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 1643

39409

No Strings Attached *NSYNC · Jive · 2000 23.520

39410 Flatspin Ken Ishii · SMEJ · 2000 23.520

39411 Drum and Bossa Landslide · Hospital Records · 2000 23.520

39412 Modaji Modaji · TOY’S FACTORY · 2000 23.520

39413 Sebastopol Jay Farrar · Fellow Guard · 2001 23.520

39414 Go Forth Les Savy Fav · Frenchkiss Records · 2001 23.520

39415 Music Is a Hungry Ghost To Rococo Rot · City Slang · 2001 23.520

39416

The World Won’t End Pernice Brothers · [PIAS] Recordings · 2001 23.520

39417 Shapes & Forms Shapes & Forms · 2001 23.520

39418

Tous ensemble, chacun pour soi Salif · IV My People Records · 2001 23.520

39419 Extended Play Chicken Lips · Kingsize · 2002 23.520

39420 Park of Reason Paul Chain · Beyond Productions · 2002 23.520

39421 Liberation von History Wechsel Garland · Karaoke Kalk · 2002 23.520

39422 Arbor Greg Davis · Carpark Records · 2002 23.520

39423

Court-Martial Stalingrad · Twilight Records · 2002 23.520

39424 From Beyond Richard Band · La‐La Land Records · 2003 23.520

39425 Splatter Deluxe Corpsefucking Art · 2003 23.520

39426 Pass the Flask The Bled · Fiddler Records · 2003 23.520

39427 Fake French El Guapo · Dischord Records · 2003 23.520

39428 ... Your Funeral Morte Incandescente · 2003 23.520

39429 Curling Pond Woods Greg Davis · Carpark Records · 2004 23.520

39430 Plastic Forest Metalob · Elektrolux · 2004 23.520

39431 I Am Me Ashlee Simpson · Geffen Records · 2005 23.520

39432 Knuckle Down Ani DiFranco · Righteous Babe Records · 2005 23.520