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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23329 Confrontation Soilent Green · Relapse Records · 2005 39.500

23330

Seasons of My Soul Rumer · Atlantic · 2010 39.500

23331 Big Bad Bo Bo Diddley · Chess · 1974 39.480

23332

Spheroe Spheroe · Inner City Records · 1975 39.480

23333 I Wanna Be Your Lover La Bionda · Baby Records · 1980 39.480

23334 McRonalds Massaker Drahdiwaberl · GiG Records · 1982 39.480

23335 Arabesque VII: Why No Reply Arabesque · Victor · 1982 39.480

23336

Taint Pluribus, Taint Unum Cows · Treehouse Records · 1987 39.480

23337 Tenderly George Benson · Warner Bros. Records · 1989 39.480

23338 Hungry XYZ · Capitol Records · 1991 39.480

23339 Strawberries Oceans Ships Forest The Fireman · Parlophone · 1993 39.480

23340 Shattered Grounds Elegant Machinery · Energy Rekords · 1993 39.480

23341 Tiger Trap Tiger Trap · K · 1993 39.480

23342 Blackstreet Blackstreet · Interscope Records · 1994 39.480

23343 From the Bottom Up Brownstone · Epic · 1994 39.480

23344 Letter to Laredo Joe Ely · MCA Records · 1995 39.480

23345 Buried Again Dreadful Shadows · Nuclear Blast · 1996 39.480

23346 Hubert Kah Hubert Kah · Polydor · 1996 39.480

23347 Homemade Blood Chuck Prophet · Cooking Vinyl · 1997 39.480

23348 Gigantic Days Ian O'Brien · Peacefrog Records · 1999 39.480

23349 Forget About It Alison Krauss · Rounder · 1999 39.480

23350 The Shepherd and the Hounds of Hell Obtained Enslavement · Napalm Records · 2000 39.480

23351 Signs Badmarsh & Shri · Outcaste · 2001 39.480

23352 Let It Rain Tracy Chapman · Elektra · 2002 39.480