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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21121 Blow Up The Smithereens · Capitol Records · 1991 42.900

21122

Vol. III: Just Right Soul II Soul · 10 Records · 1992 42.900

21123 Angst KMFDM · Wax Trax! Records · 1993 42.900

21124

Sünder ohne Zügel In Extremo · Island · 2001 42.900

21125 The Book of Burning Virgin Steele · Noise Records · 2001 42.900

21126

Folklore Nelly Furtado · DreamWorks Records · 2003 42.900

21127 Ancora Il Divo · Syco Music · 2005 42.900

21128 Philtre Nitin Sawhney · V2 · 2005 42.900

21129 The Fantastic Jazz Harp of Dorothy Ashby Dorothy Ashby · Atlantic · 1965 42.885

21130 Dnevnik jedne ljubavi Josipa Lisac · Jugoton · 1973 42.885

21131 Птица АукцЫон · Монолит Рекордс · 1993 42.885

21132 Aith Ochnal, Rungholter Tänze, Zweites Buch Mechthild von Leusch · Walter Ulbricht Schallfolien · 1993 42.885

21133 Da Resurrection Al Kapone · 1995 42.885

21134

Sunja Alio Die · Hic Sunt Leones · 2003 42.885

21135

Mons Testaceum Heinrich Dressel · Strange Life Records · 2007 42.885

21136 In the Silence of the Subconscious Moss Garden · Carpe Sonum Records · 2014 42.885

21137 Von Tag zu Tag: Lieder von Mikis Theodorakis Milva · Metronome · 1978 42.840

21138 Tasteful Soul The Main Ingredient · RCA · 1970 42.840

21139 Ne me quitte pas Nina Simone · Musidisc · 1971 42.840

21140

Ashes Are Burning Renaissance · Sovereign · 1973 42.840

21141 Marcia Shines Marcia Hines · 1975 42.840

21142 Sound of the Future Rockets · Record Bazaar · 1979 42.840

21143 Chapter 8 Chapter 8 · Varèse Vintage Records · 1979 42.840

21144 The Neighborhood Los Lobos · Slash · 1990 42.840