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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31417 Adrénaline Voodoo Child · No Remorse Records · 1985 29.700

31418 The Maria Callas Collection Maria Callas · 1987 29.700

31419 Aus Freude am Elend Asmus Tietchens · Dom America · 1988 29.700

31420 Music From the Scourging Ground Controlled Bleeding · KK Records · 1989 29.700

31421 Four Full Flutes Phill Niblock · Experimental Intermedia · 1990 29.700

31422 Mimir Mimir · Flabbergast · 1990 29.700

31423 Melt Straitjacket Fits · Flying Nun Records · 1990 29.700

31424 Fuckin’ Death Death Strike · Nuclear Blast · 1991 29.700

31425 Oscar Peterson Meets Roy Hargrove and Ralph Moore Oscar Peterson · Telarc Jazz · 1996 29.700

31426

Sublime Sublime · MCA Records · 1996 29.700

31427

Kid Dynamite Kid Dynamite · Jade Tree · 1998 29.700

31428 Sonic Narcotic Transient Waves · FatCat Records · 1999 29.700

31429 The Singles Collect Skinny Puppy · Nettwerk America · 1999 29.700

31430 Ambient Trip X.I.S. · Nephilim Records · 2000 29.700

31431 Retrovirus Bad Sector · Afe Records · 2001 29.700

31432 The Dark Guy Clark · Sugar Hill Records · 2002 29.700

31433

Alexisonfire Alexisonfire · Distort Inc. · 2002 29.700

31434 El primer instinto Jaguares · RCA · 2002 29.700

31435

Bound by Ties of Blood and Affection Good Riddance · Fat Wreck Chords · 2003 29.700

31436 Landscapes Monos · Fungal · 2004 29.700

31437

Fallout Slumber · Karmageddon Media · 2004 29.700

31438 Deaf to Our Prayers Heaven Shall Burn · Century Media · 2006 29.700

31439

It's Perfectly Obvious That This System Doesn't Work Active Minds · Active Distribution · 2006 29.700

31440 Forever Bound to Nothingness Desolation Triumphalis · Aura Mystique Productions · 2006 29.700