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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43417 Electroscope CHROM · Fear Section · 2010 21.120

43418

Into the Trees Zoë Keating · 2010 21.120

43419 Lasted Benoît Pioulard · kranky · 2010 21.120

43420 Eyes in the Night Striker · Iron Kodex · 2010 21.120

43421

Rugged Road The Aggrolites · 2011 21.120

43422 Communication Lost Wolverine · Candlelight Records · 2011 21.120

43423

The Book of Kings Mournful Congregation · 20 Buck Spin · 2011 21.120

43424 Shibuya Nights Agitation Free · 2011 21.120

43425 Darby Crash Rides Again: The Early Years Poison Idea · TKO Records · 2011 21.120

43426 Skala Mathias Eick · ECM Records · 2011 21.120

43427 The Tunnels Terra Tenebrosa · Trust No One Recordings · 2011 21.120

43428 Abyss Masterpiece Heavenwood · Listenable Records · 2011 21.120

43429 Life Is a Beach Sash! · 2012 21.120

43430

Get What You Give The Ghost Inside · Epitaph · 2012 21.120

43431 We Are the Others Delain · Roadrunner Records · 2012 21.120

43432 Kings and Them Evian Christ · Tri Angle · 2012 21.120

43433 Love Has Many Faces: A Quartet, a Ballet, Waiting to Be Danced Joni Mitchell · Rhino · 2014 21.120

43434 Live+ Jeff Beck · ATCO Records · 2015 21.120

43435 Grimms GRIMMS · Island · 1973 21.080

43436 Come Saturday Morning The Sandpipers · A&M Records · 1970 21.080

43437 Newday Stampeders · Music World Creations · 1974 21.080

43438 Nine on a Ten Scale Sammy Hagar · Capitol Records · 1976 21.080

43439 Home Hothouse Flowers · London Records · 1990 21.080

43440 2nd Wind Todd Rundgren · wea · 1991 21.080