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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35233 Skiftninger Nærvær · Prophecy Productions · 2001 26.560

35234 Kellari Juniversumi Kemialliset Ystävät · 2002 26.560

35235 Metamorphosis of Vivaldi's Four Seasons Uli Jon Roth · Steamhammer · 2003 26.560

35236 Extermination Revelry Drawn and Quartered · 2003 26.560

35237 Bucketheadland 2 Buckethead · 2003 26.560

35238 Cats and Dogs Talisman · 2003 26.560

35239 Silver Lake Vic Chesnutt · 2003 26.560

35240 Taste the Secret Ugly Duckling · Emperor Norton · 2003 26.560

35241 Combo Meal Ugly Duckling · Penalty Recordings · 2004 26.560

35242 Jumping the Creek Charles Lloyd · ECM Records · 2005 26.560

35243

Requiem of December Beatrìk · Avantgarde Music · 2005 26.560

35244 Tulikoira Circle · Ektro Records · 2005 26.560

35245 Wall Street Voodoo Roine Stolt · Inside Out Music · 2005 26.560

35246 Scherbengericht Welt in Scherben · Molecular Funk Guerilla · 2005 26.560

35247 Down With the Nails Old · Tyrant Syndicate · 2006 26.560

35248 Count Your Blessings Bring Me the Horizon · Visible Noise · 2006 26.560

35249 Adam Tied to Stone Prurient · Blossoming Noise · 2007 26.560

35250

Overworld Machinae Supremacy · Spinefarm Records · 2007 26.560

35251

Life of a Ghost Blue Foundation · Virgin Music Denmark · 2007 26.560

35252 Twennynine with Lenny White Twennynine · 2007 26.560

35253 Sex & Gasoline Rodney Crowell · Yep Roc Records · 2008 26.560

35254 Mille Excuses Milady Jean Leloup · Grosse Boîte · 2009 26.560

35255 Twice Born Men Sweet Billy Pilgrim · Samadhisound · 2009 26.560

35256 Murdering Oscar (and Other Love Songs) Patterson Hood · ATO Records · 2009 26.560