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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26929 Don Disco Mix 2 Gino · Don Disco · 1987 34.440

26930 Rites of Summer Spyro Gyra · MCA Records · 1988 34.440

26931 Leaders + Followers Blue Eyed Christ · KK Records · 1991 34.440

26932 1916 Motörhead · Epic · 1991 34.440

26933 Our Likeness Phew · Mute · 1992 34.440

26934 Northland Wonderland Melodie MC · Virgin · 1993 34.440

26935 Vena Cava Diamanda Galás · Mute · 1993 34.440

26936 Suspiria Miranda Sex Garden · Mute · 1993 34.440

26937 Incessant Desire for Palatable Flesh Visceral Evisceration · Napalm Records · 1994 34.440

26938

The Second Ring of Power Unholy · Avantgarde Music · 1994 34.440

26939 L’ombrello e la macchina da cucire Franco Battiato · EMI · 1995 34.440

26940 Mic City Sons Heatmiser · Caroline Records · 1996 34.440

26941 Don't Go Against the Grain GP Wu · 1997 34.440

26942 For the Punx The Casualties · Tribal War Records · 1997 34.440

26943 With Tragedies Adorned Yearning · Holy Records · 1997 34.440

26944 earthlings? earthlings? · Crippled Dick Hot Wax! · 1998 34.440

26945 Colma Buckethead · CyberOctave · 1998 34.440

26946

Zyklen Morgenstern · Ant‐Zen · 1999 34.440

26947 Desert Poems Stephan Micus · ECM Records · 2001 34.440

26948 Sanati Toires · Backroom Beats · 2002 34.440

26949 Lost Angel 3rd Strike · cutting edge · 2002 34.440

26950 Just One More Mad Caddies · Fat Wreck Chords · 2003 34.440

26951 The Beast Vader · Metal Blade Records · 2004 34.440

26952 Heron King Blues Califone · Thrill Jockey · 2004 34.440