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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33937 The Bound Feed the Gagged Walls of Jericho · Trustkill Records · 1999 27.540

33938 Sibling Rivalry The Doobie Brothers · Pyramid Records · 2000 27.540

33939 Wicked Grin John Hammond · Pointblank Records · 2001 27.540

33940 Tomorrow Never Comes Xinlisupreme · FatCat Records · 2002 27.540

33941 When Empires Burn Bob Catley · Now & Then · 2003 27.540

33942

Dödsfärd Månegarm · Displeased Records · 2003 27.540

33943 Night Moves Pulsedriver · Aqualoop Records · 2003 27.540

33944 Switching to Channel Inferno Needle Sharing · 2004 27.540

33945

House of Secrets Otep · Capitol Records · 2004 27.540

33946 Spelar Nilsson De Gladas Kapell · Lion Music · 2005 27.540

33947 Less Than Human The Juan MacLean · Astralwerks · 2005 27.540

33948 Pornography Adriano Canzian · International Deejay Gigolo Records · 2005 27.540

33949 Lyteo Mr. Sam · NMC Music · 2005 27.540

33950 Comments of the Inner Chorus Tunng · Full Time Hobby · 2006 27.540

33951 Colorblind Robert Randolph & The Family Band · Warner Bros. Records · 2006 27.540

33952 La ciudad de los árboles Mägo de Oz · 2007 27.540

33953 Operator Dead... Post Abandoned Burning Star Core · No Quarter Records · 2007 27.540

33954

Divinidylle Vanessa Paradis · Barclay · 2007 27.540

33955 Bugged Out! Presents Suck My Deck: Simian Mobile Disco Simian Mobile Disco · 2007 27.540

33956

Minutes to Midnight Linkin Park · Warner Bros. Records · 2007 27.540

33957 Quietly Mouth of the Architect · Translation Loss Records · 2008 27.540

33958 Dr. Dooom 2 Dr. Dooom · Threshold Recordings · 2008 27.540

33959 Hello Hurricane Switchfoot · Atlantic · 2009 27.540

33960 Above & Beyond Camo & Krooked · Mainframe Recordings · 2010 27.540