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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31849

Code Red Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince · Jive · 1993 29.240

31850 A Necessary Evil Misery · 1993 29.240

31851 Erase Gorefest · Nuclear Blast · 1994 29.240

31852 Wakafrika Manu Dibango · Wagram Music · 1994 29.240

31853 Black Ark Experryments Lee “Scratch” Perry · Ariwa · 1995 29.240

31854 C Rex · Southern Records · 1996 29.240

31855 Slave Secret Discovery · GUN Records · 1997 29.240

31856 Spindelsinn Kari Rueslåtten · Columbia · 1997 29.240

31857 New York Rhythms, Volume Two Mateo & Matos · Glasgow Underground · 1998 29.240

31858 Le Noble Art Daddy Lord C · 1998 29.240

31859 Fireworks Angra · Steamhammer · 1998 29.240

31860 Lips That Taste of Tears Trembling Blue Stars · Shinkansen · 1998 29.240

31861 2CB 7 2CB · 2CB · 1998 29.240

31862 Futile Rapture · Spikefarm Records · 1999 29.240

31863 Tentacle Merzbow · Alchemy Records · 1999 29.240

31864 Hanging Gardens The Necks · Fish of Milk · 1999 29.240

31865 Homb Cerberus Shoal · Temporary Residence Limited · 1999 29.240

31866 Jabberwocky Clive Nolan · Verglas Music · 1999 29.240

31867 Illegal Occupation of Ears Contagious Orgasm · Old Europa Cafe · 2000 29.240

31868 Flutter Otomo Yoshihide’s New Jazz Quintet · Tzadik · 2001 29.240

31869

Microphonorama Triptik · Concilium Production · 2001 29.240

31870 Bravery, Repetition, and Noise The Brian Jonestown Massacre · Committee to Keep Music Evil · 2001 29.240

31871

Nocturne impalpable Sylvain Chauveau · Les Disques du Soleil et de l’Acier · 2001 29.240

31872 深層 "The Message at the Depth" DJ Krush · Columbia · 2002 29.240