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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44233 Icon II: Rubicon John Wetton · Frontier Records · 2006 20.640

44234 Tyrant Circle · Latitudes · 2006 20.640

44235 Lutherion III Garden of Delight · Trisol · 2006 20.640

44236 None of Us Are Saints Lab 4 · Resist Music · 2006 20.640

44237 III: In the Eyes of Fire Unearth · Metal Blade Records · 2006 20.640

44238 Wolfgang’s Big Night Out The Brian Setzer Orchestra · Victor · 2007 20.640

44239 Music City Soul Beverley Knight · Parlophone · 2007 20.640

44240 Ojos negros Dino Saluzzi · ECM Records · 2007 20.640

44241

Tyrant Thou · Robotic Empire · 2007 20.640

44242 Entanglements Parenthetical Girls · Tomlab · 2008 20.640

44243 Mountains Mountains Mountains Mountains · Catsup Plate · 2008 20.640

44244 Steadfast Forefather · 2008 20.640

44245 Clutch of the Tiger Clutchy Hopkins · Ubiquity · 2008 20.640

44246 DIA Amen Dunes · Locust Music · 2009 20.640

44247 Twang George Strait · MCA Nashville · 2009 20.640

44248 The Afterlife Elysian Fields · Vicious Circle · 2009 20.640

44249

King Night Salem · IAMSOUND Records · 2010 20.640

44250 All I Want Is You Miguel · Black Ice Records · 2010 20.640

44251 III The Kings of Frog Island · Elektrohasch Records · 2010 20.640

44252 Saint Bartlett Damien Jurado · Secretly Canadian · 2010 20.640

44253 La alarmane gå Honningbarna · Karmakosmetix · 2011 20.640

44254

Pink Four Tet · Text Records · 2012 20.640

44255 VascoNonStop Vasco Rossi · Universal Music · 2016 20.640

44256 The Vault Gene Simmons · Rhino · 2018 20.640