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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31369 Coming Forth by Day: The Book of the Dead Scienz of Life · Sub Verse Music · 2000 29.750

31370 Sign Nobukazu Takemura · Thrill Jockey · 2000 29.750

31371 Metaphor Patrick O’Hearn · Paras Recordings · 2000 29.750

31372 Evoking the Abomination Abhorrence · Listenable Records · 2000 29.750

31373 Loathesongs Haemorrhage · Morbid Records · 2000 29.750

31374 Apart The Apartments · Hot Records · 2000 29.750

31375 Nina Simone’s Finest Hour Nina Simone · Verve · 2000 29.750

31376 The Coast Is Never Clear Beulah · Velocette Records · 2001 29.750

31377

Loop in Release Booster · Blue Note · 2001 29.750

31378 Motherfuckers Live Xhol Caravan · United Durtro · 2001 29.750

31379 Dirty Money UGK · Jive · 2001 29.750

31380 Holding Pattern Tipper · Fuel Records · 2002 29.750

31381 Sleepless Peter Wolf · Artemis Records · 2002 29.750

31382 Two From the Vault: Slaughter in the Vatican / The Law Exhorder · Roadrunner Records · 2003 29.750

31383 Vice, Suffering and Destruction Haemoth · ISO666 Releases · 2004 29.750

31384 Who Is This America? Antibalas · Ropeadope · 2004 29.750

31385

Let It Bloom Black Lips · In the Red Records · 2005 29.750

31386 Useless Wooden Toys Jon Kennedy · Grand Central Records · 2005 29.750

31387

Bitte 1Bit! Kultobjekt · 2005 29.750

31388

Triple P Platinum Pied Pipers · Ubiquity · 2005 29.750

31389 Kosmokrator (Magnificat II) Spite Extreme Wing · Behemoth Productions · 2005 29.750

31390

Le Klub des 7 Le Klub des 7 · Vicious Circle · 2006 29.750

31391

QNTAL V: Silver Swan QNTAL · e‐Wave Records · 2006 29.750

31392 The Unsaid Words Canaan · Eibon Records · 2006 29.750