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

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32065 Tonics & Twisted Chasers Guided by Voices · 1996 29.120

32066 Elvis 56 Elvis Presley · RCA · 1996 29.120

32067 Fancy Idiot Flesh · 1997 29.120

32068 Point Seven CTI · CTI · 1998 29.120

32069 Urge to Kill Brainbombs · Load Records · 1999 29.120

32070 In Spite of Ourselves John Prine · 1999 29.120

32071 The Last Shall Be First The Dwellas · 2000 29.120

32072 Milieu Tape · Häpna · 2003 29.120

32073 Parsley Sounds Parsley Sound · Mo Wax · 2003 29.120

32074 Fever Tenor Saw · Tafari · 2003 29.120

32075 David David Ruffin · Third Man Records · 2004 29.120

32076 False Starts Alexandroid · Lo Recordings · 2004 29.120

32077

Karjalasta kajahtaa Karjalan Sissit · Cyclic Law · 2004 29.120

32078

Ogham Inside the Night Sieben · Iceflower · 2005 29.120

32079 Notes and the Like Ms. John Soda · Morr Music · 2006 29.120

32080 Peace for Animals Merzbow · Quasi Pop Records · 2007 29.120

32081 Rehashed Magrudergrind · Six Weeks Records · 2007 29.120

32082 Dirty Centre Svinkels · Upton Park · 2008 29.120

32083 Free Lisa Shaw · Salted Music · 2009 29.120

32084 Departures Message to Bears · Dead Pilot Records · 2009 29.120

32085 Irish Recording Tape Agent Side Grinder · Klangarkivet · 2009 29.120

32086 Der Stoff, aus dem die Regenschirme sind Huss und Hodn · ENTBS · 2009 29.120

32087 Oltre Robert Curgenven · Line · 2010 29.120

32088 Labyrinth Terry Lee Brown Junior · Plastic City · 2010 29.120