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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22825 Crime Slunk Scene Buckethead · 2006 40.050

22826 Homenaje Brownout · Freestyle Records · 2007 40.050

22827 Trio of Doom John McLaughlin · Columbia · 2007 40.050

22828 Inlé Fall of Efrafa · Denovali Records · 2009 40.050

22829 It’s Artificial Andrew Bayer · Anjunabeats · 2011 40.050

22830

Eleven Eleven Dave Alvin · Yep Roc Records · 2011 40.050

22831 Yasuke IAM · Def Jam Recordings France · 2019 40.050

22832 One Stormy Night The Mystic Moods Orchestra · Philips · 1966 40.040

22833 Cats The Cats · Imperial · 1968 40.040

22834 Another Monty Python Record Monty Python · Charisma · 1971 40.040

22835 Plattdeutsche Lieder Hannes Wader · Philips · 1974 40.040

22836 In the City Tavares · Capitol Records · 1975 40.040

22837 De eerste langspeelplaat van het Simplisties Verbond Van Kooten & De Bie · Phonogram · 1975 40.040

22838 Classix Nouveaux Classix Nouveaux · Liberty · 1981 40.040

22839

Out for Blood Lita Ford · Mercury Records · 1983 40.040

22840 A Private Heaven Sheena Easton · EMI America · 1984 40.040

22841 Shopping 3 Mustaphas 3 · Globe Style · 1987 40.040

22842 Pattern Disruptive The Dickey Betts Band · Epic · 1988 40.040

22843

Né quelque part Maxime Le Forestier · Polydor · 1988 40.040

22844 Thirsty Work Status Quo · Polydor · 1994 40.040

22845

Eurosis Ska-P · RCA · 1998 40.040

22846 Leichenschmaus Zombie Nation · International Deejay Gigolo Records · 1999 40.040

22847 Great Delay Shantel · !K7 · 2001 40.040

22848

Worship A Place to Bury Strangers · Dead Oceans · 2012 40.040