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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32497 X Inner Terrestrials · Mortarhate Records · 2003 28.710

32498 Isol Modul · Raster‐Noton · 2004 28.710

32499

Carbon Figures Predella Avant · 2004 28.710

32500 Libera Me Lars Danielsson · ACT · 2004 28.710

32501 Luminal Sounds From the Ground · Waveform Records · 2004 28.710

32502 The Coming Dark Age Black Lung · Psy-Harmonics · 2005 28.710

32503 Haunted Cities Transplants · LaSalle Records · 2005 28.710

32504 X I Xerox & Illumination · HOM-Mega Productions · 2005 28.710

32505 Wings on Fire Daniel Menche · Tantric Harmonies · 2005 28.710

32506 Trompe-l'œil Malajube · Dare to Care Records · 2006 28.710

32507 Sangam Charles Lloyd · ECM Records · 2006 28.710

32508 "Puff" Blues Control · Woodsist · 2007 28.710

32509

Hævn Angantyr · Det Germanske Folket · 2007 28.710

32510 Sole and the Skyrider Band Sole and the Skyrider Band · anticon. · 2007 28.710

32511

Cocotte Teenage Bad Girl · Citizen Records · 2007 28.710

32512

Reason to Believe Pennywise · MySpace Records · 2008 28.710

32513 Blue Lambency Downward Kayo Dot · Hydra Head Records · 2008 28.710

32514 Gay Singles Hunx and His Punx · Burger Records · 2009 28.710

32515

Yes Is More Danton Eeprom · InFiné · 2009 28.710

32516 Warning Antigama · Relapse Records · 2009 28.710

32517

Ea II Ea · 2009 28.710

32518

The Astral Traveller ASC · Covert Operations Recordings · 2009 28.710

32519 The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman Sparks · Lil’ Beethoven Records · 2009 28.710

32520 Life Beyond the Grave: 1992-1994 Absurd · 2010 28.710