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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45601 We, the Vehicles Maritime · Grand Hotel van Cleef · 2005 19.920

45602 J + Friends Sing + Chant for Amma J Mascis · 2005 19.920

45603 In Love With the End Born From Pain · Metal Blade Records · 2005 19.920

45604

Eine von hundert Mikrowellen Chefdenker · Trash 2001 · 2005 19.920

45605 Shapes of Misery Blockheads · 2006 19.920

45606 The Exchange Session Vol. 1 Kieran Hebden · Domino · 2006 19.920

45607

Fox Confessor Brings the Flood Neko Case · Anti‐ · 2006 19.920

45608 Valley of the Shadow Instrumentals Shadow Huntaz · Skam · 2006 19.920

45609 A Real Good One The Little Killers · Gern Blandsten · 2006 19.920

45610

Spoken Dub Manifesto, Volume 1 Brain Damage · Jarring Effects · 2006 19.920

45611 Thru Thavius Beck · Mush Records · 2006 19.920

45612 Advent of the Black Omen Proclamation · Nuclear War Now! Productions · 2006 19.920

45613 Enter the Gate Narnia · Massacre Records · 2006 19.920

45614 Days of Nothing The Foreshadowing · Candlelight Records · 2007 19.920

45615 Stick Man Tony Levin · Lazy Bones Recordings · 2007 19.920

45616 Eskimo Volume 5 The Glimmers · Eskimo Recordings · 2007 19.920

45617

Lazare Principles of Geometry · Tigersushi · 2007 19.920

45618 This War Is Ours Escape the Fate · Epitaph · 2008 19.920

45619 Guitar Freakout The Animated Egg · 2008 19.920

45620

Travels Defeater · Topshelf Records · 2008 19.920

45621

Gambling on the Richter Scale Kowloon Walled City · The Perpetual Motion Machine · 2009 19.920

45622 Ultima Ratio X-Fusion · 2009 19.920

45623

Meet Us at the Southern Sign Glorior Belli · Candlelight Records · 2009 19.920

45624 Hills and Valleys The Flatlanders · New West Records · 2009 19.920