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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21217 Africaine Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers · Blue Note · 1981 42.720

21218 December For Against · Independent Project Records · 1988 42.720

21219 World of Tomorrow Supermax · Hansa · 1990 42.720

21220 Here’s Where the Strings Come In Superchunk · Merge Records · 1995 42.720

21221 Monster David Thomas · Cooking Vinyl · 1997 42.720

21222 Wishmountain Is Dead Wishmountain · Antiphon · 1998 42.720

21223

Keasbey Nights Catch 22 · Victory Records · 1998 42.720

21224 From Beyond Push · Lightning Records · 2000 42.720

21225 Il Signor Rossi Franco Godi · Crippled Dick Hot Wax! · 2001 42.720

21226 A Calling to Weakness Canaan · Eibon Records · 2002 42.720

21227 The Day the Earth Met the Rocket From the Tombs Rocket From the Tombs · Glitterhouse Records · 2002 42.720

21228 Stone Dirt Dirty Blues Band · Black Rose Records · 2004 42.720

21229

Isla Portico Quartet · Real World · 2009 42.720

21230 The Bass Has Left the Building Disrupt · 2009 42.720

21231 Ten Freedom Summers Wadada Leo Smith · Cuneiform Records · 2012 42.720

21232

La musique d'Ennio Morricone Geoff Love & His Orchestra · Music for Pleasure · 1974 42.700

21233 Höstkänning Ola Magnell · Metronome · 1977 42.700

21234 On a Roll Point Blank · MCA Records · 1982 42.700

21235 Music That You Can Dance To Sparks · Curb Records · 1986 42.700

21236 Sunkissed Guitar · Morr Music · 2002 42.700

21237 There Is Only One Roy Orbison Roy Orbison · 1965 42.660

21238 Get Down Catfish · Epic · 1970 42.660

21239

Schmetterlinge Joy Unlimited · Pilz · 1971 42.660

21240 New Horizons The Sylvers · Capitol Records · 1977 42.660