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 1927

46225 Youth Against Christ Altar · Displeased Records · 1994 19.550

46226 Hoodoo Moon Kenny Neal · Alligator · 1994 19.550

46227 Heaven in Decline Die Laughing · 1996 19.550

46228 The Other Cheek Congress · Good Life Recordings · 1996 19.550

46229

Them PFR · Sparrow Records · 1996 19.550

46230 Face (of) Death Aïboforcen · Khazad-Dûm · 1996 19.550

46231 Rauschen Plastic Noise Experience · KK Records · 1997 19.550

46232 Hippjokk Hedningarna · Silence Records · 1997 19.550

46233 Ghetto Life Ball Player · 1997 19.550

46234 Hyperborean Arild Andersen · ECM Records · 1997 19.550

46235 Mythos Mythos · Higher Octave Music · 1998 19.550

46236 Traces of My Lipstick Xscape · So So Def · 1998 19.550

46237 Too Bad but True Fever · 1998 19.550

46238 Walk Into My Open Womb Canaan · Eibon Records · 1998 19.550

46239 Love Inc. Love Inc. · ViK. Recordings · 1998 19.550

46240 Different Section Wires Uzeda · Touch and Go Records · 1998 19.550

46241

Cold Hard Truth George Jones · Asylum Records · 1999 19.550

46242 Deadly & Dangerous Humanreck · Bad News Records · 1999 19.550

46243 Ooh Wee Pretty Baby! Long John Hunter · Norton Records · 1999 19.550

46244 Elite Fireside · Stickman Records · 2000 19.550

46245 Bump John Scofield · Verve · 2000 19.550

46246 Wave of Light by Wave of Light ScannerFunk · Sulfur Records · 2000 19.550

46247

Bavarian Fruit Bread Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions · Rough Trade · 2001 19.550

46248 Noised Plastic Noise Experience · 2001 19.550