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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44377 Begins With a Nightmare Savage Steel · New Renaissance Records · 2002 20.520

44378

Lead Us Not Into Temptation David Byrne · Thrill Jockey · 2003 20.520

44379 Blood in My Eye Ja Rule · Def Jam Recordings · 2003 20.520

44380 Body Kiss The Isley Brothers · DreamWorks Records · 2003 20.520

44381 Through the Flesh to the Soul Invocator · Scarlet Records · 2003 20.520

44382 Songs We Should Have Written Firewater · Jetset Records · 2004 20.520

44383 Folker Paul Westerberg · Vagrant Records · 2004 20.520

44384 Purgatorio Tangerine Dream · TDI Music · 2004 20.520

44385 Speaking for Trees Cat Power · Matador · 2004 20.520

44386 10th Avenue Freakout Fog · Lex Records · 2005 20.520

44387 New Day Absynthe Minded · Keremos · 2005 20.520

44388

Eighteen Visions Eighteen Visions · Trustkill Records · 2006 20.520

44389 Alphabet prison Pleymo · Epic · 2006 20.520

44390 Studio 1 All Saints · Parlophone · 2006 20.520

44391 Down Below It's Chaos Kinski · Sub Pop Records · 2007 20.520

44392 The Best Kept Secret Ultramagnetic MC’s · 2007 20.520

44393 Will Not Be Televised The Solution · Wild Kingdom · 2007 20.520

44394

The Turn Alison Moyet · Cooking Vinyl · 2007 20.520

44395 Ramblack Deadwood · Cold Spring · 2008 20.520

44396 Silent Ruins Isole · Irond · 2009 20.520

44397

Scars Basement Jaxx · XL Recordings · 2009 20.520

44398

Close-Up, Volume 1: Love Songs Suzanne Vega · Amanuensis Productions · 2010 20.520

44399 Last The Unthanks · Rough Trade · 2011 20.520

44400

White Silence Cave In · Hydra Head Records · 2011 20.520