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 1957

46945 American III: Solitary Man Johnny Cash · American Recordings · 2000 19.200

46946 Chase the Cat Too $hort · $hort Records · 2001 19.200

46947 Dataseed cut.rate.box · Accession Records · 2001 19.200

46948 Tempeltänze Hekate · 2001 19.200

46949 Arrêt sur image Bernard Lavilliers · Barclay · 2001 19.200

46950

Castaways and Cutouts The Decemberists · Hush Records · 2002 19.200

46951 Route 666 Helltrain · Nuclear Blast · 2004 19.200

46952 Moonlight Serenade Carly Simon · Columbia · 2005 19.200

46953 The Book and the Canal Calexico · Our Soil, Our Strength · 2005 19.200

46954 All Harm Ends Here Early Day Miners · Secretly Canadian · 2005 19.200

46955 Murder 4 Hire Body Count · Escapi Music · 2006 19.200

46956 In Bocca al Lupo Murder by Death · 2006 19.200

46957 Pitch Black Brigade Vreid · Tabu Recordings · 2006 19.200

46958 My Island Starflyer 59 · Tooth & Nail Records · 2006 19.200

46959 Cut From Stone Susperia · Tabu Recordings · 2007 19.200

46960 Year Long Disaster Year Long Disaster · 2007 19.200

46961

The Else They Might Be Giants · Idlewild Recordings · 2007 19.200

46962 Za Bakdaz Klaus Nomi · 2007 19.200

46963 Chemism Black Sun Productions · Old Europa Cafe · 2007 19.200

46964

✝ Justice · Because Music · 2007 19.200

46965 New York City Brazilian Girls · Verve Forecast · 2008 19.200

46966 Transmat Memories Oneohtrix Point Never · Taped Sounds · 2008 19.200

46967 Happiness in Darkness Gothminister · e‐Wave Records · 2008 19.200

46968 There's Me and There's You The Matthew Herbert Big Band · !K7 · 2008 19.200