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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22489 Kolia Nebulo · Hymen Records · 2006 40.800

22490

We Must Obey Fu Manchu · Century Media · 2007 40.800

22491 Rip It Off Times New Viking · Matador · 2008 40.800

22492 Ghost Blonde No Joy · Mexican Summer · 2010 40.800

22493 Mount Carmel Mount Carmel · Siltbreeze · 2010 40.800

22494 The Party Ain’t Over Wanda Jackson · Third Man Records · 2010 40.800

22495 Made the Harbor Mountain Man · Psychic Hotline · 2010 40.800

22496 Diaper Island Chad VanGaalen · Sub Pop Records · 2011 40.800

22497 Mindblowing Seeds and Disconnected Flowers Baby Woodrose · 2011 40.800

22498 Gamma Infolded Ex‐Terrestrial · NAFF · 2019 40.800

22499 Panique celtique Manau · Polydor · 1998 40.710

22500 Québec Love Robert Charlebois · Les Disques Gamma · 1969 40.700

22501 Paradise Ballroom The Graeme Edge Band · Decca Records · 1977 40.700

22502 True Romances The Cortinas · CBS · 1978 40.700

22503 Tall, Dark & Handsome Les McCann · A&M Records · 1979 40.700

22504 Serving 190 Proof Merle Haggard · MCA Records · 1979 40.700

22505 Warming Up to the Ice Age John Hiatt · Geffen Records · 1985 40.700

22506

Big Circumstance Bruce Cockburn · True North Records · 1988 40.700

22507 Miss Mondo Ligabue · wea · 1999 40.700

22508 Sinking Sand California Sunshine · Out of Orion · 2003 40.700

22509

How We Operate Gomez · ATO Records · 2006 40.700

22510 In the Midst of Beauty Michael Schenker Group · inakustik · 2008 40.700

22511

Message to the Young Howlin’ Wolf · Chess · 1971 40.670

22512 Smash Your Head Against the Wall John Entwistle · Track Record · 1971 40.670