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

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21145 Hard or Smooth Wreckx‐N‐Effect · MCA Records · 1992 42.840

21146 downset. downset. · Mercury Records · 1994 42.840

21147 You Won't Remember Dying Bulbous Creation · 1994 42.840

21148 Manipulated Mind Control Placebo Effect · Ausfahrt · 1994 42.840

21149 Reach Higher Unknown Society · 1996 42.840

21150 Pictured Within Jon Lord · Virgin Classics · 1998 42.840

21151

Tra te e il mare Laura Pausini · CGD East West · 2000 42.840

21152 Denshi Ongaku Naoki Kenji · Elektrolux · 2002 42.840

21153 Wishfire The Crüxshadows · Dancing Ferret Discs · 2002 42.840

21154 The Fiction We Live From Autumn to Ashes · Vagrant Records · 2003 42.840

21155 Director's Cut Si Begg · novamute · 2003 42.840

21156 Rendezvous Luna · Jetset Records · 2004 42.840

21157 Let Us Never Speak of It Again Out Hud · kranky · 2005 42.840

21158 Por la boca vive el pez Fito & Fitipaldis · DRO · 2006 42.840

21159 At the Cut Vic Chesnutt · Constellation · 2009 42.840

21160 Shades of Desire Anita Meyer · Ariola · 1981 42.780

21161 Hero Clarence Clemons · CBS · 1985 42.780

21162

Dexter Calling… Dexter Gordon · Blue Note · 1961 42.780

21163 Easterly Winds Jack Wilson · Blue Note · 1967 42.780

21164 Live at the It Club Thelonious Monk · Columbia · 1982 42.780

21165 Day to Day Living Don Carlos · Greensleeves Records · 1982 42.780

21166 Feel the Change Omega Sunrise · New Jerusalem Records · 1983 42.780

21167 Dub Me Crazy, Part 5: Who Knows the Secret of the Master Tape? Mad Professor · Ariwa · 1985 42.780

21168 All Keyed Up Ben Tankard · Atlanta International Records · 1989 42.780