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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41953 Re-Arrange Us Mates of State · Barsuk Records · 2008 22.000

41954 Walhalla wacht Heidevolk · Napalm Records · 2008 22.000

41955 Bonfires on the Heath The Clientele · Merge Records · 2009 22.000

41956

Damnatorium Ferrum Sacrificia Mortuorum · Apparitia Recordings · 2009 22.000

41957 Before We Say Goodbye Donnacha Costello · Poker Flat Recordings · 2010 22.000

41958 III Sasquatch · Small Stone Records · 2010 22.000

41959 Sound of Rebirth Pleq · Impulsive Art · 2010 22.000

41960 Lord of the Birdcage Robert Pollard · 2011 22.000

41961 The Licence to Interpret Dreams Antonymes · Hidden Shoal Recordings · 2011 22.000

41962

Burn the Sky Down Emma Hewitt · Armada Music · 2012 22.000

41963 Medieval Chamber Black Knights · Record Collection · 2014 22.000

41964 Mexican Green Tubby Hayes Quartet · Fontana · 1968 21.988

41965 Harps of the Ancient Temples Gail Laughton · Laurel Record · 1969 21.988

41966 Nation Time Joe McPhee · CjRecord Productions · 1970 21.988

41967 The Daydreams of a Production Line Worker Karma Sutra · Paradoxical Records · 1987 21.988

41969 From Now On Robin S. · Big Beat · 1997 21.988

41970 Siren Redshift · Distant Sun · 2002 21.988

41971 Shallow Nights Blurry Moon ShinSight Trio · Bad News Records · 2006 21.988

41972 Grau Tua · Deluxe Records · 2009 21.988

41973 Voyage The Sound of Arrows · 2011 21.988

41974 Atlas: Space Sleeping at Last · 2017 21.988

41975 can we start over? Charlotte Sands · 2024 21.988

41976 The Story of Moondog Moondog · Prestige · 1957 21.919