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

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The full board · page 1948

46729 Pouti Silicon Soul · Disko B · 2003 19.320

46730 Collaborations Space Tribe · Space Tribe Music · 2004 19.320

46731 Fiendish Phideaux · Bloodfish Music · 2004 19.320

46732 Superstructure Dell · Laboratory Instinct · 2005 19.320

46733 Earthly Delights Beat Pharmacy · 2005 19.320

46734 In the L..L..Library Loft Toby Driver · Tzadik · 2005 19.320

46735 Auf alten Wegen... Graupel · Deviant Records · 2005 19.320

46736 Wilderness Wilderness · Jagjaguwar · 2005 19.320

46737

Appunti partigiani Modena City Ramblers · Mescal · 2005 19.320

46738 Elemental Ian Boddy · DiN · 2006 19.320

46739 The Blues Henrik Freischlader Band · 2006 19.320

46740 The Hours That Remain Mercenary · Century Media · 2006 19.320

46741 Back to Higher Ground The Briggs · SideOneDummy Records · 2006 19.320

46742 Tredje våningen Sista Mannen På Jorden · Energy Rekords · 2007 19.320

46743

Reeking Pained and Shuddering Gnaw Their Tongues · Paradigms Recordings · 2007 19.320

46744

This Sinking Ship Smoke or Fire · Fat Wreck Chords · 2007 19.320

46745 Music for Astronauts & Cosmonauts Howie B · LunaticWorks · 2007 19.320

46746 The Will to Kill / Warkult Malevolent Creation · Nuclear Blast · 2008 19.320

46747 Another Sound Is Dying Dub Trio · Ipecac Recordings · 2008 19.320

46748 Parc Avenue Plants and Animals · Secret City Records · 2008 19.320

46749 Angst Is Not a Weltanschauung! B. Fleischmann · Morr Music · 2008 19.320

46750 May the Hammer Smash the Cross Thor's Hammer · Supernal Music · 2008 19.320

46751 To Willie Phosphorescent · Dead Oceans · 2009 19.320

46752 Comme on est venu... Vaya Con Dios · Columbia · 2009 19.320