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 1459

34993 GrijsGebied Matthew Florianz · H/S Recordings · 2001 26.680

34994 Sissy Spacek Sissy Spacek · Helicopter · 2001 26.680

34995

De Expugnatione Elfmuth Nazgûl · CD‐Maximum · 2002 26.680

34996 III Loikaemie · Knock Out Records · 2002 26.680

34997 Symbiosis Hidria Spacefolk · Silence. · 2002 26.680

34998

Babylon OBK · 2003 26.680

34999 Introducing Light & Sound Monne Automne · Lo-Fi Stereo · 2004 26.680

35000 Welcome the Plague Year Welcome the Plague Year · Turnstile Records · 2004 26.680

35001 Sanhedrin Masada · Tzadik · 2005 26.680

35002 Audition P.O.S · Rhymesayers Entertainment · 2006 26.680

35003

Wait for Me The Pigeon Detectives · Dance to the Radio · 2007 26.680

35004

Night Must Fall Padded Cell · D.C. Recordings · 2008 26.680

35005 Golden Pines Hecq · Binkcrsh · 2008 26.680

35006 The Latest Cheap Trick · Cheap Trick Unlimited · 2009 26.680

35007 Metal & Flesh Hard Corps · 2009 26.680

35008 Something’s Wrong/Lost Forever Scott H. Biram · Bloodshot Records · 2009 26.680

35009 Smack The Pitcher · 2010 26.680

35010 My Life Begins Today Pleq · U-Cover CDr Limited · 2010 26.680

35011

Blouse Blouse · Captured Tracks · 2011 26.680

35012 nÄo nÄo · Ant‐Zen · 2011 26.680

35013 Strange and Secret Things Robert Haigh · Siren Records · 2011 26.680

35014 Live at the Checkerboard Lounge, Chicago 1981 Muddy Waters · Eagle Records · 2012 26.680

35015 Foreign Objects / Hard Times Yusef Afloat · 90's Tapes · 2021 26.680

35016 It’s a Game Bay City Rollers · Arista · 1977 26.660