pratt · Sony Records International · 2002 43.450

20847 Starless and Bible Black Sabbath Acid Mothers Temple & The Cosmic Inferno · Alien8 Recordings · 2006 43.450

20848 The Dream The Orb · Traffic Inc. · 2007 43.450

20849 Grim Arts of Melancholy Baptism · Northern Heritage · 2008 43.450

20850

Who Killed Sgt. Pepper? The Brian Jonestown Massacre · A Records · 2010 43.450

20851 The Seraphic Clockwork Vanden Plas · Frontiers Records · 2010 43.450

20852 The Chipmunks Sing the Beatles Hits The Chipmunks · Liberty · 1964 43.400

20853 One of the Boys Roger Daltrey · MCA Records · 1977 43.400

20854

Something Magic Procol Harum · Chrysalis · 1977 43.400

20855 All of a Sudden John Hiatt · Geffen Records · 1982 43.400

20856 Orgy in Rhythm, Volume One Art Blakey · Blue Note · 1957 43.350