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?

The full board · page 1894

45433 The Album? Doormouse · Addict Records · 2002 20.000

45434 Straight Outta D-Town Oliver Bondzio · Cocoon Recordings · 2003 20.000

45435 Dawn of Kouatl Serpens Aeon · 2003 20.000

45436 Between the Never and the Now Vendetta Red · Epic · 2003 20.000

45437 Poodle Hat “Weird Al” Yankovic · Volcano Records · 2003 20.000

45438 Master-View Hexstatic · Ninja Tune · 2004 20.000

45439 The Gunslinger Mixtape B‐Real · F.I.T.H. · 2005 20.000

45440 Twisted Deetron · Music Man Records · 2006 20.000

45441 The Heat NEEDTOBREATHE · Atlantic · 2007 20.000

45442 Beauty & Crime Suzanne Vega · Blue Note · 2007 20.000

45443 The 25th Hour Vision Divine · Scarlet Records · 2007 20.000

45444 Strength in Numbers The Music · Polydor · 2008 20.000

45445

Autumnal Melancholy Striborg · Displeased Records · 2008 20.000

45446 End System Syn · Metropolis Records · 2008 20.000

45447 Ladyhawke Ladyhawke · Modular Recordings · 2008 20.000

45448 Lazarus Hacride · Listenable Records · 2009 20.000

45449 Common Existence Thursday · Epitaph · 2009 20.000

45450 The Architect Rob Swift · Ipecac Recordings · 2010 20.000

45451

The Beginning of the Beginning of the End Friska Viljor · Haldern Pop Recordings · 2011 20.000

45452

Gold Dust Tori Amos · Deutsche Grammophon · 2012 20.000

45453 Copper Gone Sage Francis · 2014 20.000

45454 Odd Man In Jerry Lee Lewis · Mercury Records · 1975 19.980

45455 The Tenants The Tenants · Epic · 1983 19.980

45456 Classics Live! II Aerosmith · CBS · 1987 19.980