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 1159

27793 Lord of the Highway Joe Ely · 1987 33.540

27794 Guttural Breath Deviated Instinct · Peaceville · 1989 33.540

27795 3001 Dance or Die · Machinery Records · 1991 33.540

27796 Burning in Water, Drowning in Flame Skrew · Metal Blade Records · 1992 33.540

27797 The Man on the Wooden Cross Silke Bischoff · 1993 33.540

27798 Double Allergic Powderfinger · Polydor · 1996 33.540

27799

Usar y tirar M Clan · DRO EastWest · 1996 33.540

27800 Les etoiles des filles mortes Alec Empire · Mille Plateaux · 1996 33.540

27801

Gorky 5 Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci · Fontana · 1998 33.540

27802 Cold and Bouncy The High Llamas · V2 · 1998 33.540

27803 Da Real World Missy Misdemeanor Elliott · Elektra · 1999 33.540

27804 Take My Head Archive · Independiente · 1999 33.540

27805

Goingmobile Snooze · SSR Records · 2001 33.540

27806 Mannen som blev en gris Thåström · 2002 33.540

27807

Rajaportti Timo Rautiainen & Trio Niskalaukaus · Ranka Recordings · 2002 33.540

27808 Make Do With What You Got Solomon Burke · 2005 33.540

27809 Teenmachine Insekt · Noise Terror Productions · 2006 33.540

27810 Resonance Antigama · Relapse Records · 2007 33.540

27811 Aesthethica Liturgy · Thrill Jockey · 2011 33.540

27812 Barney Kessel Vol. 5 The Poll Winners · Contemporary Records · 1959 33.540

27813 Transformer David Stoughton · Elektra · 1968 33.540

27814 Gun Gun · CBS · 1968 33.540

27815 Pictures of Infinity Sun Ra and His Arkestra · Polydor · 1971 33.540

27816 Sunrise Sahara · PAN · 1973 33.540