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 1065

25537

Bright Phoebus Lal · Trailer · 1972 36.270

25538 Reachin' for It Third Rail · Two Twenty Two Records · 1982 36.270

25539 Medium II / Cogito Iancu Dumitrescu · Edition RZ · 1987 36.270

25540 The Second Radiorama · Ariola · 1987 36.270

25541 Public Animal #1 GG Allin · 1987 36.270

25542

Une force, une cause, un combat Evil Skins · 1987 36.270

25543 Electric Salad Merzbow · Etherworld · 1996 36.270

25544

Blue Print Imhotep · Delabel · 1998 36.270

25545 The Smart Blip Experience Waxolutionists · 2000 36.270

25546 Powstanie Warszawskie Lao Che · 2005 36.270

25547 We Collide Mesh · Königskinder Schallplatten GmbH · 2006 36.270

25548 How About a Game of Chess? Marc Mac · Tribe · 2007 36.270

25549 We Could for Hours Fabio Orsi · A Silent Place · 2008 36.270

25550

Lost Horizons of Wisdom Evilfeast · Nykta · 2008 36.270

25551 Tiger Rose Robert Hunter · Round Records · 1975 36.260

25552 Prism Prism · Capitol Records · 1977 36.260

25553 The Way I Am Merle Haggard · MCA Records · 1980 36.260

25554 Styles Ben Liebrand · Liebrand Audio · 1990 36.260

25555 Miss Black America Alec Empire · 1999 36.260

25556 A Little Deeper Ms. Dynamite · Polydor · 2002 36.260

25557 Slideling Ian McCulloch · Cooking Vinyl · 2003 36.260

25558 Show Me Your Tears Frank Black and the Catholics · Sonic Unyon Records · 2003 36.260

25559

Light From Above Black Tide · Interscope Records · 2008 36.260

25560 Josephine Magnolia Electric Co. · Secretly Canadian · 2009 36.260