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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5521 The Right to Rock Keel · A&M Records · 1985 107.920

5522 No. 10, Upping St. Big Audio Dynamite · Columbia · 1986 107.920

5523 Sound of Music The Adicts · Razor Records · 1982 107.900

5524 Intolerance Grant Hart · SST Records · 1989 107.900

5525

An Ocean Between Us As I Lay Dying · Metal Blade Records · 2007 107.900

5526 The Polite Force Egg · Deram · 1971 107.880

5527 The Following Morning Eberhard Weber · ECM Records · 1977 107.880

5528 Music Madness Mantronix · Sleeping Bag Records · 1986 107.880

5529

Social Distortion Social Distortion · Epic · 1990 107.880

5530 Bacdafucup Onyx · Chaos Recordings · 1993 107.880

5531 E.I.N.S. Böhse Onkelz · Virgin · 1996 107.880

5532

Thimar Anouar Brahem · ECM Records · 1998 107.880

5533 Doppelgänger The Fall of Troy · Equal Vision Records · 2005 107.880

5534 I Don’t Like Shit, I Don’t Go Outside: An Album by Earl Sweatshirt Earl Sweatshirt · Columbia · 2015 107.880

5535 Starfire Jaga Jazzist · Ninja Tune · 2015 107.880

5536 Secret Story Pat Metheny · Geffen Records · 1992 107.880

5537 Arntor Windir · Head Not Found · 1999 107.880

5538 Tunes 2011 to 2019 Burial · Hyperdub · 2019 107.880

5539 Open Blues Image · ATCO Records · 1970 107.800

5540 Touch Me in the Morning Diana Ross · Motown · 1973 107.800

5541 Starlight Dancer Kayak · Vertigo · 1977 107.800

5542 Baggariddim UB40 · DEP International · 1985 107.800

5543 Firefly Uriah Heep · Bronze · 1977 107.730

5544 Staircase Keith Jarrett · ECM Records · 1977 107.730