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 1329

31873

Cadavre exquis L’Armée des 12 · Kerozen Music · 2002 29.240

31874 MIDIval PunditZ MIDIval PunditZ · Six Degrees Records · 2002 29.240

31875 Seventy Miles From Philadelphia Jestofunk · 2003 29.240

31876 VULGAR Dir en grey · FIREWALL DIV. · 2003 29.240

31877 Ten Years Gone: The Best of Everclear 1994–2004 Everclear · Capitol Records · 2004 29.240

31878 Point of View [re:jazz] · INFRACom! · 2004 29.240

31879

Holding the Space: Fever Dreams II Steve Roach · Timeroom Editions · 2004 29.240

31880

The Grand Chessboard Black Lung · Ant‐Zen · 2004 29.240

31881 Turmeric Merzbow · Blossoming Noise · 2006 29.240

31882 Era In the Nursery · ITN Corporation · 2007 29.240

31883 While My Guitar Violently Bleeds Sir Richard Bishop · Locust Music · 2007 29.240

31884 Renaissance Child Hell Razah · Nature Sounds · 2007 29.240

31885 Night-Time Stories Robert Owens · Compost Records · 2008 29.240

31886 New Leaves Owen · Polyvinyl · 2009 29.240

31887 Music for Falling From Trees Peter Broderick · Erased Tapes Records · 2009 29.240

31888

Clear Your Mind Bop · Med School · 2009 29.240

31889 Dream, Tiresias! Project Pitchfork · Trisol · 2009 29.240

31890 For Aeons Past Solution .45 · AFM Records · 2010 29.240

31891 Anidea Guido · Punch Drunk · 2010 29.240

31892 Heartland Owen Pallett · Domino · 2010 29.240

31893 Infektion 1813 Endstille · Season of Mist · 2011 29.240

31894

She Said Colour Haze · Elektrohasch Records · 2012 29.240

31895 Flowers on the Wall The Statler Brothers · Columbia · 1966 29.230

31896 Common Bond The Ides of March · Warner Bros. Records · 1971 29.230