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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44521 Marcus Marcus Miller · Concord Jazz · 2008 20.500

44522 MC Stepa · 2008 20.500

44523 Recollection Laurent Voulzy · RCA · 2008 20.500

44524 Concrete Jungle Skat · 2008 20.500

44525 The West Pole The Gathering · 2009 20.500

44526

Aura Tides From Nebula · Lou & Rocked Boys Records · 2009 20.500

44527 Forgive Us Our Trespasses A Storm of Light · Neurot Recordings · 2009 20.500

44528 White Sugar Joanne Shaw Taylor · Ruf · 2009 20.500

44529 Seventynine Mirko Loko · 2009 20.500

44530

Written in Chalk Buddy & Julie Miller · New West Records · 2009 20.500

44531 Human Parasite PowerWorld · Steamhammer · 2010 20.500

44532

Inferno of Sacred Destruction Black Witchery · Osmose Productions · 2010 20.500

44533 Seagulls Insane and Swans Deceased Mining Out the Void Seagulls Insane and Swans Deceased Mining Out the Void · Witching Hour Productions · 2011 20.500

44534

Divergent Spectrum Bassnectar · Amorphous Music · 2011 20.500

44535 Návaz Silent Stream of Godless Elegy · Season of Mist · 2011 20.500

44536 Mirror Traffic Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks · Matador · 2011 20.500

44537

Glad Rag Doll Diana Krall · Verve · 2012 20.500

44538 No Plans Cold Chisel · 2012 20.500

44539 Painkillers Left Lane Cruiser · 2012 20.500

44540 If the River Was Whiskey Spin Doctors · Ruf · 2013 20.500

44541 Backstage Passport Soundtrack NOFX · Fat Wreck Chords · 2014 20.500

44542 The John Lewis Piano John Lewis · Atlantic · 1957 20.470

44543 The Little Black Egg The Nightcrawlers · Kapp Records · 1967 20.470

44544 The New Tweedy Bros! The New Tweedy Bros · Shadoks Music · 1968 20.470