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 1141

27361 Monokini Stereo Total · Bungalow · 1997 34.020

27362 Namlook XII Namlook · FAX +49-69/450464 · 1997 34.020

27363 Generate DJ Icey · FFRR · 1998 34.020

27364 Extremum Die Form · Matrix Cube · 2000 34.020

27365 Swansong for You The Gentle Waves · Never Records · 2000 34.020

27366 Rock the Plank Mad Caddies · Fat Wreck Chords · 2001 34.020

27367

Great Industrial Love Affairs HMB · Flatline Records · 2001 34.020

27368 Hidden Hands of a Sadist Nation Darkest Hour · Victory Records · 2003 34.020

27369 Soundchaser Rage · Steamhammer · 2003 34.020

27370 Decimate Christendom Incantation · Olympic Recordings · 2004 34.020

27371

Brightblack Morning Light Brightblack Morning Light · Matador · 2006 34.020

27372

Épiphanie Para One · Institubes · 2006 34.020

27373 Turn Around Jonny Lang · A&M Records · 2006 34.020

27374 The Walk DJ Swap · 2007 34.020

27375 Clean Hands Go Foul Khanate · Hydra Head Records · 2009 34.020

27376

Babylon W.A.S.P. · Demolition Records · 2009 34.020

27377 Appalachian Incantation Karma to Burn · Napalm Records · 2010 34.020

27378

The Deep Field Joan as Police Woman · Liberator Music · 2011 34.020

27379

Analog Man Joe Walsh · Fantasy · 2012 34.020

27380 Medicine Man The Bamboos · Tru Thoughts · 2012 34.020

27381

Random Access Memories Daft Punk · Columbia · 2013 34.020

27382 Rote Gitarren Czerwone Gitary · AMIGA · 1978 34.000

27383 Mystery Vanilla Fudge · ATCO Records · 1984 34.000

27384 Spartacus The Farm · Sire Records · 1991 34.000