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 1147

27505

Shining Silver Skies Ashram · Equilibrium Music · 2006 33.930

27506 Hidden World Fucked Up · Jade Tree · 2006 33.930

27507

Boogie 2nite Booty Luv · Hed Kandi · 2007 33.930

27508 Borderlands Evan Bartholomew · 2007 33.930

27509 Wyllt Black Math Horseman · Undergroove Records · 2009 33.930

27510 Wild Young Hearts Noisettes · Vertigo · 2009 33.930

27511 All Hail the Transcending Ghost All Hail the Transcending Ghost · Cold Spring · 2009 33.930

27512

From the Stairwell The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble · Denovali Records · 2011 33.930

27513 Of All Things I Will Soon Grow Tired Joyce Manor · Asian Man Records · 2012 33.930

27514 Illusion Renaissance · Island · 1971 33.880

27515 Sugarhill Presents The Sequence The Sequence · Sugar Hill Records · 1980 33.880

27516 Kangaroo? The Red Krayola · Rough Trade · 1981 33.880

27517 Süchtig Peter Cornelius · Ariola · 1984 33.880

27518 In Rock The Rose of Avalanche · Fire Records · 1988 33.880

27519 Organoised Crime Holy Noise · ARS/Hithouse Productions · 1991 33.880

27520 Infrared Roses Grateful Dead · 1991 33.880

27521 Treue Hunde Pankow · Contempo Records · 1992 33.880

27522 Motionless Chokebore · Pale Blue · 1993 33.880

27523

Genre humain Brigitte Fontaine · 1995 33.880

27524 Helter Skelter The D.O.C. · 1996 33.880

27525 Sound of the Street DMX Krew · Rephlex · 1996 33.880

27526

Accidentally Classic Freddy Fresh · Harthouse · 1997 33.880

27527 Conscious Party Asian Dub Foundation · 1998 33.880

27528 Labyrinth der Sinne Tanzwut · EMI Electrola GmbH · 2000 33.880