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?

The full board · page 963

23089 Harvest Naglfar · Century Media · 2007 39.840

23090

Tripsis Alchemist · Chatterbox Records · 2007 39.840

23091 Disconnected Greymachine · Daymare Recordings · 2009 39.840

23092 Last Station on the Road to Death Hell Militia · Debemur Morti Productions · 2010 39.840

23093 Eve Ufomammut · 2010 39.840

23094 Death, Thou Shalt Die Amduscia · Out of Line · 2011 39.840

23095 Lowborn Anberlin · Tooth & Nail Records · 2014 39.840

23096 Open Door Policy The Hold Steady · Positive Jams · 2021 39.840

23097

Second Album Four Tops · Motown · 1965 39.780

23098 Would You Believe Billy Nicholls · Immediate · 1968 39.780

23099 David Bromberg David Bromberg · Columbia · 1971 39.780

23100 Bifrost Bifrost · CBS · 1976 39.780

23101

Waking and Dreaming Orleans · Asylum Records · 1976 39.780

23102 Second Breath Denise LaSalle · ABC Records · 1976 39.780

23103

Mother Factor Mother’s Finest · Epic · 1978 39.780

23104 From Rats To Riches Good Rats · 1978 39.780

23105

Mingus Joni Mitchell · Asylum Records · 1979 39.780

23106 Empire Jazz Ron Carter · RSO · 1980 39.780

23107 It’s Alright (I See Rainbows) Yoko Ono · Polydor · 1982 39.780

23108 Break Dance Party Break Machine · RCA Victor · 1984 39.780

23109 Break Machine Break Machine · Record Shack Records · 1984 39.780

23110 Forever Running B‐Movie · Sire Records · 1985 39.780

23111 Hon kom över mon Contact · 1989 39.780

23112 Out of Water Peter Hammill · Enigma · 1990 39.780