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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33025 Ghost of David Damien Jurado · Sub Pop Records · 2000 28.350

33026 Deranged Deranged · Listenable Records · 2001 28.350

33027 The City's Collapsing (But Not Tonight) Zorn · Lux Nigra · 2001 28.350

33028 After All 310 · Leaf · 2001 28.350

33029 Strange Liberation Dave Douglas · Bluebird · 2003 28.350

33030 TWAT v4.0: The War Against Terror Richard H. Kirk · Intone · 2003 28.350

33031 Artificial Frequencies Orion · 2003 28.350

33032 Skalary mieczyki neonki Myslovitz · 2004 28.350

33033 Anima Mundi Dionysus · AFM Records · 2004 28.350

33034 Women and Children Die First Remembering Never · Ferret Music · 2004 28.350

33035 Calm Like a Millpond Pass Into Silence · Kompakt · 2004 28.350

33036 Push Comes to Shove MED · Stones Throw Records · 2005 28.350

33037 Twin Coast Remixes Antix · Iboga Records · 2005 28.350

33038 Layers of Lies Darkane · Nuclear Blast · 2005 28.350

33039 I Love My Friends Stephen Duffy · Cooking Vinyl · 2006 28.350

33040 Suffering Spirits Infekktion · Out of Line · 2006 28.350

33041

Civilian Boy Kill Boy · Island · 2006 28.350

33042 Windmills by the Ocean Windmills by the Ocean · Robotic Empire · 2006 28.350

33043

Schutt & Asche Atomtrakt · 2006 28.350

33044

Trinity Visions of Atlantis · Irond · 2007 28.350

33045 Ghosts Will Come and Kiss Our Eyes HṚṢṬA · Constellation · 2007 28.350

33046

The Hours All My Faith Lost ... · Cold Meat Industry · 2007 28.350

33047 The Resurrection of Whiskey Foote The Hidden Hand · Southern Lord · 2007 28.350

33048

Still Night, Still Light Au Revoir Simone · Our Secret Record Company · 2009 28.350